Last November, Laurie Bedell and her family contracted Covid-19. The virus killed her father. She's still battling post-Covid syndrome, a mysterious long-term condition plaguing some coronavirus patients, and she remains so ill she's unable to work.
"I pretty much live here in the living room," Bedell said from her house near Pittsburgh."I feel like I've lost the life that I had."Last November, she and her family contracted Covid-19. The virus killed her father.Nearly a year later, she's still battling post-Covid syndrome, a mysterious long-term condition plaguing some coronavirus patients, and she remains so ill she's unable to work.
"US launches study of long Covid in tens of thousands of patientsStudies on Post-Covid syndrome are still in their infancy, but early estimates indicate that 10% or more of Covid patients might experience long haul symptoms. A study published in June by the non-profit FAIR Health found that 23% of Covid patients had sought treatment for post-Covid symptoms a month or more after their diagnoses.