A new study by Cardiff University in collaboration with the University of Hertfordshire has revealed the huge "secondary burden" placed on those closest.
An Essex mum diagnosed with long Covid says the illness has had a “tragic effect” on her family’s life. Billie-Jo Redman, 27, suffers from fatigue, brain fog and daily waves of pins and needles due to the disease. She has also been forced to wear a heart monitor 24-hours a day because she frequently has a high heart rate. “My life feels like it’s over,” she said. “The hospital just doesn’t know what to do with me. “They can see my heart rate is way too high, but they don’t know why.
Billie-Jo with her son, Roman