a new article in the new england journal of medicine offers sobering statistics about what it calls a public health disaster in the making.
according to the mayo clinic , long-haul covid’s symptoms can include fatigue and shortness of breath, cough, joint pain, chest pain, memory and concentration problems, sleep issues, muscle pain, headache, rapid heartbeat, loss of smell and taste, depression, anxiety, fever and ‘flu symptoms, dizziness and worsening symptoms after physical and mental activity.
the british medical journal adds neurocognitive difficulties, gastrointestinal upset, rashes, metabolic disruption (such as poor control of diabetes,) thromboembolic conditions and other mental health conditions to that list.
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according to steve rastin, managing partner at rastin gluckstein, people are getting legal help for long term disability claims, “b ecause their insurance companies refuse to look at their claims. i anticipate that this is going to be a massive battleground as people fight for their rights.”
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younger people get long-haul covid, “so we’re talking about people 35 or 40 who cannot re-enter the workforce. they have brain fog and overall fatigue and can’t focus,” said rastin.
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