One of the lasting legacies from the Covid pandemic has been the amount of people suffering long term after a Covid infection. Dubbed ‘Long Covid’ the condition involves persistent fatigue, cough, headaches and muscle pain.
In January 2021, 15 year old Isabel O’Connor is running 31 miles, a mile for every day, in memory of her godmother Perin Dobran, to raise money for Swanley Therapy Centre.
‘Post Covid Syndrome’ or ‘Long Covid’ has arisen as a possible long term complication after a Coronavirus infection. The symptoms can be serious and wide-ranging, affecting the lungs, heart, brain, kidneys, stomach and nervous system. Headaches, shortness of breath, sore throat and feeling exhausted are common.
From The Times – Friday November 20 2020 “Scientists say they have reversed two of the biological hallmarks of ageing by giving people oxygen therapy in a pressurised chamber.
A letter from Prof. Philip James. Hon. Medical Advisor MS Therapy Centres The way the (Corona) virus acts in the body is now understood and the receptors on the surface of many of our cells that the virus blocks have been identified.
