People recovering from Covid-19 are searching for answers themselves

Wide-ranging and often 'bizarre' symptoms can persist weeks and even months after first falling ill

It’s over, I thought! It was the beginning of May, after the weirdest seven weeks of illness I had ever had, a roller coaster of exhaustion, pain everywhere, tinnitus, headaches, [...]More...

Seven weeks since I first had symptoms, the ‘long tail’ of Covid-19 continues to plague me.

The disease’s “long-haulers” have endured relentless waves of debilitating symptoms—and disbelief from doctors and friends.

Geneticists have turned up intriguing links between DNA and the disease. Patients with Type A blood, for example, seem to be at greater risk.

I’ve had a fever, a cough and breathlessness since February, and been in and out of hospital. If it isn’t coronavirus, what is it?

Data from the COVID Symptom Study suggests that while most people recover from COVID-19 within two weeks, one in ten people may still have symptoms after three weeks. Take a closer look at the data...

One in ten have symptoms after three weeks, and some may suffer for months say researchers who designed the Covid Symptom Study app

These are the long-term effects of Covid-19 you need to know about.

Reflections on illness, history and family - An essay by Rozalind Dineen | 'My lungs seemed to close up, no longer baggily welcoming air'

They may be experiencing a continuing infection, slow recovery or post-viral condition.

Many recovered coronavirus patients who did not need to be hospitalized are still facing serious health problems months later, according to a study commissioned by the Longfonds. While 94 percent say

Dr Ronan Glynn said it serves as a message to people who don’t think they are vulnerable to the disease.

Emerging evidence suggests that COVID-19 may actually trigger the onset of diabetes in healthy people and also cause severe complications of pre-existing diabetes.

New-onset diabetes is being observed in patients who have tested positive for the virus

When Dan Scoble came down with the coronavirus in March, all the classic symptoms landed in one fell swoop. “I had everything under the sun: a fever, temperature, fatigue and chest pain,” he said. “My

The aftereffects of viral infections can be life-altering — we know this from personal experience — and unfortunately are devastatingly common.

So-called COVID-19 ‘long-haulers’ who believe they had the disease are complaining of waves of new and sometimes debilitating symptoms that persist weeks and even months after their initial sickness.

'We feel trapped and forgotten, left behind while the rest of the world zooms on'

By day four of presenting with coronavirus symptoms, on 19 March, Tobi Rachel Akingbade, from London, felt so scared she called NHS 111. The 28-year-old, who believes she contracted the virus from

More and more survivors of coronavirus are discovering its impact on their health is long-term.

Never in the modern scientific era have so many people been infected with the same virus in such a short period of time. For many survivors of coronavirus, symptoms hang on for weeks or even months....

Some "long-haulers" report shortness of breath, cough, headache and other coronavirus symptoms linger for months.