Signs You Have ‘Long COVID’, Says CDC – Eat This, Not That
It is estimated that the long COVID has affected up to 23 million Americans, with some experts believing the number to be even higher. “Although most people with COVID-19 get better within weeks after illness, some people have post-COVID conditions,” says the CDC. “Post-COVID conditions are a wide range of new, recurrent, or persistent health conditions that people may experience four or more weeks after they were first infected with the virus that causes COVID-19.” Here are five signs you have “long COVID,” according to the CDC. Read on and to ensure your health and the health of others, don’t miss these Sure signs you’ve already had COVID.
The best way to prevent Long COVID is to avoid getting COVID at all, advises the CDC — that means being up to date with your vaccines and booster shots. “If you’re eligible for a booster and didn’t get it, you’re not up to date and you need to get your booster to be up to date”, says CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH.
“We in infectious disease have long known that where infectious disease goes is not places of wealth, places of poverty and places of lack of access,” says Dr. Walenski. “We are going to see it again with the long COVID, where those who had been more affected by the disease had less access to care and more comorbidities are going to carry the burden of this disease… I think there will be things that on If we had more health equity in this country, I think we would all be healthier and we would be able to fight against [the next pandemic] better.”
Although the COVID-19 virus does not affect children as severely as adults, children can still experience Long COVID. “Now there is clear evidence to suggest that there are a number of children who have long symptoms of COVID and their symptoms are somewhat similar to those of adults,” says Devang Sanghavi, MDadding that the children “complain of fatigue and difficulty concentrating, which is important for them in school and in learning. Insomnia is one of the other symptoms they have spoken about in various surveys and interviews… it seems like a lot The main difference between long COVID in adults and children is that the symptoms can be similar, but the number of patients affected is lower in children, then most of these symptoms tend to disappear within a few months.”
Long COVID appears to affect women more than men, virus experts note. “Recent studies have shown that there is an increased percentage of women, compared to men, who have long COVID syndrome,” says Dr. Sangavi. “It’s not specific to the Western world. It is in Asia, Europe and America, and similar trends are observed. perspective to that, and it’s not something unique to the post-COVID syndrome. However, we still need to focus more on this particular topic to discern the exact difference and why it occurs more in women.
According to the CDC, the signs of Long COVID are as follows:
- Difficulty breathing or shortness of breath
- Fatigue or fatigue
- Symptoms that worsen after physical or mental activities (also called post-exercise sickness)
- Difficulty thinking or concentrating (sometimes called “brain fog”)
- Cough
- Chest or stomach pain
- Headache
- Rapidly beating or pounding heart (also known as heart palpitations)
- Joint or muscle pain
- Pins and needles sensation
- Diarrhea
- Sleep problems
- Fever
- Dizziness when standing (dizziness)
- eruption
- Mood swings
- Change in smell or taste
- Changes in menstrual cycles
“We are not at a stable state of the disease that I can be satisfied with,” says Dr. Walenski. “We still have 900 deaths a day in this country. I still think we have a lot of work to do to make sure we are in a safe place for this country and for the American people.”
Follow the basics of public health and help end this pandemic, wherever you live – get vaccinated or boosted ASAP; if you live in an area with low vaccination rates, wear an N95 facial maskdo not travel, socially distance, avoid large crowds, do not go indoors with people you do not shelter with (especially in bars), practice good hand hygiene and to protect your life and that of others, do not visit any of these 35 places where you are most likely to catch COVID.
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