Recovery times vary based on symptom severity and how long people have been sick
Can people recover ? While previously there were many uncertainties around the prognosis of long C��ID , prospects of recovery are now looking up .
By sticking to the rehab programme and the tips to manage breathing and daily activities , patients can see benefits in exercise tolerance , such as being able to walk farther and for longer , and in their �uality of life in general . �They feel less breathless and tired , more energetic and able to sleep better , � Dr Daynes said .
Though recovery times vary based on symptom severity and how long people have been sick , she added , most of them can get back to their pre-C��ID level of health within three to �2 months .
But there ’ s still a minority of people who will need more time to recover and , if other similar post-viral conditions like chronic fatigue syndrome are any indication , some might have to struggle with long C��ID for several years without a definitive cure on the hori�on .
�ne of these long sufferers is ��-year-old �itty Mc�arland , who ’ s still struggling with the effects of long C��ID more than two years after being infected with the coronavirus .
�Sometimes I find it hard to speak . My brain feels very blurred , and I can ’ t think of a sentence . I stutter a lot . �very day is different . Sometimes I ’ ll be fatigued and di��y , sometimes I feel brain fog , but I can walk around with it . Sometimes , if I ’ m doing well , we can go out for walks , but then the next day I could be back in bed . �ou go through so many phases of up and down , it ’ s like being on a rollercoaster forever , � she told the World Health �rgani�ation �WH�� in August .
To help people like �itty , the WH���urope has called upon governments and authorities to focus attention on the condition and its impacts by boosting research and reporting while offering better rehabilitation services .
�esearchers are still trying to figure out the root causes of long C��ID , but the current two main hypotheses are that the condition is caused either by bits of virus that stay in the body undetected by standard testing or an overactive immune system that ’ s been dysregulated by the infection to keep attacking healthy tissues .
By sticking to the rehab programme and the tips to manage breathing and daily activities , patients can see benefits in exercise tolerance , such as being able to walk farther and for longer , and in their quality of life in general .
GlobalHealthAsiaPacific . com MAY 2022
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