More than 80% of Americans have had COVID-19, and while we are better equipped to treat the virus today than we were in 2020, many of us are now coping with a secondary issue: long COVID.
Soon after the virus showed up, patients who had been infected began reporting lingering symptoms as wide-ranging as crushing fatigue, a racing heart, brain fog, shortness of breath, joint or muscle pain, GI issues and depression for weeks or months afterward. It is now believed that about 10% to 30% (or more) of people have new, returning or ongoing