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More than 60 clinics have been opened in England to help the thousands of people suffering from long-term coronavirus symptoms.
Research shows that one in five people develop long-term symptoms including mental confusion, anxiety, depression, shortness of breath, and fatigue.
Around 186,000 people have suffered problems for up to 12 weeks, according to the National Statistics Office.
The clinics bring together physicians, nurses, physical therapists, and occupational therapists to provide physical and psychological evaluations and refer patients for appropriate treatment and rehabilitation services.
They are accessed through the referral of a GP.
Tom Stayte, a 32-year-old creative entrepreneur based in London, is among those who have suffered long-term symptoms after becoming infected with the virus in March.
Tom Stayte has suffered from long-term symptoms of the coronavirus
He has spent the past nine months dealing with what he described as “a life-changing illness.”
He told Sky News: “I thought being young and fit would protect me. I was wrong. I used to run marathons, now I struggle even with gentle yoga.
“Not a day goes by without any symptoms or pain. Sometimes I feel like a prisoner inside my own body. I look back on my previous life and realize what a privilege it was to wake up each morning in good health.”
Stayte said her symptoms included breathing difficulties, night sweats, muscle spasms, skin rashes, bulging blood vessels, slurred speech, trouble swallowing, nerve pain, abdominal pain, weight loss, cognitive problems, confusion, odors, tastes. and phantom sounds, numbness. and tingling in my limbs.
He added: “I felt like my body had been kidnapped.
Stayte used to run marathons but now has trouble with yoga
“I was terrified, but my GP, the hospital doctors, and the consultants insisted that I suffered from anxiety. When doctors couldn’t explain my symptoms with a blood test or scan, they often denied I was sick or downplayed my symptoms. symptoms.
“I felt like I was going crazy. I cried when I finally found a group of patients online and realized that I was not alone. We now know that one in 10 people who contract COVID-19 go on to suffer from prolonged COVID.
“I was surprised to learn that this is known as medical gas lighting, when hard-to-diagnose symptoms are dismissed as ‘anxiety’ or ‘all in your head,’ and that I had had only a small sample of an experience that many women people of color know this very well.
“Although things have improved since the summer, ‘normalcy’ still feels a long way off. No one really knows when we will improve or if we will improve at all. No one has experienced this disease before and the research does not yet exist.
“But if this long and humiliating illness has taught me anything, it is to be compassionate and patient, both with myself and with others. To heal, everyone, patients, doctors and scientists, we must work together and create a genuinely holistic approach to it. long COVID treatment.
“The carriers that I have connected with for the past nine months are the strongest, most resilient, and resourceful people I have ever met. Just because we don’t know how to cure this yet doesn’t mean it’s not possible. I think it is and never is. I will never give up “.
