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Health
Have you got
post-Covid syndrome?
The list of post Covid-19 ailments keep growing, writes Vinita Alvares
Fernandes
SARS-CoV-2 or Covid-19, the tiny but stuffy nose, extreme weakness, headaches
deadly virus that brought the entire world and an unrelenting cough, however
to its knees, spared no age, race or human through mutating and metamorphosing
whether healthy or immunocompromised, into variants like “Delta” and “Omicron’’
and no amount of money, power or clout it has become crystal clear that Covid-19
could help you escape the jaws of Covid-19. isn’t your ordinary flu. With more than two
If you’ve been unlucky enough to contract years of vigorous research, genome testing
Covid-19 but lucky enough to recover from and data collection it has come to our
it in one piece, you must definitely have attention that many who have recovered
been on the wing of an angel. from Covid-19 are developing other medical
problems down the line. These markers are
What is Covid-19? not only related to the respiratory system
The virus is part of the coronavirus family, but also the body’s other major organs and
the virus on entering your body, makes systems like the heart, liver, kidneys and
contact with the mucous membranes that the neurological system.
line your nose, mouth, and eyes latching
onto healthy cells and multiplying at What is Long Covid?
an alarming rate infecting nearby cells, Long Covid makes it to the top of the list
and spreading throughout your body. when it comes to dreading being a Covid-19
Throughout its existence, Covid-19 targets survivor and the concept of ‘Long Covid’
mainly the respiratory system in its earliest depends on the severity of the disease
phase, so one experiences cold and flu like contracted by an individual and how
symptoms of a sore throat, blocked and your immune system fights it. If you have
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