Many people who become infected with COVID-19 experience a number of health problems for months and even years. It's a condition called Long COVID. In some people, it's much worse than the initial infection.
Advances in technology have mobilized patients to share emotional support, as well as real-time data about their symptoms online. Those forces have coalesced around long COVID, prompting studies at major medical centers such as the University of South Carolina and Yale University that involve patients in every stage of research.
A husband, whose screenwriter wife committed suicide after debilitating long COVID symptoms for over a year, is hoping to help people understand the condition.
Post-COVID clinics are emerging to support patients with this still mysterious, debilitating disease and treat their symptoms. Patient advocates want more attention on the cause of and remedies for long COVID.