Post-COVID-19 Clinics & Lingering Symptoms
Kevin Loria
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On April 17, Andréa Ceresa got sick. She felt like she had the flu, with serious stomach trouble and shortness of breath—both markers of what is now an all-too-familiar diagnosis across the country: COVID-19. She went to the emergency room, but during those chaotic early days of the pandemic in the U.S., her symptoms weren’t considered serious enough to warrant admission to the hospital in New Jersey near where she lives.
At the time, experts thought that most cases of COVID-19 could be treated at home and would resolve after a few weeks, three to six at most. But for Ceresa and many others who fell sick and were never hospitalized, that’s not what happened.