Coronavirus symptoms include a variety of ailments including fever, cough, shortness of breath, gastrointestinal problems, skin rashes, and conjunctivitis. Now a medical team has discovered the three lasting symptoms of the virus.
Professional diver Emiliano Pescarolo had tested positive for COVID-19 in March.
Pescarolo had spent 17 days in the hospital in the Italian port city of Genoa.
Three months later, the 42-year-old man explains that he still suffers from respiratory difficulties.
“Once at home, even after weeks, I couldn’t see progress.
“If I took a little walk, it was like climbing Mount Everest. He was breathless too just from talking.
“I was very concerned.”
Including persistent respiratory problems, brain fog was also described as a long-lasting symptom.
Pescarolo said he had trouble concentrating and was concerned about his cognitive powers.
“I don’t remember simple things, especially short-term memory,” he said.
Like Pescarolo, Margaret O’Hara noticed that her mind seemed much less sharp even after recovering.
In the UK, online communities of “Long Covid” victims have sprung up as people try to control what appears to be the long-term effects of a virus that is still largely unknown.
Meanwhile, health authorities in the UK and Italy, two of the European nations most affected by the coronavirus pandemic, are starting to offer rehabilitation services to Covid-19 survivors.
These are likely to have to be powerful, as research now indicates that coronavirus is a multi-system disease that can harm not only the lungs, but also the kidneys, liver, heart, brain, and nervous system, the skin and the gastrointestinal tract.
