Lena Dunham says her body "revolted" as she battled COVID-19 in March. The former "Girls" star opened up in a lengthy Instagram post about her positive diagnosis, detailing the debilitating symptoms she endured for 21 days. "It started with achy joints, which I was unable to distinguish from my usual diagnoses, so I didn't freak out.
But the pain soon joined by an impossible, crushing fatigue.Then, a fever of 102," Dunham wrote. Lena Dunham speaks onstage during the 24th annual Women in Entertainment Breakfast in 2015. (2015 Getty Images) She added: "Suddenly my body simply...revolted.The nerves in my feet burned and muscles wouldn't seem to do their job.