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WHEN COVID LINGERS

WHEN she was diagnosed with Covid-19 in May, Stacey Smith* was surprised considering the precautions she’d taken.

But what surprised her even more was how long the symptoms have lasted. It’s been six months since her test came back positive, and while some of the symptoms have come and gone, others have remained.

“The symptoms I presented with at the start were fatigue, headaches, tummy issues, loss of smell, tight chest, shortness of breath, joint pain and brain fog,” Stacey (46) tells us.

She was also diagnosed with pneumonitis (inflammation of the lung tissue)

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