Health
‘Am I going to survive?’ The lingering effects of coronavirus and the long, hard road to recovery – Brisbane Times
Shortness of breath, whittled away muscles. Flashbacks and mental fogginess. These are just some of the lingering symptoms that can haunt the sickest of coronavirus patients in the months following infection.
Doctors were uncertain he would survive. But almost six weeks in, something extraordinary happened. Mr Nair had beaten the mysterious virus that had ravaged his body.
He faced a new and difficult challenge: the long road to recovery. Shortness of breath, fluid on the lungs, whittled away muscles. He also had flashbacks, confusion and scarring or inflammation of the lungs, heart, kidneys and liver. These are just some of the lingering effects of those who become seriously ill with coronavirus.
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