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Fatigue after Covid-19 infection
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Fatigue after Covid-19 infection

Consultant respiratory physician Dr Mann explains that one of the more common debilitating symptoms of long Covid is post-viral fatigue, and that we need to improve our understanding of this phenomena. Other common symptoms include 'brain fog' and breathlessness on exertion.

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So post-viral fatigue is something that's not very well understood in people who have ME or chronic fatigue syndrome. In fact some health care professionals aren't sure how to manage this but clearly post-viral fatigue is a real issue in people with COVID as well as other symptoms such as brain fog and breathlessness on exertion. This is now becoming much more prevalent and people are realising this is a real problem affecting people. So hopefully further research will find out how best to treat this.

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