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More children have long covid than asthma. Reinfection can increase risks.

  • abc@feddit.uk
    44·
    2 个月前

    I still have long covid symptoms 2.5 years later 😅 I don’t even think it’s even got better, it’s just the same symptoms being managed. it freaks me out that, with each passing day, there are probably more and more people falling victim to the same chronic pain and exhaustion that I’ve experienced, and potentially with no end in sight

    • abc@feddit.uk
      17·
      2 个月前

      (I was completely fine after my first infection, it was the second one that got me)

      • tomkatt@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        2 个月前

        I continue to wear masks when out to this day, and see no future point of stopping for now.

        I have existing conditions that Covid would wreak havoc with, and long covid still isn’t well understood. Even the vaccine (Pfizer) totally fucked me up, to the point getting the booster was a no-go.

        • abc@feddit.uk
          7·
          2 个月前

          that sounds very sensible, but really tough for you that not even the vaccine helps. for me (and for now) it’s not worsened my symptoms so it’s given me quite a bit of peace of mind to get a booster every ~six months. I do wish my otherwise healthy family/friends would consider getting regular boosters though, in the hopes of lowering the chances of this ticking time bomb. each time someone tells me on the phone they’ve got a ‘chest infection’ or ‘nasty cold’ etc. it just fills me with dread that they’ll end up in our boat. 😵‍💫

          • tomkatt@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3·
            2 个月前

            that sounds very sensible, but really tough for you that not even the vaccine helps.

            It’s not so bad. I’m pretty antisocial (or maybe asocial?) and the only person I associate with and spend time with IRL is my wife, and we’re in the same boat. So it hasn’t been hard to stay safe over the years.

    • Bone@lemmy.world
      5·
      2 个月前

      Adults, even elderly ones, also finding the shots harder to obtain or find at all.