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Transcripts for BBCNEWS Long Covid 20240604 12:46:00

Ok on camera. long covid means nuala has struggled with full time school. in april, she was admitted to hospitalfor tests. they gave her a device to help with her breathing. i ve been quite out of breath running with my friends, like really fast and out of breath. because my lungs, they aren t proper or something. you lose that spontaneity in your life because you can t just think today is a nice day, i ll go for a walk. because what energy you have got, you have to plan it. while some people may improve with time and rest, others may have organ damage that needs medical treatment. athmaja thottungal, a consultant anaesthetist, got covid in february last year. i started having severe joint pain, heart racing, chest pain, difficulty breathing. ....

Long Covid , Hospitalfor Tests , Breath Running , Chest Pain , Organ Damage , Athmaja Thottungal , Difficulty Breathing , Joint Pain , Heart Racing , Got Covid In February Last ,

Transcripts for BBCNEWS Long Covid 20240604 12:35:00

Yes. why did you go to the head teacher s office at breaktime? because i had long covid. you go and get a rest? yeah. nuala, who s eight, also has long covid. she has good and bad days, with bouts of fatigue. an estimated 33,000 children in the uk have long covid. i m pretty exhausted. trying to hold down a full time and quite demanding job and then obviously lucy s illness is so unpredictable. well, i say that, but sometimes it s predictable in the fact that she does half hour or an hour activity and then after that, she s just exhausted. ....

Head Teacher , Long Covid , Lucy Adams ,

Transcripts for BBCNEWS Long Covid 20240604 02:45:00

Virus that was attacking your body, or whether your body itself sort of got confused and your immune system started attacking itself and again. i don t know and they are still trying to work that out and if they can work that out, then hopefully they can find a way of curing people. you ve got makeup? yes, i have got makeup on. did you put that on so you didn t look like you were so tired? yes, and so that i looked less tired and so i looked ok on camera. long covid means nuala has struggled with full time school. in april, she was admitted to hospitalfor tests. they gave her a device to help with her breathing. i ve been quite out of breath running with my friends, like really fast and out of breath. ....

Immune System , Makeup On , Long Covid , Hospitalfor Tests , Breath Running ,

Transcripts for BBCNEWS Long Covid 20240604 02:44:00

Years max, i hope. that s a long time to feel as ill, as many of us do. it could mean many thousands of people are off work for years, a significant impact on the economy and the nhs. my guesstimate is that the healthcare needs for those people run in to the billions, and it s notjust the money, it s which clinic will they be seen in? who will the doctors be? who will the nurses be? as the interview ends, nuala has some questions of her own about the illness she too has had to cope with. why did my body think covid was still there? that s a good question. one of doctors said to me it was almost like a ghost of the virus in your blood system. i don t know and they still don t know if it was the live ....

Healthcare Needs , Ithink Covid , Interview Ends , Blood System ,

Transcripts for BBCNEWS Long Covid 20240604 02:45:00

Don t know if it was the live virus that was attacking your body, or whether your body itself sort of got confused and your immune system started attacking itself and again. i don t know and they are still trying to work that out and if they can work that out, then hopefully they can find a way of curing people. you ve got makeup? yes, i have got makeup on. did you put that on so you didn t did you put that on so you didn t look like you were so tired? yes, and so that i looked less tired and so i looked ok on camera. long covid means nuala has struggled with full time school. in april, she was admitted to hospitalfor tests. they gave her a device to help with her breathing. i ve been quite out of breath running with my friends, like really fast and out of breath. because my lungs, they aren t proper or something. ....

Immune System , Makeup On , Long Covid , Hospitalfor Tests , Breath Running ,