'I used to run marathons, now I can't walk more than 200m and I've lost my job': Patients STILL battling long Covid nearly two years on
manchestereveningnews.co.ukIn June 2020, the Manchester Evening News spoke to five patients who were suffering from the debilitating effects of long Covid.
They shared the daily impact of their range of symptoms, which appeared weeks after initial infection with the virus. Headaches, fevers, breathlessness, palpitations, muscle aches, rashes, fatigue.
Six months later, we contacted them again. Although some reported improvements, the majority were still struggling. READ MORE: Long Covid symptoms to look out for as third of school staff and 10% of secondary pupils affected It's now nearly 20 months since those first interviews and we have returned again for an update, hoping to hear of steady recoveries and a return to 'normal' life.
There is hope - an epidemiologist who struggled for months with the condition describes a 'light bulb moment' which has led to a near-full recovery.
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