If you re having symptoms you haven t had before, something new following Covid [such as] chest pain, difficulty breathing, you can t get your thinking clearly, you re just not getting better the way you thought you should, have a low threshold to seek care, Brooks said during a hearing of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
Generally, people worry about going to the hospital and wasting a physician s time on something that may not be too serious, especially during the pandemic, Brooks said. In cases of potential long Covid, which researchers are still trying to understand, people shouldn t do that, he said.
It wasn t until about five days after she got her first Pfizer shot in February that she began to feel better. All of a sudden, I wasn t taking naps after cardiac rehab anymore, said Paulson, who also suffers from multiple sclerosis. And then I started going for walks with my dog. Then I was like, hmm, I think I m going to run a little bit, too.
Some people who have suffered from lingering and often debilitating symptoms months after their initial bout with the virus say they are finding relief after getting vaccinated, puzzling health experts. Survivor Corps, a patient advocacy group for people with so-called long Covid, recently surveyed nearly 900 members and found 41% reported slight relief to full recovery shortly after getting the shots.