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"I’ve reported on the coronavirus pandemic since it started, and I thought I knew what an infection would be like for a young, otherwise healthy person like me. ... Like many Americans, I found myself slowed by a recovery that took more than a month — far longer than I had expected."
Many Americans are discovering that recovering from covid-19 may take weeks or even months longer than expected, leaving them with lingering symptoms like intense fatigue or a racing pulse. But does that mean they have what's known as long covid?
Patients with symptoms that last 3 to 12 weeks after an acute covid infection should adopt a "watchful waiting" approach to recovery, an expert says.
With record numbers of Americans contracting the coronavirus during the recent omicron surge, many have discovered that recovery has not always happened as quickly as they've been led to expect. But does that mean they have long COVID-19?
Even if you don't have long COVID, it can still take weeks to recover — much longer than the isolation period implies. Millions of Americans are finding that this still majorly disrupts their lives.