From Scarred Lungs to Diabetes: How COVID May Stick With People Long-Term | SciShow News
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- Опубликовано: 2 июл 2020
- Even though we are still in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists are trying to figure out the ways in which this disease may stick with people in the long term - from lasting lung damage to potentially triggering diseases like diabetes and Alzheimers.
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Lung Damage
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Diabetes
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Neurological Damage
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I have permanent scarring on one of my lungs from being hospitalised with severe pneumonia a few years ago. You really aren't the same person afterwards. Best of luck to everyone recovering from this.
Can you put into detail the things that changed with having a scarred lung?
@@syano9664 I second that^
Not OP but had a run in with Hanta about 8 years ago now. Got very lucky and only developed bloody pneumonia; Hantavirus can and will kill you. Spent a month struggling to breathe and coughing up blood, thankfully only needed at-home therapies and no hospitalization though. Buddy of my sister caught it and had to be placed in a medically induced coma for a while.
In the years since I've had worsened asthma symptoms and get out of breath noticeably easier, and I have relatively minor damage. I have asthma attacks more easily than I did prior and with much more severity. I have to be careful when doing anything active; even marching in the pride parade last year almost took me down, and I'm very glad I packed my inhaler.
The severity of the damage influences these after effects a lot, but when even minor damage can make breathing a struggle... It's not something you want to experience. Granted, being overweight and generally physically unwell thanks to autoimmune issues I have other compounding factors, but the scarring has had a lasting effect.
so if you get covid a second time, you die
As someone with asthma and no sense of smell, I am terrified of catching this virus.
As a Type 1 Diabetic, Coronavirus scares me deeply. What scares me more is how people are acting..
I think that if you're well managed and type 1 you're at the same risk as any other healthy person from your age.
Don't over panic. Still be careful tho.
@@Koraxus the problem isn't my management, it's my diabetes itself. My blood sugars are completely sporadic and will raise themselves without having ate a single thing. Sometimes I'm able to catch it, have a corrective dose of insulin and everything will be fine. Other times, I'll be issuing bolus after bolus, my body rejecting the insulin, blood sugars climbing and will end up in an ambulance with diabetic ketoacidosis. This has been the case for over 300 admissions in the last 4 years. My management is considered quite good, my diabetes is unmanageable. You see why I'm worried when I'm doing my part to avoid the virus but I'm inadvertently being forced into a breeding ground for it already with a compromised immune system. Cases in my local area are on the rise again, too - a fun situation
As a chronically ill person who they still haven't tested for cancer in six months who has had malpractice but had to tolerate it her whole life- This.
@@furblokeEN Damn bro, sorry to hear. I have diabetes type 1 too and I've only been hospitalized once due to it when I was 11, and it was because I truly was too careless.
I understand your worry. Do you have any other comorbidity perhaps?
There's this channel my friend sent to me called Chameleon Rants. Random, I know, but they make pretty funny videos so if you're feeling stressed coz of the this whole pandemic, maybe watch some of their stuff. (It's very sarcastic)
Here's their recent video, you might like it idk, I hope you have a great day, just doing my bit by spreading some posivity ruclips.net/video/R892-tsuXIA/видео.html
The most horrifying part of SARS-cov-2 is that those most at risk have to depend on everyone else caring enough to actually observe infection prevention protocol...
That's /horrifying/.
Empathy and altruism are rare these days. A lot of people don't even know the words.
Revealing all the issues of our society... selfishness, entitlement, lack of empathy, etc. All things we knew but now are paying for if we don't put it in check. Sigh...
I don't think that's entirely true. Six feet social distancing does not depend on others, you can protect yourself. No safeguard is failsafe but avoiding others is effective.
Miss Plumtree Miss Plumtree People have to go out for necessities and to stay in shelter, you need to HAVE one. People need to work to pay bills regardless. That's where they can't decide to avoid people giving the precautions the middle finger
Confirming this and probably had it and was neglected by people with denialism as their worldview and they almost got me killed.
I am so glad you made a video about this. I know someone who got it early in the year, he's 29, he *still* hasn't recovered his sense of smell or taste, his energy is much lower than it used to be, and he's been having issues with significant "brain fog" (hard to concentrate, forgetting what he was just talking about, etc.). He's also been struggling with depression because he just feels like he can't be the person he used to be before he had to deal with this.
That's why I get a little angry when I hear people say that it's not a big deal or that everyone should just expose themselves to the virus to "get it over with." Just surviving doesn't mean you're "over it." So many people will have to suffer the effects of this for years to come. 😞
Lets hope the vaccine will be available soon
@@tonybs03 The people who had it lost their antibodies in 2 to 3 months, that means no effective vaccine, man, sorry
@Christian Stewart So, booster shots 3X/year?
Unfortunately I can relate from personal experience. I'm 28 and facing a lot of the same. Tell him to keep away from negative or the ignorant people who make stupid remarks and to focus on himself and recovering even if it's at a snail's pace. It's not an easy road , but we dont really have another option. :)
@@tonybs03 this wont help us who have long covid.
Turns out not everything that doesn't kill you makes you stronger
Actually, practically NOTHING that doesn't kill you, fails to make you weaker. It sucks not being a saiyan doesn't it.
True
@@medexamtoolsdotcom It really does. Damn this human body! Why can't we all be anime characters?!
short breathed people tagged witch corrona when in fact they had a cardiac arrest
I propose the following improvements to that nonsense Nietzsche quote:
"That which does not kill me may merely be taking its sweet time in doing so."
"That which does not kill me may make me wish it would, and leave me looking as though it already has."
I wish more people realized that being young, healthy, or having a self-described strong immune system doesn't mean this virus can't end up devastating a person. Especially wish more people understood what a cytokine swarm is.
That would be a good cell's at work episode!
It seems the stronger the immune system the worse the symptoms are, those who think their immune system is strong should be the most scared.
Also, a strong immune system actually makes you MORE likely to develop serious symptoms, because the main complications from Covid are due to the immune system over-reacting and attacking healthy lung tissue.
Kilo Sierra O.C. never said anything about dying, if you never heard young people say that they are not worried about getting c19 then you've been living under a rock.
@Kilo Sierra
You're data may be biased depending on where you are getting it.
In the US the raw data of the dead is roughly 73% are Elderly, 23% are Middle-to-not-quite-elderly (like 40-65), and 4% are under that - with people under the age of 20 having maybe a 1% mortality rate.
Simple compilation of data to that effect.
www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/coronavirus-age-sex-demographics/
Case Study: The after affects can negatively impact your quality of life even if you do not get very sick. My lungs are "clear" on an X-ray, but after Covid-19 I could not walk down one flight of stairs without needing rescue inhaler. As of 7\4/20 I'm on 110mcg Flovent HCA 4X/day and still need rescuce inhaler to walk regular pace more than 1 city block. Still have no sense of taste or smell. The, "being sick," in bed with a fever, part ended 4/1/2020. No previous health issues. I feel almost disabled. Edit: In NJ USA.
@@ilikemyrealname Thank you.
@Sarah 🙏
What about a taste for hunger or mental affects like numbness or additional anhedonia?
What about additional loss of executive function and willpower?
Pretty sure my partner and I had it. It oscillated versus having a linear pathway to recovery between the symptoms. My bones *did* hurt.
Think the symptoms are like white light and the patient's subtleties of genetics, epigenetics, family history, past illness history/etc.. Those little pixel details that don't seem big- Are a prism determining how it presents.
I'm sorry you had to go through this. This is basically virus Chernobyl and I'm so hurt and mad.
there is a strong possibility that NAC can help you, by restoring the action of glutathione peroxidase and eliminating excess superoxides (radical oxygen species).
(more information available from pulmonologist Roger Sehult at medcram.com or medcram on youtube. he's a front line ER doc in CA. best of luck)
When you say no previous health issues, do you mean you eat carbs everyday 3 times a day w/o snacking?
My aunt and her fiance are infected she’s in the hospital right now please pray or send good energy to them 💖
I am
Good luck to them!!!!
Good luck
I pray
Lord Please protect and heal your people.Thank You and I Love so much Papa Jesus and Mama Mary always and forever Amen 🙏❤
I got it around end of March, beginning of April. I do have some preexisting conditions like high blood pressure and proximal tachycardia, but otherwise a healthy (at the time 19) 20 year old who exercises up to 10 hours a week. The cough and shortness of breath was bad, but it has been months and I still get short of breath when exercising and have now developed/triggered multiple respiratory allergies. Its no joke people
marjolein van ingen ： thank you for the information, I didn’t know it can cuz problem for Young ppl like your age.
I am 71 and I got it April 4th in hospital April 11 on respirator 15th off 40 hours later out of hospital 24th now out over 2 months and still feeling effects but at least I am off of oxygen and can climb a flight of stairs without stopping.
Wish you can tell it to those idiots at
Trump rallies without masks.
@Al Cubz genetics
Developed breathing problems post pneumonia years ago. Started a regime of sprinting exercises 3 times a week. It took several years before I felt normal again. Better get running.
I can tell you the headaches are long term. I caught COVID-19 in late February and started showing symptoms in early March. I ended up in hospital with viral pneumonia in mid-March, but recovered quickly and was back at work in April. I have painful scarring at the bottom of my left lung and I have headaches 3-4 days out of every week. I’m 48, and not in any of the dangerous categories.
do you live in america because in mid march thats when the government was illegally dumping chemicals around the wooded area i live in and never was able to get medical treatment but others that did have similar stories to yours
need to live in wooded area though and i know that america has been trying to pass their illegal chemical dumpings off as covid 19 so anything that comes from america dont trust it go to italy and other countries i look towards new zealand
Ok. I don't think you understand what "long term" means then. Because we're not in the long term. You're talking about something that happened earlier this year. Come back in 2030 and reply to your comment then, then you'll have the authority to talk about the long term. If you're still having frequent headaches THEN, THEN you can say headaches are long term.
@@medexamtoolsdotcom it's called hawaii and New Zealand go look up information about them then tell me about long term
That's why all the links are about America and that country has been illegally dumping chemicals that cause these health issues and been passing it off as covid
I know I ended up being sick from them and I dont know how I lived to talk about it I got lucky 5 mins around them but the EPA expected me to die from that without surgery
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ihartevil No, I caught the virus in Spain, and developed symptoms in Scotland.
I still have granulomas in my lungs from catching pneumonia when the swine flu was making the rounds in 2009. That stuff doesn't go away.
Heeey Sleekoduck! I know you from TOOGH channel :) Just wanted to say 👋 I had pneumonia last year from a flu, no doctor ever told me I should come for a new check up 🤔 Then I had appendix inflammation two months later. I still feel those two were connected. Then two months later I had laringitis
I'm sorry to hear that! I was in college during swine flu, and somehow missed getting it when half of the students and staff were out sick. I'll never forget that year. I was just diagnosed with Covid related pneumonia today, their goal is to reduce scarring and long term damage. I hope it works.
took me at least 6 months to recover from swine flu. and that didn't even become pneumonia which I have had three times.
I heard this exchange the other day.
Store Employee: Ma'am you need to wear a face mask to come in.
Entitled Lady: For what?
Employee: Because of the Covid virus ma'am.
EL: That was months ago.
Emp.: It's still going on ma'am, you still need to-
EL: I don't care about that anymore. I've been hearing about this whole virus thing going on for months now. I'm tired of it and I'm sick of hearing about it. You can't keep me from shopping.
Emp. : Sorry ma'am, store policy says you can't come in without a mask.
I just have to shake my head. This is the end result of "backlash to backlash" culture. People who have heard about something negative for months, they got tired of hearing about it so now they have to fight anyone who keeps bringing it up. Well too bad, to quote a headline I saw some weeks ago "The coronavirus doesn't care that you're tired of it"
I'd like to see these people during the plague. "Ugh will people stop talking about that stupid 'Black Death' already? I'm so sick of hearing about it! Who care if people are dying jeeze let's move on already!"
At my work.
- Me: "This virus can be dangerous and nearly nobody at work or in supermarkets wears a mask there, that's why i wear these air tight glasses and reusable silicone masks with P3 cardridge.
- Them: "Why are you wearing a mask, masks don't protect yourself, so there useless, didn't you hear the news?"
- Me: "That's the thing, simple chirurgical or paper masks were made to protect Other people from you by trapping 80% of the coughs and breaths in the mask and letting the rest travel very short distances, preventing you from basically polluting the air, if everyone wears masks, everyone is protected from each other, then i wouldn't need this silicone mask, were the P3 filter is designed to protect Me"
- Them: "I got tested, it was negative, so i'm not infected, so i don't have to wear a mask"
- Me: "You could have been infected After you got tested at any point, not even knowing you are infected right now"
- Them: "Honestly, i don't care if i got anyone infected, that's a Them problem"
- Me: "Even if it was your friends or family, your mother or Grandfather and he might die and suffer because you accidentically infected them?",
- Them: "Don't care, not my problem".
I want to help and want to believe in people wanting to do good, but honestly, there are Waaayyy to many shitty people around us, we need protection from egoistic trash way more then the virus itself (which isn't that hard to protect yourself from).
If we want this virus to stop spreading as fast as it does, we need to start changing the way of thought of people like that, or enforce laws (or something else, i dunno), these people are gonna ensure this pandemic gets worse, no matter what advice or fear we spread, even after most of them (and humanity) die or are hospitalized.
Two things in reply to the lady:
1. You won't be tired of hearing about it if you're dead. You won't be anything.
2. No matter what you're tired of, no mask, no entry. Now if you want to take off your shirt or shoes, we might accommodate you.
I think a lot of ppl stopped caring when the media celebrated the "justice" protests a few weeks back. Unfortunately the folk at thw MSM squandered all their credibility at that point so even when it comes back again full-force many will play it down.
Anyway, my thought, always assume you might have got infected, no, rather assume Everyone is infected, even if nobody is, that way you will be more cautious and careful toward people you care about in the case one day a sudden mass infection spreads in your neighborhood without anyone realizing.
Also, try your best not go get anyone infected, but more than that, try Not get yourself infected, at all costs, if you get infected, You are the one possibly suffering and maybe dieing, if you are doctor working with Covid-19 patients, you are now degraded to a patient and there will be 1 less doctor now.
Even if you feel lonely (or your friends or family wants you to visit, or visit you) or need to go to work or go for supper, if you aren't careful enough and get infected, it's over, social life is not worth it if you Die, even if you don't, if you need medical attention, you might get in debt for the rest of your life if you need to pay medical fees.
And of course, try to educate and change thoughts of people you care, who are willing to listen and think about what you are saying.
@@funnyarc The end of your post is a real American tragedy. Apart from everything else, people still have to worry about going bankrupt if they get sick... thaťs sad.
I felt out-of breath watching this, god damn.
It's like when people say, "you haven't noticed you have been breathing this whole time. Now you can't stop thinking about your breathing." Thats how it feels watching these videos talking about lung damage lol.
@010steveo Same, but i have always been able to hold my breath for about a minute and longer, i breath every 6-12 seconds through my nose. This is helpful while wearing masks or diving underwater, i get tired less fast.
Might also help decrease the chance of infection a little bit, but not gonna rely on just this...
k cool
THIS is what scares me...getting it, and living with long term symptoms.
I mean, I work a dangerous job. I've done dangeepus sports, and dangerous drugs. So mortality, itself, no longer really scares me.
But, having it F you up for a decade or so? Yeah, super scary.
for a decade? you mean for life?
Welcome to autoimmune disease. All I did was work too hard with the wrong genetics. Sick for life.
@@lslngb6034 There's no way to determine - yet - how long the recovery process would be. So yes, it could still clear up in in a decade or so.
Scares me too. I already have enough health problems.
short breathed people tagged witch corrona when in fact they had a cardiac arrest
*Pandemic*
Me: At least it's not a zombie apocalypse.
SciShow: Covid-19 is entering the brain.
Me: *worried sweating*
I mean... Brains do rely on the balance of chemicals. Mess that balance up and it could do some pretty bad stuff to people's heads. Don't we already have one bacteria that makes people do risky things?
@@masonp1314 Mad Cow, rabies....
@@masonp1314 Well, a parasite. Toxoplasma gondii can impact behavior, though the increase in risky behavior is more readily seen in infected mice.
Covid Zombie: _"I don't wanna wear a maaaaask!"_ **cough**
And instead of biting, they just have to _breathe_ on you.
@@leyrua
Covid zombies would French kissed you to spread their infections in the most effective way XD
My friend's dad ended up losing kidney function after being stuck in the intensive care unit with corona. It's not the kind of thing we saw coming. Your body lacking oxygen can end up breaking down in many different ways.
I am very healthy. Runner. I got C19 in March, still sick in July. This is the toughest thing I’ve ever went through.
Hope you get better soon 💪
Aww I'm sorry! Be strong and keep your head up! Listen to the facts and I hope you make as good of a recovery as you can!
So why do they call you big? 💦💦
Thank you for giving a factual report on the after effects of contracting this virus. I'm in my 80s and I need information not someone trying to scare me half to death. I have found in the past that understanding what can happen when I'm sick helps me live more easily with what does happen.
Yes!!! Hope that you stay safe!
If anything the comment section seems focused on long term symptoms that might only effect a relatively small section of the population & is still being investigated. Of course their are people who personal anecdotes but this is a fairly large channel.
It would be nice if MORE media actually put, this info out there. I swear, none are even telling you what to expect if you do contract it, let alone the symptoms that could be long term from it. All the care about is how many have it or have died from it, instead of informing people the actual symptoms of it or possible symptoms for some. I am TIRED of the number spam, it helps nothing.. its like they are chasing stock market data to see who can report numbers first for the day. I dont even bother clicking on anything with a headline of Covid because it is just going to be the same thing, spun a new way. Thank you for this simple report that gives us, useful information.
It’s been months. Never got tested but I had a lot of the symptoms. Still have not gotten sense of smell back and have now developed diabetes symptoms. Interesting that the after effects feel more debilitating than when the virus initially hit
I'm sorry to hear this man. Hope you get a full recovery quickly.
That's scary
That's awful, so sorry to hear it
@@geekrush As someone who hasn't had a sense of smell in over 10 years, I sympathize.
@@geekrush uh, do you live in the same place as your mother? Careful and don't get sick too okay..
The comments on this video are scaring me more than the video itself. It's one thing to read/hear the results of various studies, but reading people's true life experiences with the virus and how it has affected them, and continues to affect them, is downright terrifying. God be with all of you fighting this infection and fighting the damage it has caused. God be with all of us now.
I was very worried when I heard it affected the lungs - I've had pneumonia several times. Not only is getting through it tough, the long term effects are still defintiely a thing. People need to be more aware of what they're courting - it's not simply "death", it's debilitating, lingering effects.
Take NAC (acetylcystein), Quercitin+Zink and most important Vitamin D everyday. These help against the infection. Vitamin-D deficiency increases risk of death from Covid-19 by up to ten times.
Quercetin In combination with Zink slows down the spread of the virus inside the body so the immune system gets time to act. NAC helps against pneumonia and protect the lungs.
M0U53B41T yes, my mums lungs are already damaged. I fear the long term effects if she were to get the virus
@Lost Hero Yes, I do. I have lung damage myself and asthma, so keeping up the latest science is a priority for me.
My C-19 story, got it early June. Was sick for a week, with all symthoms. After my recovery I started having chest pains, night tremors, anxiety attacks, and now I'm showing symptoms of diabetes. I have always been a healthy man, and now after my C-19 recovery, I'm no longer the same. Hopefully, I do recover to my normal self. Stay safe folks, and use a 😷 mask.
This is the important topic that people are just not paying attention to. It's not just about whether people live or die... the long term effects are also very serious.
Things authority is willing to sacrifice to re-open the economy:
Your grandparents' lives
Your long-term health
@FantomTV The best part is that the economy is going to really suffer from people being sick with covid. So the best way to save the economy is to directly stop the spread of covid by closing everything down.
Unfortunately most so called "economists" (but I think the better term is "greedy assholes") only think about the short term rather than 5+ years from now and for them, closing down the economy until there are zero covid cases is absolutely insane.
Whenever they talked about reopening the economy, all I heard is cracking whip sounds. Here they opened everything in time for the big Memorial Day sales, and now they've extended business hours and relaxed restrictions as the Christmas stuff arrives in stores. It's no coincidence.
Exactly
Definitely would correspond with the after effects we are still feeling, my household got it in feb... still having headaches and some taste/ smell issues and other issues, and one of us has the lung scarring. Never got tested but it's pretty clear at this point it was covid 😑
This thing really lingers :(
India?
@@geekrush she can't be all those things at once... aysmptomatic means no symptoms, having symptoms is having loss of sense of smell/ taste.
I personally lost my sense of taste and smell when i got covid. I can't stand spicey food, and i accidentally ate ghost pepper salsa... and had no idea. (That stuff is horrendously spicey if you don't know peppers).I was quite sick but didn't require hospitalization unlike my grandma and roommate though. I am still finding it hard to smell certain things but mostly it all came back fairly quickly. For some reason i still can't tell fresh basil from fresh peppermint... the basil has a neutral smell now :(
@010steveo out of all 4 of us who got it my grandma and my buddy who smokes were hospitalized and just wrecked when they got it :(
@@sirengita3535 hey there, got stuck on the basil thing.. i also got mildly sick and lost smell and taste back in March here in Belgium, got recently tested positive to antibodies, and still struggling to trust my taste and smell allmost 3 months later. I have the same problem with basil while I can taste most of the usual things some are gone or taste different, same with smells. Its a very weird thing.🤔
That's frightening
Many chronic illnesses (such as M.E/C.F.S) are triggered by viruses and infections. As one of the millions who has lived with this for decades I can tell you our societies are not prepared to care for those with long-term symptoms of any sort. We are hidden in our homes, and lucky to receive acknowledgment from professionals. This pandemic had made us acutely aware just how much disabled people are considered as worthless and dispensible, so while I have to hope there will be the research and resources for those who will spend the next few years or longer, I'm not holding my breath.
@Sarah Unfortunately those that make up society are run by capitalism (it's almost impossible not to be), so, for now, they are one and the same.
What are your symptoms of M.E?
Absolutely not, it's like mononucleosis or Epstein-Barr did not happen at all. Mono is probably one of the more "well" known viral causes of chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encenphalomylitis but we have such a long way to go yet. People underestimate how disabling this condition is, as it literally inflammes your spinal cord and myelin sheath. I wouldn't even wish this disease on my worst enemy.
Thanks for covering the subject. Still struggling with a whole slew of complications myself and I feel this still isn't talked about enough.
Not nearly enough! For idiots who still think this is the flu they really should be seeing this info more...
@Erim Valphira Hope you feel better soon
@@sirengita3535 It's not about getting people to take the virus more serious. (Not that it wouldn't help, but I'm pretty sure that ship has sailed.) But there is simply too little understanding around this topic. A lot of people already have to deal with the after effects (and a whole lot more to come) but there is actually very little comprehensible information out there. I couldn't get much more out of my physician than 'These things can take time, do take enough rest and listen to your body.' So I, and many people like me, simply have to scour the internet, read medical research and compare experiences, desperately trying to get a grasp on what's happening to them and what to do.
Agreed. My daughter was one of the MERS patient with lung damage. It also damaged her stomach and kidneys. She takes a drug that transplant recipients take to prevent her body from rejecting the fibrosis in her lungs. She still takes medication for nausea (she was infected two years ago). Her doctor says she will need a lung transplant. Luckily we live near Durham, NC, so her team at Duke is one of the best in the country. I get upset when I see people make light of this pandemic. Corona virus is no joke. It doesn’t just affect the elderly, my daughter is 33.
I had my lungs damaged if February and I think my lungs might be mostly some what healed now. I'm 71 years old so I'm at high risk of things like this. Im getting better so far.
Stay safe my friend
Stay safe
Hang in there and stay safe.
All the best
Hope you keep getting better! You've got decades in you yet
Thank you for keeping us informed Sci show. We love you.
My fiancé and I are recovering from COVID being diagnosed almost 3 weeks ago - we had some similar symptoms but some very different ones too. I had a skin rash, blurry vision, confusion, asthma attacks, headache, fever for days. His symptoms seemed mild but now he’s having spurts of it all again. My epilepsy and seizures are a long term concern and I wonder what the long term outlook is between cancer survivors and COVID like my fiancé.
Epileptics are often prescribed a ketogenic diet (low carbohydrate high protein diet) which can boost the immune system … Covid19 symptoms like blurry vision, confusion and headaches are associated with hypoxia ..lack of oxygen in the blood which is less than 92% oxygen levels when measured with an oximeter ....which suggest covid19 virus is causing Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) ..or a bacterial/fungi coinfection so the doctor should have given you an anti RNA viral drug like remdesvir or favipiravir for SARS-cov-2 infection , the skin rash might suggest cytokine overreaction(CSS) so he could have prescribed an anti inflammatory anti CSS drug like methadexasone, and a Zpak/antifungal for a possible coinfection… to be overly cautious an elevated ferritin serum test could justifies an anti inflammatory drug like methadexasone.. and elevated d-dimer test would justify a blood thinner to avoid Multiple Inflammatory Syndrome(associated with blood clotting in the brain, aka strokes) …...both you and your fiancé should get tested for Covid19 antibodies... why? ... if antibodies did not form it means the innate immune system NOT the adaptive immune system had beaten back the virus and not adaptive immunity was achieved but only a very strong innate immune system occured. If the innate immune system won the day … then keeping the innate immune system very strong by staying away from carbohydrates/starch/sugars, eating probiotic foods, and keeping the vitamin D levels up is needed …Note also that men who have just had Covid19 infection may carry the SARS cov-2 virus in their semen/sperm and can transmit the virus by sexual intercourse so wearing a condom is need for the first month or so after the doctor give you the all clear... Both of you need to go on a hygiene binge from head to toe. keeping clean is the most fundamental way to beat a virus...Cancer Survivors need to be regularly monitored by their oncologist for the first 5 to 8 years after their first diagnosis...subsequent treatments are tricky complicated and problematic at times.... yeah ...you and your fiancé have significant personal health care challenges and concerns.. here is wishing you the best of luck...
Nearly 2 months after having recovered from it, both me an my mother have reduced peak flow readings (we are both asthmatic), whilst mine is very minor hers has been reduced by about 30% and has not recovered as of yet
I pray you both continue to recover and reach some semblance of normalcy with your health💖
Are you still facing anyissur please reply
@@AnkitSharma-iw3tz still slightly reduced lung capacity, and not sure if related but we've both been much more drowsy since
@@Scarlet_Soul I am from India you are from us?
Randomly asking, coz in my country the recovery rate is 75% & death rate is 1.5% and recovered patients don't feel any long term affect
@@AnkitSharma-iw3tz From England but it's just so variable from person to person. With both of us being asthmatic the chances that it caused some scaring in our lungs is increased. Also just how long it remains in your system varies a lot
I have a friend who got a light case of covid-19 but now over a month later can still potently smell vomit from things that don't usually don't smell like vomit (ie: dish soap). She has no idea if it's permanent or not.
In a little over 6 minutes this report surpassed all others including the White House. Its clear, down to earth and easy to understand. Why not have him give the press reports and keep the nation informed. I’ve more in a little over 6 minutes than from anywhere else. People need clear and helpful information to now they stand and make informed decisions, not Facebook. Thank you 🙏.
watch peak prosperity.
He makes in depth videos.
it's actually a respiratory AND circulatory virus.
it blocks the ACE2 receptor, which prevents angiotensin 2 from converting to angiotensin 1, 7 -
this increases the amount of superoxides (ROS), which damage the endothelial lining of the blood vessels.
the damage of blood vessels releases excess von willebrands factor, which causes microthrombi in the entire body.
these clots can cascade, and create larger clots - creating the potential for ischemic events.
it's a mean little critter.
Ian4tv Do you have any idea why it might causes headaches and tinnitus?
(For those whom might care to read)
So I'm pretty sure I've recently gotten over a Covid infection and this video about the potential long lasting effects is quite worrisome, given my experience.
I am based out here in the middle east, on a small, cramped, military compound and we seem to all have recently gone through the illness, at about the same time. The virus got into the compound via uneeded movement, which then spread given our small area/proximity. The people in my department compared their experiences with this random infection and were all pretty similar, so I assume we all got it.
For some perspective, I'm 29, I workout regularly, drink tons of water and eat pretty healthy. I hardly ever get sick, not even as much as a headache.
This illness I experienced was much like a "Heat Cold" or "The Man Flu" as some might say. It definitely affected my ability to breath and, to some extent, function normally.
Nothing too extreme, I assume thanks to my age and health, but some of the effects have still not gone away and I have heard of others like me who weren't so fortunate.
My experience wasn't too too bad but it definitely wasn't pleasant either.
Strong body aches, mild headaches, very lethargic with a loss of taste and smell.
It took me about a week to get over the stronger symptoms and then another week to get over the rest but to this day I still cannot seem to keep the same level of intensity at the gym or when out putting higher effort. As far as normal everyday functions that doesn't involve some kind of strenuous physical tasks, I am 99% normal with slight bouts of sudden social irritation.
I feel short tempered lately but that could be because of XYZ lol.
Anyways, I have a more difficult time catching my breath when I lift and I can't seem to get enough blood to the brain like I used to (I get dizzy quickly and with an intensity I haven't felt since I first started working out)
I don't normally get sick but even when I do I would still be able to lift just fine. This last episode definitely seems to have hindered my energy, perfusion and breathing.
Areas I don't normally struggle with.
I am still a little off.
I'm into my third week now monitoring myself.
I would deff suggest keeping an eye out for tbese potential lasting side effects or maybe see about getting checked out, if at all possible. Especially if you have gone through it yourself and are a part of the at risk population.
I am very familiar with what my body can do and how my breathing normally is and I will be keeping tabs on myself to see how long this lasts and to what extent I was effected (from what I can see myself anyways.)
Hopefully there aren't long lasting effects but it potentially seems like it can be quite troublesome for some people.
Thankfully I am relatively young, in good shape and take care of myself but I can only imagine the older people and then older people with pre existing medical conditions.
Infact, now that I think about it, one of our own guys passed out and had to be transported to the clinic. He claimed it was from the heat but now I am assuming it was actually from the illness..
If anyone has had similar experiences I would love to hear!
Thanks and be safe!
Are you still facing any issue sir
Thanks for taking the time to type all that out and share your experience. Mind giving us an update after so many months? How are you doing now?
I can tell you as a person who had her first symptoms on April 10th, I still cough a bit every day, 2 months after the rest of the symptoms left.
Sorry
yes, typical cold
@@hansturpyn5455 come on man grow up already its not "common cold" didnt you watched the video
I still tested positive after two months. My cough doesn’t go away :(
I once had a verry painfull soar throat for 5months straith back in 2011
My Mom passed away on February 27th, mere weeks before COVID19 closings. She had Alzheimer's dementia and other chronic health problems I'm thankful (as much as I could be) that she didn't have to deal with the coronavirus... She wouldn't have understood what was going on, she would have been significantly more susceptible physically and mentally.
🇺🇸VOTE!🦅VOTE!🗽VOTE!🇺🇸
I'm sorry for your loss. ❤ This is definitely hardest on people in long-term care who don't understand why no one can visit. 😞
My condolences 🙏
Thanks for making these!
To anyone else who has already had COVID who needs to hear it; it’s ok. Be kind to yourselves. I know it’s scary but we have to keep our chins up. We have to take care of ourselves even though we’re out of the thick of it
People have this idea that the body's healing properties can completely eliminate past problems. But this isn't true at all. Once you break your arm, you will always have an arm that was broken, it will be weak. Even young people who recover fine are likely to be permanently changed
As someone in their mid 30's with occipital neuralgia from a skiing fall back when I was in elementary school.... Yeah, that stuff sticks around.
we come from nature herself.. we aren't supernatural.. look at scarred leaves when they have a plague.. it never goes away
The body sends a signal to over calcify bones that are broken. If anything the broken bone will grow stronger but certainly not weaker..
Not really I had really bad arthritis in my leg when I was younger and had leg pain all the time at night and now I rarely have pain and I do not take any medicine! 👁 👄 👁 so weird
The body has two ways of attempting to recover from damage: repair (scar tissue formation) and regeneration (re-growing the original tissue).
Some things will never be the same again, and some can work just the same again, depending on the specifics. A scar on the skin can be eventually stretched out so as to not inhibit movement of the tissues near it, but internal scarring (in the lungs) is so much harder to deal with.
Since news about COVID can change week to week, it's nice to see their record to upload timeline has shrunk so much (it used to be nearly two weeks, not it's gotten down to a few days). Great video!
tbh, your channel is seriously underrated
my mom told me that most respiratory infections in her day and my grandmothers day always left lung scaring after the infectio is gone. So she doesnt understand why people are shocked.
Probably cause of an abundance of "walk it off" mentality with people working while sick cause they got no choice. When left with two bad options, people pick the less bad and ignore the negatives to just get through it.
@@clayxros576 very true
Thanks for bringing this up. In the myalgic encephalomyeltis medical community, they have already started research into investigating the possible conversion of covid into long-term ME (aka chronic fatigue syndrome) due to over 80% of patients having a post-viral onset of symptoms. The neurological damages to the central nervous systems are part of the diagnosis criteria. For example in a study on MERS, they once found 50% of them developing ME. We hope not of course, ME is a terrible disease but we wouldn't be surprised if many develop covid-triggered ME.
I hope that helps both conditions as more attention is brought to ME/Chronic Fatigue Disorder. I've planned on going in for a diagnosis but when i first talked to a doctor about it roughly 10 years ago he said I shouldn't bother since I was a moderate case (as opposed to a severe case) they didnt have any medication for available for me and the only treatment I was likely to get prescribed would just be physical therapy which I do anyways (and helps a bit but not alot).
@@gregorymalchuk272 no, the medical community treats it more as a moral failing than a physiological condition.
Wow, that would be just terrible. So many millions around the world have had Covid-19 so far...
I was going to comment this. Initial findings are covid 19 can lead to M.E. I got a bad virus ten years ago and have never been well again. If anyone us affected by ME please look up the Open Medicine Foundation. They are leading researchers based out of Stanford University.
Govts around the world are more concerned about the economy than about people's health.
Not all Governments . In NZ we were and are being well served by ours.
Not so...many governments have have provided financial assistance so people are willing to stay home. Also, those same countries are slowly but safely opening back up right now.
Poverty has killed more than COVID and the economy being poor harms everyone on Earth. You should still be worried about making money after the pandemic passes. It won't last forever.
@@damienthonk1506 Poverty ain't infectious tho. I won't become poor if I touch poor people. Or will I lose 80% of my net worth if a poor person sneezes on me?
Here in the UK we are opening pubs and restaurants this weekend, social distancing is required but obviously it will be difficult to impose. We have already seen crowds on our beaches and there have been secret 'COVID parties'. I am dreading the effects of all this behaviour and our government has been deceptive and incompetent throughout the crisis. If you live in a country with a government that cares you are very fortunate.
I love that the production of SciShow is just the same even during the COVID-19 pandemic. Good job you guys. 👍👏
Thanks for this video!
I’m going thru this right now ! I had severe pneumonia with Covid and on July 15 got discharge. Doctors warn me of long term lingering effects from Covid and I feel it, I’m not the same.:(
How you feel now
FINALLY! I've been talking about this since the beginning!
Damn. I have anti bodies and suddenly breathing has become an issue. This confirmed my worst fears!
"some people will need help for a long time", good luck if you live in the US
And now we cant even get out. Half the countries in europe have banned us as covid vectors. I dont blame them though, from what has been going on it's justified.
And Republicans have pushed (yet again) to the Supreme Court that Obamacare is unconstitutional now that they (the Republicans) made a change in in from another bill. (Yeah, how dumb.) Anyway, the Supreme Court is about to hear the case, which if it rules against it, not only will millions and millions of people lose their healthcare coverage, it will also get rid of pre-existing conditions protection. Trump has asked the Supreme Court to hold off on the case until after the election, since the optics looks bad for him and the Republican party. Can't have that headline in the midst of a pandemic right before presidential election and a potential Senate flip. SMH
Wouldn't be 2020 if we didn't all come out of it with permanent pulmonary fibrosis
what if i came into 2020 with permanent pulmonary fibrosis?
There's this channel my friend sent to me called Chameleon Rants. Random, I know, but they make pretty funny videos so if you're feeling stressed coz of the this whole pandemic, maybe watch some of their stuff. (It's very sarcastic)
Here's their recent video, you might like it idk, I hope you have a great day, just doing my bit by spreading some posivity ruclips.net/video/R892-tsuXIA/видео.html
Yeah, I had the virus in my lungs back in April. Couldn’t breathe for 14 days. Now I tested positive for the antibodies. When I breathe in deeply, I can still feel the effects to my lungs. No where close to the pain and pressure to my lungs before, but I can still feel it. It’s probably scarring.
May she guide me through the storm. May she keep me calm.
Your COVID-19 episodes are so well done. Thank you. 🙏🏼
Awesome video - thanks Hank and team. Stay safe 💓
I had covid back in march. I still haven’t recovered my smell fully. I also had muscle pain for months after getting “better”
As a poor American with asthma who can’t afford to not go to work, this is GREAT I absolutely LOVE THIS!! 💕✨
Anna S with Asthma your pretty much on the safe side. Since the medication you have is a ace 2 antagonist which means the virus can’t doch on your lung tissue
@@janosvymer5953 I don't know where you came up with that. I have taken lots of asthma medications over the last few years and none of them had anything to do with Ace-2
@@janosvymer5953 Are you thinking about heart disease by any chance?
As an poor Iranian with asthma who get paid 1 dollar per hour. Which if get covid19 will probably never be able to pay the bills, I love it even more than you.
Thank you for making this video.
I wish they would make a video about the link between COVID and strokes and 40 year old adults. My father had a stroke recently and he was only 44 and I’ve been reading a lot of articles with links between mid age adults getting early strokes.
What scares me the most about these lung lesions is that you can get Covid many times :(
That explains why im drinking a gallon a day, and why i get extremely fatigued after eating a meal. Im a healthy young person, yet i might have diabetes now. Im sure i have had covid in march-april.
@W 26 I also drink a lot of water and experience extreme fatigue after eating. Bordering on pain.
I feel tired all the time.
How are you feeling now?
@@onoshiitube i feel very tired too, i can sleep 11 hours a day, and i get fatigued and thirsty after every meal. I also have a slight headache for quite some time. I dont know if its from the heating and the dry air in house though.
@@Thuhglegend27 I read some comments saying to try jogging, I've given that a go and I feel more active. I get tired easily from doing physical tasks or even just drawing (artist) I get headaches if I keep at it too long and start sweating profusely like I just ran a marathon. But I'm hopeful that as I increase my work out the more energy I will have. Have my fingers crossed.
@@Thuhglegend27 it's very hot where I live but that doesn't seem to affect me. If anything I try to stay warm and avoid anything cold.
Same and I got COVID in March. I also found out I’m extremely anemic and that can be the reason why it’s taking me so long to recover 100%.
Another great video. TY
I really like how you let us know the film date so we can know how update the information thank you
I am currently recuperating. I got sick in March. Negative since the end of April.
Still have days where I can barely breath. And my energy is mostly non existing. Atleast the rest of my family had it very mildly. I work with hoarders, so my immune system is always fighting off something, without me being aware... Boom then came Sars, it went on max,,, and almost lost. Please be safe yall... I am not even 35.
I wish I didn't know all this but I cannot keep myself uninformed. This bothers me soo much. I leave my flat once in two weeks although the lockdown has been lifted for a month but I am still so afraid of getting infected. I have been healthy all my life. I feel I couldn't handle getting a chronic illness.
I subscribed .
Keep up the great work guys .
thank you for keeping us informed
Thanks, I’m more thoroughly terrified now
Better than being ignorantly terrified like Jenkins up there!
well... this video didn't help my already wildly high anxiety any
short breathed people tagged witch corrona when in fact they had a cardiac arrest
Just play minecraft. You can't get a virus in minecraft.
Hank thank you for this video it was seriously very informative for me and my wife, thank you Hank and everyone at SciShow and may everyone have a blessed day.
Thanks for a calm voice
That's a lot of links to information sources, thanks for being thorough.
Man the virus ruined my sense of smell. I couldn’t smell after I was sick for a while.
Thanks Hank I got diagnosed yesterday so I guess I am effed. Love your show
thank you!
I currently have it, my symptoms are mild, it started with a fever for two nights then lost of taste then came back and my scense of smell been gone for almost seven days and a little cough when I get agitated but rarely.
How do you feel at this monent? Any scars left from Covid? Any side effects?
Very interesting! I even shared this to Facebook hoping it’ll help some people. Thank you for making this video.
If they are getting their information from Facebook they are already to far gone and there is no hope for them.
@@WvlfDarkfire It can be just supplemental info for people getting more solid and genuine info elsewhere. It is also well-evidenced that people are more open to info presented or linked to by someone they know. My roommate used to be a reporter so they are being turned to more and more by others to help them make sense of legitimate vs dodgy information and sources. A few friends and I are also significantly more scientifically literate than most and some peoples' opinions, ignorance, and outright denials have lessened because of it. Still bad to get info from only one source, of course and 100x worse if that source is social media like Facebook or Twitter.
SciShow is a great show 😊
Thank you for sharing this and not just dumping shocking facts and yeeting to the next story like the news
I read and hear alarming bad news every day. I could sit around and worry and obsess about it, but that in itself can make you sick. So I take it with a grain of salt. Just a grain because I have slightly high blood pressure.
Hank, we need to translate these videos into different languages. My parents mainly speak Spanish and if this video were in Spanish I know they’d begin to really understand what’s happening. They’re aware of covid but I don’t think they understand.
I haven't been tested and I never lost sense of taste and smell, but in March I had some flu-like symptoms. I still have shortness of breath, even though it's mild.
I know some of the most recent discussion on COVID is about whether or not it's actually a blood vessel disease that happens to gain access to the body via the lungs, not a geniune respiratory disease. It may explain how it's affecting patients in different areas of the body than just the lung.
If there's one thing this pandemic has taught me, it's to always find time for the things that make you feel happy to be alive ;)
Thanks for reminding me about that.
Kababayan :)
yess
COVID19: the gift that keeps on giving.
I was just looking for long term issues that COVID 19 could cause.
Thank you for this video with the scary answers.
I want to personally thank the SciShow team for being such a light in the dark during 2020. Just one of many ways being a nerdfighter has improved my life.
Is there any update in the ongoing researches mentioned?
I saw this and immediately had to cough. Excuse me while I go panic
Lol exactly what they want Good Luck though 🙂👍🏾
In summary: there will be permanent damage.
And they dont wanna say it.
COVID-19: Facebook for the lungs. There will be permanent damage.
@Elle Gerber
And what does your doctor say exactly? Cause if it is minimizing the threat Covid presents in any way, I'd be skeptical.
You could have say this to your culture before eating everthing that moves in the world.😡😡😡😡😡😡
Thank you
Links in the sources list are now grouped with headings! Thank you!
This theory on Covid's effects reminds me of how Chickenpox can re-manifest as Shingles sometimes.
Everyone's talking about how this scares them, but I'm scared for a different reason: how will this virus evolve? It's already pretty deadly and very contagious. And with the variety of possible infection sites within a host, the potential for it's mutation is insane. I'm afraid that there will be a new coronavirus in a decade or so, similar to what happened this time
@FantomTV Think about what happened with SARS. We beat it, right? There have been no reported cases since the first outbreak. But Covid19 exists, meaning we didn't beat SARS. Same thing with Spanish Flu. Look what happened in 2009
Living your life in fear is not living. There are thousands of ways other ways to die, dwelling on death is a disorder. Please seek professional help, keep talking about this and face your fears. Be smart, social distance, wear a mask and wash your hands. Stay healthy. ✌🏼
@@stacyf6256 ???
No mention of post-viral fatigue? Also known as ME/CFS, which occurs in 5-10% of some viral infections.
And there may be as many as 250'000 in the UK alone not fully recovered from Covid-19.
Yeah the lung scarring thing has gotten me worried, I got it like 2 months ago and it still hurts to take a deep breath. Nothing close to how it was when I was infected where every breath sucked, but its still annoying and I didn't have this problem before. The really fun part was that I was denied testing from the local hospitals despite having the things that put me more at risk, and my employer can keep saying that "there's been no cases in the building" because I couldn't get tested to see if I was positive.
Whaddaya know? Even more reasons for me to never leave the house again and never move to a different place. Already got me some asthma, don't need any scar tissue.
Hm... I wonder how many anti-vaxxer communities this virus will wipe out...
probably none, since it has a very low fatality rate.
They don’t isolate, they spread their diseases among us. Then they cherry-pick anecdotes, so they won’t be philosophically “wiped out” by changing their minds, either
Ikr my therapist wants me to get over my coping mechanism of never leave the house and then this...
Hope employers don't let anti-vaxers work with the rest of us. Keep them out of our schools and companies. They can home school and work from home. If I were a business I wouldn't want the liability of having people infecting other employees and customers. Insurance companies should also greatly increase their rates. Just think how much it is costing Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance when ICU bills are $500,000 to 1,000,000.
I have asthma, heart problems, and almost died from the seasonal flu alone before and I'm only 21. This virus is the last thing I need right now and probably the last thing I'll ever get if I do get infected.
"Sars-CoV-2 reaches the brain, and years after, the virus reprogram the neurons, turning the patient into a reckless cannibal" - SciShow talking about the zombies outbreaks of 2024
We already have that, its called toxoplasmosis, and in humans it greatly dampens our sense of fear of consequences...
@@sirengita3535 That understanding is speculation at best, and there are plenty of counter examples. We know it messes with dopamine signaling, but any idea of how exactly that manifests in behaviour is just an educated guess at this time
@SirVixIsVexed don't do that here
@SirVixIsVexed GTFO
I propose an indie-film Documentary:
*Lost Senators in Amazon meet Cannibal Tribe*
_Instant friends; Soul Mates Reunited_
Proves to be the actual author's of the CDC Zombie page:
Also get the BreatheEasy Lung Exerciser to quickly tone breathing muscles and open airways. 👍🏼👍🏼
Fascinating.