https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/austr...seeking-treatment-for-debilitating-long-covid
Hundreds of people in the Australian state of Victoria are seeking treatment for
strange and debilitating symptoms lingering many months after their Covid-19 diagnosis, including some whose ailments are so severe they are struggling to return to work.
Head of respiratory medicine research at The Alfred hospital in Melbourne, Professor Anne Holland, said the hospital’s post-Covid follow-up clinic was supporting
a rising number of people infected in the latest Delta outbreak, some of whom were having to cut back their working hours, or were finding it difficult to return to their studies.
Many were young, otherwise healthy people, who had only minor bouts of the disease, but were reporting symptoms including brain fog, extreme fatigue, chronic pain, shortness of breath, and palpitations more than two months after infection.
Others are experiencing tinnitus (a ringing or buzzing noise in the ears) or recurring pins and needles (a sensation of uncomfortable tingling or prickling), despite having no history of the conditions.
“One of the things that has been much more apparent this year with the Delta outbreak is that symptoms around difficulties with memory and concentration have been very prevalent,” Holland said.
.....doctors are increasingly seeing higher numbers of young people, who despite not being severely ill with the virus, struggle to shake off waves of debilitating symptoms.
