Topic: covid-19-symptoms

At 12, she’s a COVID 'long hauler'

At 12, she’s a COVID 'long hauler'

David Tuller, The New York Times
Posted at Oct 23 11:17 AM

In early March, when coronavirus testing was still scarce, Maggie Flannery, a Manhattan sixth-grader, and both her parents fell ill with the symptoms of COVID-19. After three weeks, her parents recovered. Maggie also seemed to get better, but only briefly before suffering a relapse that left her debilitated. Read more »

The lasting damage of COVID-19

The lasting damage of COVID-19

Jane E. Brody, The New York Times
Updated as of Oct 14 01:51 PM

At the start of the pandemic, doctors were necessarily focused on combating the acute effects of COVID-19 and saving lives, but research is now underway to assess its long-term effects and find ways to prevent and treat lasting symptoms.  Read more »

'I feel like I have dementia’: Brain fog plagues COVID-19 survivors

'I feel like I have dementia’: Brain fog plagues COVID-19 survivors

Pam Belluck, The New York Times
Updated as of Oct 12 07:48 AM

After contracting the coronavirus in March, Michael Reagan lost all memory of his 12-day vacation in Paris, even though the trip was just a few weeks earlier. It’s becoming known as COVID brain fog: troubling cognitive symptoms that can include memory loss, confusion, difficulty focusing, dizziness and grasping for everyday words. Increasingly, COVID survivors say brain fog is impairing their ability to work and function normally. Read more »

Nearly one-third of COVID patients in study had altered mental state

Nearly one-third of COVID patients in study had altered mental state

Pam Belluck, The New York Times
Posted at Oct 06 07:38 AM

Nearly a third of hospitalized COVID-19 patients experienced some type of altered mental function — ranging from confusion to delirium to unresponsiveness — in the largest study to date of neurological symptoms among coronavirus patients in a U.S. hospital system.   Read more »

Identify the different symptoms of the flu, COVID-19

Identify the different symptoms of the flu, COVID-19

Donald G. McNeil Jr., The New York Times
Posted at Oct 04 11:00 AM

As influenza season approaches, some Americans, and especially parents, are worried that if they or their children should become ill, it may not be easy to know which disease they have — the flu or COVID-19.   Read more »

'It's not in my head’: They survived the coronavirus, but they never got well

'It's not in my head’: They survived the coronavirus, but they never got well

Sarah Mervosh, The New York Times
Posted at Sep 29 07:55 AM

They caught the coronavirus months ago and survived it, but they are still stuck at home, gasping for breath. They are no longer contagious, but some feel so ill that they can barely walk around the block, and others grow dizzy trying to cook dinner. Month after month, they rush to the hospital with new symptoms, pleading with doctors for answers. Read more »

Hair loss can be another consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic

Hair loss can be another consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic

Pam Belluck, The New York Times
Posted at Sep 25 07:31 AM

Doctors say many patients recovering from COVID-19 are experiencing hair loss — not from the virus itself but from the physiological stress of fighting it off. Many people who never contracted the virus are also losing hair because of emotional stress from job loss, financial strain, deaths of family members or other devastating developments stemming from the pandemic. Read more »

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