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Researchers say regular CT scans for lung cancer screening are effective at catching the disease in its early stages, which can greatly improve long-term survival chances
There's no specific drug to treat long COVID yet. But as long COVID clinics have sprout up across the country, there are more and more options for patients who deal with lingering, but life-altering symptoms.
"They told me that it was due to inflamed muscles, that there was nothing they could do, and that this was my new 'normal,'" she says. "I burst into tears. No one wants to live this way."
The most recent data from the CDC has found that 1 in 13 adults in the United States, or 7.5%, have symptoms that last at least 3 months after they first came down with the virus.
More than 200 symptoms can be linked to long COVID. But perhaps the one that stands out the most is constant fatigue that interferes with daily life.