Doctors and patients with COVID-19 complications are raising concerns about long-term harm, even as President Donald Trump downplays the risks.
Nearly four months after being diagnosed with COVID-19, Karyn Bishof endures a long list of symptoms that includes a collapsed lung, chronic fatigue and a wildly irregular heartbeat.lingering health problems.
People with complications, self-described as “long haulers,” are uncounted in any official report as of now. But Bishof took tallying into her own hands when she posted a survey June 16 on social media. As of Monday, she's gotten 1,280 responses from COVID-19 sufferers who say they, too, experience ongoing symptoms.COVID-19 didn't kill these Americans, but many might never be the same
Dr. Kathryn Wagner, a neurologist at the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore, said published data suggests the share of people who experience serious complications is"significantly higher" than 1%. Dr. Ashish Jha, K.T. Li Professor of Global Health at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and director of Harvard Global Health Institute, said it's harmful to not communicate COVID-19's risk and underplay its threat.
Kennedy Krieger anticipates more and more children will need therapy to rehab from COVID-19 neurological and physical complications, so it has set up a clinic for children, teens and adults under the age of 21. Patients are assigned to a care team that includes a neurologist, podiatrist, mental health specialist, physical therapist and occupational therapist.
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