ToniAnn Cusumano, who was bedridden due to long-haul COVID for an entire year, tells her story. She will be a part of Long Haul a new documentary that shows experiences with the condition.
A massive study conducted during the pandemic estimates one in three COVID-19 survivors were diagnosed with a neurological or psychiatric condition within six months of infection.
The study, published Tuesday in the peer-reviewed journal The Lancet Psychiatry, used more than 230,000 electronic health records of COVID-19 patients mostly in the U.S. looking at 14 different brain and mental health disorders.
Thirty-four percent of survivors were diagnosed with at least one of these conditions, with 13% of these people being their first recorded neurological or psychiatric diagnosis. Mental health diagnoses were most common among patients, with 17% diagnosed with anxiety and 14% diagnosed with a mood disorder.
Free online boot camp proving successful for COVID-19 long haulers
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It s the first of its kind, it s free, and it s giving COVID-19 long haulers both physical and emotional hope. Itâs called the COVID Bootcamp, started by the Pulmonary Wellness Foundation.
For Eli Musser, who has been dealing with COVID-19 for almost exactly a year, his former life is a dream ago.
âI hope it s a dream I get to go back to,â Musser said.
Musser was about to get married and was close to releasing a record. He had an active physical fitness regimen. Now, he says, a 20-minute walk is an exhausting success. His calendar is filled with his extensive care team of doctors and appointments.
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