For long haulers, there appears plenty to complain about. And they’re wondering, when will it end?
, 17 per cent had not returned to work by one year, 51 people required 668 visits to psychiatrists or psychologists, and their caregivers also reported a significant drop in mental well-being.
“We’ve had five cases of patients who’ve had to have their gut removed,” Massachusetts General Hospital infectious diseases physician. “You see these cases and you say, wait a minute, the virus is doing this, too?” Pediatrician Dr. Larry Pancer was told that for every day spent on a ventilator it takes seven days to climb back. Pancer spent 17 days on a breathing machine at Markham Stouffville Hospital, where he once ran the department of paediatrics. “I was having chest pain and shortness of breath, probably for several days before I went into hospital.” Things got worse. He got up one night in the middle of the night and had a “syncope attack” — he fainted. So he called 911.
Other ICU survivors like Pancer are trickling into rehabilitation centres across Canada. “Some are very, very weak and very fatigued,” said Dr. Mark Bayley, program medical director for the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute. Some are experiencing mental health issues, particularly depression, possibly due to changes in blood flow to the brain that injures areas important for mood.
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