Coronavirus doctor's diary: Why are people remaining ill for so long?
Four months after the start of the coronavirus pandemic, doctors are still on a steep learning curve. One surprise is just how long symptoms seem to last, for some patients. Dr John Wright of Bradford Royal Infirmary talks to two young women who are still tired and breathless many weeks after falling ill.
We also assumed that when we applauded our patients who had recovered from this acute viral illness off the wards that it would be the last we saw of them. For the first week, Amira Valli's symptoms were quite mild - a headache, a sore throat, perhaps a slight fever. By the end of the week she thought she was coming out of it, but the next week she became breathless, and that breathlessness has stayed.
Physiotherapist Molly Williams volunteered to work on the Covid wards, and like Amira she almost certainly caught the virus at work in the hospital. An elite gymnast throughout her teens, she has since taken up CrossFit - at the age of 34, she's one of the top 20 CrossFit athletes in the UK. But she too is experiencing breathlessness.
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