People with long COVID have already fought hard to become visible.
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Fatigue can drag for weeks, even when the infection is gone, and sleep doesn’t fix it. But there are simple steps you can take to ride it out.
Not much is known about “long COVID,” including who, when or how badly it will strike, how long it might take to recover, or whether complete recovery is possible for all.
While we don’t know exactly what causes it yet, there are a few leading theories put forward by researchers around the world.
‘Long COVID’ – in which people have symptoms lasting more than a few weeks – is turning out to be very common. People hospitalized for COVID-19 are at highest risk, but they aren’t alone.
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General Practitioner, PhD Candidate, Bond University
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Laboratory Head, Immunology Division, WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research)
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Assistant Professor of Medicine, McMaster University
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Associate Professor, Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne
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