Amount of COVID-19 long-term scars a mystery
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported in April that 69% of people sought outpatient care one to six months after milder COVID illnesses that didn t require hospitalizations often for related issues such as shortness of breath.
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His immune system turned on to fight the COVID but it didn t turn back off, said Greg Laurent, 16-year-old Caleb s father. Star Tribune / TNS
MINNEAPOLIS Larry Farber couldn t walk a mile last month without stopping three times to catch his breath, the aftereffect of a COVID-19 illness so severe that the 64-year-old was hospitalized twice and received powerful steroids and oxygen support to breathe.
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Larry Farber couldn t walk a mile last month without stopping three times to catch his breath, the aftereffect of a COVID-19 illness so severe that the 64-year-old was hospitalized twice and received powerful steroids and oxygen support to breathe.
Amy Crnecki wasn t hospitalized for COVID-19, but the 38-year-old still can t dance with her daughter without fear of crushing fatigue. I just want to be able to play outside with my kids, she said, and play a game of basketball and not feel winded and feel like, I shouldn t have done that.
The two Minnesotans, diagnosed with COVID-19 during the same week in November, are part of a poorly understood group of people whose health has suffered long after infection and who could continue to struggle after the pandemic recedes. The number of COVID long haulers remains a mystery in a pandemic that otherwise has been one of the most measured, modeled and mapped events in human history.
Amount of COVID-19 long-term scars a mystery
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported in April that 69% of people sought outpatient care one to six months after milder COVID illnesses that didn t require hospitalizations often for related issues such as shortness of breath.
Written By:
Jeremy Olson / Star Tribune | 11:20 am, May 17, 2021 ×
His immune system turned on to fight the COVID but it didn t turn back off, said Greg Laurent, 16-year-old Caleb s father. Star Tribune / TNS
MINNEAPOLIS Larry Farber couldn t walk a mile last month without stopping three times to catch his breath, the aftereffect of a COVID-19 illness so severe that the 64-year-old was hospitalized twice and received powerful steroids and oxygen support to breathe.
Amount of COVID-19 long-term scars a mystery
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported in April that 69% of people sought outpatient care one to six months after milder COVID illnesses that didn t require hospitalizations often for related issues such as shortness of breath.
Written By:
Jeremy Olson / Star Tribune | 11:20 am, May 17, 2021 ×
His immune system turned on to fight the COVID but it didn t turn back off, said Greg Laurent, 16-year-old Caleb s father. Star Tribune / TNS
MINNEAPOLIS Larry Farber couldn t walk a mile last month without stopping three times to catch his breath, the aftereffect of a COVID-19 illness so severe that the 64-year-old was hospitalized twice and received powerful steroids and oxygen support to breathe.
Amount of COVID-19 long-term scars a mystery
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported in April that 69% of people sought outpatient care one to six months after milder COVID illnesses that didn t require hospitalizations often for related issues such as shortness of breath.
Written By:
Jeremy Olson / Star Tribune | 11:20 am, May 17, 2021 ×
His immune system turned on to fight the COVID but it didn t turn back off, said Greg Laurent, 16-year-old Caleb s father. Star Tribune / TNS
MINNEAPOLIS Larry Farber couldn t walk a mile last month without stopping three times to catch his breath, the aftereffect of a COVID-19 illness so severe that the 64-year-old was hospitalized twice and received powerful steroids and oxygen support to breathe.