'It feels endless': four women struggling to recover from Covid-19
Many people suffer effects of coronavirus for months while reporting a wider range of symptoms than NHS guidelines state
Last month, the Guardian published an interview with Paul Garner, a professor of infectious diseases, about his experience of Covid-19. The piece was shared widely and viewed nearly 1m times. Readers got in touch to say they too were suffering from lingering and often strange Covid-19 symptoms.
There is evidence that the official NHS description of the virus's symptoms - cough, fever, loss of taste/smell - is too narrow. Those who do not need acute hospital treatment and who are isolating at home report a far broader range of problems. Often these go on for longer than 14 days. An online survey of 151 medical professionals who fell ill in March found 68 are still unable to work. A further 26 went back, only to stop again when symptoms returned.
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