Initial research has found that 30 to 40% of COVID-19 patients with lingering issues describe some symptom relief post-vaccination, the latest medical mystery posed by the virus.
CHICAGO Wendy French of northwest suburban Lake in the Hills used to run 10 miles a day several times a week before she caught COVID-19 in September, which left her fatigued and suffering from a variety of symptoms for months after the virus was supposedly gone. The previously healthy 45-year-old stopped running and even began dreading typical household chores such as doing laundry, because .
Wendy French of northwest suburban Lake in the Hills used to run 10 miles a day several times a week before she caught COVID-19 in September, which left her fatigued and suffering from a variety of symptoms for months after the virus was supposedly gone. The previously healthy 45-year-old stopped running and even began dreading typical household chores such as doing laundry, because it .
A growing number of COVID-19 “long-haulers,” those with lingering long-term symptoms linked to the virus, are reporting sudden improvement after getting a COVID-19 vaccine.
These women say covid-19 changed their periods. They’re calling for more research.
At least one study has looked at virus’s impacts on menstruation, but OB/GYNs say there should be more Illustration for Covid-Period story. (iStock; Washington Post illustration) (iStock) Soo Youn
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Last year, Lacy Phillips had covid-19 for a couple of weeks from late October to mid-November. Initially, she was infected while she was on her period.
“It was unusually heavy and included just massive clots,” the writer and podcaster in Jeffersonville, Ind., tweeted a few months later. “Pretty sure I passed a clot that was basically a cast of the inside of my uterus.”