‘We’re not prepared’ — What it takes to recover from long COVID Carrie Anna McGinn got the virus around the same time, and is also still dealing with symptoms including extreme fatigue, chest pain and shortness of breath.“I can’t think properly.
I can’t be the active mom that I want to be. I can’t take my child to the park anymore. I need to hire a babysitter to take my four-year-old to the park,” McGinn said.They’re just two of thousands struggling with the mystery that is long COVID.At the Montreal Clinical Research Institute, Dr.
Emilia Liana Falcone and her team are working to understand what makes it happen.“There seems to be certain profile. It’s not the same symptoms for everyone,” said Falcone.She and her team have now been researching long COVID for a full year, recently marking their first anniversary.Patients come by every few months, go through tests, and information comes in little by little.
Symptoms can last from just an extra month or two to two years.“Patients who are hospitalized certainly have a higher chance of getting long COVID, especially if they were in the ICU,” said Falcone.