Let me start with saying that I believe long covid is real, but it's not one disease. I know several people who have gotten it, though none of them have severe symptoms.
Kaiser Health News recently profiled three women with long covid. One of them had COVID and then ended up with depression. It's unclear how and infection with SARS-COV2 w…
Let me start with saying that I believe long covid is real, but it's not one disease. I know several people who have gotten it, though none of them have severe symptoms.
Kaiser Health News recently profiled three women with long covid. One of them had COVID and then ended up with depression. It's unclear how and infection with SARS-COV2 would trigger depression; her depression could have been triggered by the pandemic isolation. Even though she is a therapist, long covid is probably less stigmatized than depression triggered by pandemic restrictions. I know several people who will tear you a new one for saying that pandemic restrictions worsened your mental health.
When you read the other two patients' stories, there are puzzling omissions from their stories. One had a treatment plan with a cardiologist who then discharged her as a patient with no explanation. She then notes that she's seeing a cardiologist who still requires masks. The third one was a fitness instructor until covid and eventually ended up with breathing problems and ended up with brain damage -- though we don't know what the test was that determined she had brain damage and whether it was even valid. There's no mention of how severe their Covid was -- if you had a mild case, the likelihood is extremely small that you would end up with damage to your lungs or cardiac damage.
I don't think any of these patients are lying or griffin. However, it is possible that they have other illnesses and have been misdiagnosed with long covid. If it turns out the they have something like MS, they're going to get sicker because they're treating a disease they don't have instead of one they do have.
Let me start with saying that I believe long covid is real, but it's not one disease. I know several people who have gotten it, though none of them have severe symptoms.
Kaiser Health News recently profiled three women with long covid. One of them had COVID and then ended up with depression. It's unclear how and infection with SARS-COV2 would trigger depression; her depression could have been triggered by the pandemic isolation. Even though she is a therapist, long covid is probably less stigmatized than depression triggered by pandemic restrictions. I know several people who will tear you a new one for saying that pandemic restrictions worsened your mental health.
When you read the other two patients' stories, there are puzzling omissions from their stories. One had a treatment plan with a cardiologist who then discharged her as a patient with no explanation. She then notes that she's seeing a cardiologist who still requires masks. The third one was a fitness instructor until covid and eventually ended up with breathing problems and ended up with brain damage -- though we don't know what the test was that determined she had brain damage and whether it was even valid. There's no mention of how severe their Covid was -- if you had a mild case, the likelihood is extremely small that you would end up with damage to your lungs or cardiac damage.
I don't think any of these patients are lying or griffin. However, it is possible that they have other illnesses and have been misdiagnosed with long covid. If it turns out the they have something like MS, they're going to get sicker because they're treating a disease they don't have instead of one they do have.
Here's the article.
https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/long-covid-patients-end-of-pandemic-emergency/
"She then notes that she's seeing a cardiologist who still requires masks." Around here all medical facilities still require masks!