Long post covid experience

I was recently diagnosed with COVID-19 infection. However, two weeks after treatment and testing negative, I am still feeling weak with poor appetite and sleeping pattern. Kindly let me know why this is happening.

Arike (by SMS)

What you have is referred to as “long COVID”.  The symptoms range from shortness of breath, poor cognitive dysfunction, fatigue, chest pain, such as trouble speaking, some have described anxiety or depression, muscle aches, fever, loss of smell, loss of taste among others. Even though the condition is still being studied, the duration of the condition can last three months, some have described as long as six months and potentially up to nine months. Any patient or person who develops post COVID-19 condition will need a lot of multi specialist care. This will involve social care workers, psychosocial workers, mental health professionals among others. Currently, there is no specific treatment. However, it is very clear that preventing COVID-19 is the best way to prevent the development of post COVID-19 condition or long COVID. Apart from vaccines which reduce hospitalisation and mortality, public health measures such as mask wearing in the appropriate places, physical distancing, hand-washing, are also extremely important to prevent COVID-19.

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