Northwestern University Medicine has released new findings that may help medical professionals better understand the biological causes of long Covid-19 symptoms. NBC News’ Dr. Akshay Syal reports on the data and his conversations with medical researchers.
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85% said their quality of life was worse…shouldn't that be 100%???
I got Covid after getting “the jab” and haven’t felt well since.
You see the way it started between us between me and my dad is. We were at the mall one day and I said well why don’t we go and get lunch at the food court
So we did we got Chinese food and then after that, we went to Ardenes to look for clothes and that
And so I bought a really nice pyjama tank top there and then as we were walking around my dad started to not feel very well
So he could not function properly to continue shopping so we had to go home pretty darn quick
And then his symptoms got worse you know he started getting the chills and feeling feverish
And then the next day he got full-blown Covid so yeah. And then that night when he got it full blown, I started to have different symptoms.
Which was just felt like something was in my throat and I was coughing and coughing trying to get it up right and it wouldn’t go away
So I took some mouthwash, and also vinegar and water, and it never helped
And the next day, I just was coughing and sneezing and runny nose, so we decided to test ourselves and sure enough, we had Covid both of us
And it’s funny because our symptoms were so so so much different you know. I just had a scratchy throat like nothing major just felt like a scratchy throat.
It was my dad that I was worried about per se because he had chills and a fever as well so yeah
So I knew when I had Covid that I got from him because or we could’ve both got it from the mall
Because we were at the food court, right and we had masks on, but you can’t wear a mask when you’re eating so you have to pull it down. And as soon as you do that you can breathe in germs and stuff that people sneeze around.
Because when a person sneezes that saliva and all those germs spread like thousands of thousands of miles and that’s not good
And that’s probably how we got sick. We probably breezed in with somebody sneezed out from nose across the mall for all we know.
So yeah, it was not fun that two weeks. You know the first few days we didn’t have anything so I had to pitch my dad out to get it.
Because he started to feel a little bit better, right actually, I think it was before we got Covid you know
The last time I had just a regular cold and he went out and got stuff so we already had it in the house so I guess that’s why we didn’t go to the hospital
Because the way we had Covid it was just like a really really really really really bad cold so it’s slowly slowly slowly slowly decreased the symptoms
And then it got better over time you know we started to get our appetite in our energy back do you know.
But our poor dog you know we were feeling pretty crappy, and she was really bugging to go out for a walk you know even when we were really sick
And I was like no Teaga you have to wait me and Leigh are really really really sick
You know, and we felt bad. We felt really worse than we did having Covid because you know we felt bad for the dog do you know
So yeah, but after her Covid was gone, she went out for a walk. You know she thought out lots in the wintertime so she wasn’t suffering. She wasn’t hurting you know.
She got out for a walk don’t worry. Once we were all back to normal whatever normal is for us as soon as we got better my dad was like OK let’s take her out for a walk.
And we got our stuff on our boots and coat mittens, and Dukes on and off we went for a walk around the block.
It’s just getting through that two weeks was it just seemed like it was taking a long time to get through that. But once we did, it felt really rewarding.
Because we had the stuff to get rid of those symptoms, and I think that NyQuil and Neo citron honestly did the job you know it really really really did help anyway
Yeah, we were fine. We just stayed in side and had my cousin get our food and stuff that we needed. And he did he just dropped it off at the door and then left We didn’t talk to him because we were so sick.
And because Covid is contagious we didn’t want to stay in there and breathe through the door in his face.
I had Covid for two weeks for the full two weeks. But it never got past where I had to go into the hospital or anything.
It just hit me like a very, very, very very very bad cold. And probably what stopped it from getting worse is the fact that I would take Neil citron and NyQuil and a lot of vitamin D threes, which helped my body fight off better
Because the doctor said that vitamin D3 is good for immune system’s, and your immune system helps fight off certain types of illnesses and diseases to
And if a vitamin can help boost up your immune system. Then you can fight off sickness is better. So me and my dad took one every day when we had Covid
And we never had to go to the hospital not once in the whole two weeks we had it.
I got Covid last winter I think in 2023 of last winter and it was terrible like I was in bed for 2 1/2 days
Like it was terrible
I really hope they keep up the research to improve the lives of those suffering from long Covid.
I’ve had Covid 4 times n I got diagnosed with long term Covid it’s horrible
These people lived unhealthy processed lives before covid. Long Covid is a result of that.
The entire time I've not got covid once, been worken at mcdonalds and other places I've not met one person who has had it. Its a bunch of crap
So true, I was bright student and now, I feel dumb and very forgetful.
China don’t want us having babies cuz they population can’t
And they will still vote for tRUMP and will remain science-deniers and anti-vaxxers.
the narrator sounds like a bot
I’ve had long covid for a year and it’s awful literally no treatments or help from doctors
This is why I'm still masking in crowded indoor spaces. I am back to doing things and hanging out with friends, but we do a lot outside or we are masked. I've had other health issues this year and I don't need one more thing to deal with. I'm sure at some point I will get covid, but it's not going to be because I just decided, "Well, everyone will get it eventually." Hopefully there will be more treatment options for long covid if/when I get it.
“It” was ethnically & gender/gene motivated…
I officially have covid right now for the second, maybe third time. Is this the one that does me in.. This time I thought I was having a stroke
Thanks Bill