Long COVID patients enduring symptoms and looking for answers

Scripps News digs into life for the millions of Americans with Long COVID. Four years in, people both young and old, vaccinated and unvaccinated alike experience debilitating conditions for months or years, often after mild COVID-19 infections.

We talked with patients and experts about what their life is like and what treatment could look like for an illness with no proven cure.

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[sandrabryant]

My friends and family basically abandoned me when I got LC. It's devastating barely able to work and no support system.

[maureenkidd]

So many have injuries. These so-called medical professionals should be deeply ashamed of themselves for being such cowards and chasing

[starlightist]

You don’t get any understanding or help believe me as ME FM/CF sufferer

[jonglaesmann]

They wont give what it takes to help people more funding to help people to get there lives back people are really suffering very badly the fatigue is the worst of it dont even want to get out of bed or out of the house if it was on fire this is something we did not ask for help us dear lord or take us so we dont have to suffer any longer its bad to live like this help us all

[willow]

So scary and how many of them are caused by the actual shot

[arwenanduin]

Barely hanging on to my job, people think it's just regular fatigue. I need SO much sleep to function at all. I sleep night and days I'm not working.

I'm losing IQ points-- bad news for my retirement aspirations as a writer.

No idea how to plan the future: do I retire early and maybe have a chance to rest and improve? . . .And should I retire early because I may not live as long?

[ancabostinariu]

I was vaccinated but got covid 3 times and now experience dizziness, tinnitus, balance problems and some days stutter.
I never had these problems. I alsohave episodes of tachicardia

[outsidee]

Never Forget
Your Doctor Always Knew
Never Forgive
#YDAK

[susanbelrose]

I had 3 vaccines. I had virus very bad anyway! Now migraines, fatigue, Body buzzing, severe dizzyness, no taste, and now heart issues. Over a year now.

[ronalddaub]

Everybody I know that has got covid or dead has had the shot and it did not help. That's sad

[donnazukadley]

I had all those symptoms after my 2nd mandated M0derna.

[Judahthanksgiving]

Yep, my hair has never been the same nor my taste buds. I lost about half of both. I won't go near their vaccines.

[clauthequeen]

I have LC… my heartrate goes thru the roof, I have POTS and muscles pain, I suffer from severe fatigue and hypotension.😢

[emnpvrc]

Did they have the snakebite, this is why they are sick, you didn't mention it, tell the truth, then i might feel like watching!

[Gina-dnxm]

Covid isn't going away, and neither is long covid.

[johanneratte]

It’s long vaccine instead of long covid😂😂 say the truth!!

[KD-vwbv]

Try doing Keto or eliminating sugar. Fasting will help starve unhealthy cells

[inkythinker]

All my jabbed friends have either had complications including myocarditis, 'long covid', repeated flus this year, death, or a number of other problems.. Unjabbed ones have been just fine, go figure. But it must be 'climate change'

[hendritrevi]

I got vaccinated and i still have long term covid how is this possible ?

[starlightist]

Vaccine injury! . It’s the same type symptoms as ME CFS/CF