Long COVID is now officially labelled as “Post COVID-19 Condition” by the World Health Organization.
Statistics Canada reports that nearly 50 per cent of Canadians who had confirmed cases of COVID-19, or 1.4 million people so far, report long COVID symptoms and reinfections aren’t helping.
Dr. Ron Damant, a professor at the Division of Pulmonary Medicine at the University of Alberta, is also a part of the long COVID clinic at the same university. He says people should watch out for these long COVID symptoms. “There’s a lot of symptoms associated with long COVID. Fatigue is probably the most common. But shortness of breath, cough, wheeze, a loss of taste and smell, muscle aches, diarrhea, rash,” Damant said.
“Unfortunately, we are seeing a lot of people who have had a second or third and sometimes even a fourth COVID infection. And that’s generally not a good thing because, with every COVID infection, there’s a risk of developing more symptoms and prolonging existing symptoms.
Medical experts say there are some people out there who still do not realize they have long COVID symptoms, while others are forced to either cut back their work hours or make a lifestyle change.“Plenty of rest, a little bit of exercise not overdoing the exercise, but not kind of being a couch potato,” he said. “Good nutrition, keeping your vaccinations up to date. Those are the important things and it’s such a variable disease.
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