John Rumm wrote:
On 26/02/2021 16:42, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Jethro_uk wrote:
Plus the long term effects. Already I see there's a "long covid" being
discussed.

I don't personally know of many who've had Covid. But two I do know have
had long lasting after effects - even although they weren't hospitalised.
Both in their 50s. One appears to be possibly serious - damage to heart
and kidneys.

I had a rather sobering chat with a former neighbour the other day.
(fit, early 50's). She said that she and her husband got it last year,
and they probably passed it onto her mum. Hubby recovered ok, but her
mum died, and unknown to her at the time, she suffered quite serious
cardiac damage. That only manifested when one day she went into cardiac
arrest without any warning! Fortunately she was one of the very few to
survive that outside of hospital, because she was with her husband when
it happened, and he knew how to do effective CPR, worked out what was
going on quickly enough, and was able to keep her alive until the
ambulance got there.

That's why this is not a case of "seasonal flu".

The long haulers (people "damaged" long term by COVID)
are getting to be a problem.

Some of the problem is related to blood clots
(similar to deep vein thrombosis, you could
have a heart attack or stroke, any time that a
large clot breaks loose). That's one of the reasons
low-dose heparin is administered here, to emergency cases.
To try to reduce the size of clots. Maybe the whole
time you're at hospital, you're on heparin.

And it's possible brain tissue is affected.

https://www.henryford.com/blog/2020/...-and-brain-fog

I don't know how much help doctors can give us
with stuff like this. A couple of days ago, I saw
mention of a "center" for collecting data on long haulers,
so they can have treatment plans to offer for the
various symptoms. I would not be expecting any miracles
though. I think the doctors are doing good work, finding
substances to administer during disease progression,
but if you take collateral damage along the way, you're basically
on your own on that.

Paul