Coronavirus complications | DW Documentary
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- A growing number of people who recover from COVID-19 are experiencing long-term health problems. This includes younger patients without pre-existing conditions who had only mild symptoms with the virus. How are doctors and patients responding?
The COVID-19 disease is triggered by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, and can affect multiple organs. The symptoms of the initial illness are now well known. But what about the long-term effects of coronavirus? Not everyone who gets COVID-19 makes a full recovery afterwards. A growing number of people are experiencing reduced physical and abilities and cognitive symptoms. One such patient is 31-year old junior doctor Maria. Five months after falling sick, she is still unable to work normally.
In October, Germany’s University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein launched the largest study to date on the long-term effects of coronavirus. Teams of doctors specialized in various fields of medicine are planning to examine several thousand former COVID-19 patients who have officially "recovered" from the virus. They’re looking in particular at the lungs, heart, kidneys and liver, as well as the nervous system and metabolism. Christopher Bley from Berlin would welcome the opportunity to be included in a study like that. The 35-year-old feels he isn’t getting the support he needs from doctors. Ever since the father of two contracted the virus, he has been battling shortness of breath. For a long time, he hoped he would heal naturally, but the problem persists.
Writer Nina Marewski from Frankfurt feels similarly let down by doctors. She says they either ignore her or don’t take her seriously. She has been writing about her experience with coronavirus online, and is giving a voice to other post-COVID "long haulers". This documentary accompanies three people who are struggling with the aftereffects of the virus. What do the health problems mean for them and how do they deal with the uncertainty about whether they will ever make a full recovery?
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My deepest empathy to all those suffering from long covid.
Thanks
Thank you.
Thanks but sadly Almost if not everyone will suffer because of this stupid man made virus.
Everyone is infected. Everyone thats been told by doctors that they are negative, is a lie. Just because someone doesnt have symptoms doesnt mean they are negative. I know theres more people that wont believe me because they are part of the 90% of people in world that are controlled and brainwashed.
This should he common sense. A virus spreads very easily in humans and theres too many humans in the world now so ofcourse it spread faster
Welcome to CFS
...only the superior complexity of the plant and herb kingdom can help you.
@@Cheaps928 XACTLY💯, take for instance people can be carriers of a virus, but not have it themselves. Same concept and I think you are exactly right my friend 💯
We need to show this stuff more on tv rather then just the politics about covid
I predict we're going to be seeing a lot more of this as time goes on.
Absolutely 💯..
Than
AGREE COMPLETELY
If it's TRUE why not.
It's too bad the whole world doesn't get healthcare this complete and thorough.
Germany is typically more progressive in medical care.
Most of the world has great healthcare... except the United States...
@@ralphw7454 Such ignorance! Democrat bums have increased the costs of healthcare. But the USA leads the world in quality health care. You need to educate yourself.
That would be horrible! There's already too much overpopulation! Nature would find a way to get rid of too many humans anyway! But it would be more dramatic!
Its just shown this way for the movie, also she is medical staff and so she probably gets extra care...normal people sometimes are not treated that good, eys, in Germany;) Not everything is the way it looks at the picture.
AllI want to do is sleep. I went 30 years never taking naps. Now that is all I want to do is sleep
You should look into POTS and progressive exercise treatment. It sounds weird, but after I got a virus as a teenager I developed POTS and was tired, weak and fainting sometimes. The only thing that worked for reducing the symptoms was starting slow and gradually increasing exercise.
Wow that’s weird
Sleep heals. Its even better if you fast for increasingly progressive hours. 12 hours the first few days , then 14, 16 , 18 , 20. Then do a 24 hour fast. If you also follow the keto diet, fasting will be easy . Thats because hunger is mostly a craving for sugar . There is sugar in fruit and also many carbohydrates. People are all addicted to sugar and many have insulin resistance which is why deseases and viruses take hold instead of being killed off and eaten up by the bodys immune system.
@@elsagrace3893 this is so wrong, I am sorry to hear that you have been let down by the Government, utter disgrace!
@@elsagrace3893
Move to country with proper health systems
I’m 17 years old and I’ve been sick with suspected covid-19 since the beginning of March 2020. So over 10 months today. Before the pandemic I exercised and competed 5-6 times a week and I have almost never been sick before. But today I have tachycardia and when I did the 6-minute test my saturation went down to 87%. I also have leg pain and extreme fatigue as well as chest pain and other weird symptoms. Hope it gets better for everyone soon!✨
Sorry you're going through this!
@@ghostcat2467 thank you!
@@eleni5410 God Bless you! You have your whole life ahead of you, you will recover in time ❤️
Wishing you recovery soon!
@@whitama2 thank you so much! I hope everything goes back to normal for everybody soon!💕
My mum has been suffering from long-term COVID-19 for the past six months and it's affected our family a lot. She's no longer able to work, nor can she cook or help out around the house anymore. We're a working-class immigrant family so money has always been tight even with two people's salaries (at minimum wage), let alone one.
So you're more concerned about what she could do around the house and help with money rather than her health, be patient I had covid it takes a long time to recover, where is your empathy?
Ursula Mullikin Maybe you’ve never had money problems before but I clearly stated my family is poor. Therefore my point was that one person being ill has affected all of us significantly as well
Ursula Mullikin also if my mum has had COVID, then it’s pretty obvious that I’ve had it asw 🤦♀️
@@ursulamullikin4723 your comment reeks of privilege lol
@@ramengurung9913 so get a 2nd job
I'm on day 25 from onset of symptoms. (45 year old White male, good health, non smoker/drinker/drug use.) Younger household members fully recovered within a week. My symptoms still lingering. I can absolutely see how this virus kills people. I thought I was going to die, and I hardly had any respiratory symptoms. Be safe out there.
I agree. I thought I’d die multiple times. If a healthy person like me felt this way with mild covid, I wonder how icu/hospitalized patients feel.
I am the same age as you and 23 days from the first symptoms and test positive. A week with high temp jumping up to 39C and no other symptoms. Right after temp dropped I feel as normal as before, only no taste and smell.
If you did not have pneumonia I am sure you will fully recover.
I had similar experiences. My husband(54 yrs) got gastrointestinal infection for 3 days, my teen son only ”covid toes”, other kids nothing. It took me almost 3 months to feel somewhat ”normal” again, I fell ill in late march. Female, 40-ish, no risk group. I had respiratory symptoms(that luckily didn’t make me end up in hospital), but they did not resemble asthma like many assume. Rather, you can breathe in and out like normal, but your lungs don’t quite take up oxygen properly. Terrible feeling and believe me-fear inducing. One weird thing was how I felt fully recovered for 2-3 days and then it came back.
It was not until I had been symptom free for 6-7 days I could feel reassured I was well again.
that's funny cause the only people that are dying from it are elderly with multiple health issues or erroneously put on a ventilator. The virus hasn't even been isolated and the test checks for proteins based on an RNA sample from people with the common cold. So there is literally no basis to say that this thing even exists let alone kills anyone. You what is going to kill a bunch of people? The bacterial pneumonia they get from wearing a diaper on their face all day.
@@smitakamath2008 If you thought you'd die why didn't you go to the ICU yourself? Must not have been very life threatening.
I'm one of them. I'm currently getting the same treatment, though not in a fancy clinic like this. I had it in early May. No pre-existing conditions, 27 years old and physically fit. I can do my normal daily activities again without feeling exhausted anymore, but my oxygen saturation tanks and heart rate spikes if I do anything more than a fast walk.
When did you notice the fatigue and spiking heart rate? While you had the virus or sometime after? Was there a period of feeling back to normal and then suddenly or gradually it declined again? I'm sorry you're going through this.
@@tyiffpeijc8702 I had a period of feeling better followed by series of symptoms. 9 months later, I still have symptoms.
Stop smoking :D
I'm also 27 and in good shape, but this hit me very hard. It was horrible and now I'm just recovering over a month later after this pure hell.
DONT FORGET THE 60.000 WHO WILL NOW DIE BECAUSE THEIR CANCER TREATMENT WAS CANCELLED OR STOPPED SO WE COULD HAVE UNUSED COVID ONLY BEDS.
I know they are recovering patients but good god how great does Germany treat their citizens? That facility looks like a five-star luxury villa. And looking after their doctors like that?
That's the feared communist health care system most Americans discard & loathe without knowing anything about it. Thank God that I live in Europe.
well, not everyone in Germany gets this treatment, most of the doctors, you go, you tell your symptoms, they tell you: "oh drink lats of wata und eat watamin seeee und maybe ain bissien hot tea" danke!
Yep in America they call it socialism and they don't want to hear it it's utterly ridiculous to me.
Rehabilitation centres are very common here (for all sorts of conditions) and mostly covered by our health insurance. You only pay around 10 € per day.
Yup, and it's mostly covered by your mandatory health insurance.
As a Covid 19 Survivor, I easily get more tired than before. Also, I tend to be more anxious.
@King Kong I feel okay. I practice meditation and self care to cope with anxiety and I eat much healthier now to help with fatigue. Please take care ❤️
@Kingkong I'm going to have to take a page from your book
How are you now? now?
@@ukjcjc8104 yo i got covid right now getting over it already my last flu was worse. already doing yard work and farming, i feel like my old self already..jus my expierence
I really appreciate this TH-cam channel and their content. I’ve been watching their documentaries through out quarantine, and thanks to their content I’ve learnt so much. I am very grateful thank you
Such a realistic and facts based documentary. This is more than a documentary. DW media group you guys are doing a great work.
Hi @Hassan Saleem, thanks for watching and taking the time to comment!
They are, everything produced by @dwdocumentary is stellar
Yes, DW is great. I have a friend who has never been the same after the virus. She has had a few of the symptoms here. The fatigue is the worst. How can a 25 yr old be fatigued all the time? She says she feels like an 80 yr old.
@@itsmeagain3078 CFS/ME most likely.
The documentary begins with a lie. DW always puts in an obvious lie within the first 5 minutes. It's like an idi0t-test. Apparently you are very very bad at facts and reality and you did not read a single study.
Maybe you're just ignorant and biased.
Look for my other answer. I break down (with studies and sources) why the docu is BS.
Not gonna link my answer. You only deserve the answer if you put effort in searching for it.
Best of luck. Hope your judgement gets better over the years.
I still have no energy. I had it back in dec of 2020. I never had to go to the hospital, Took me a month to get back to work, including the 2 weeks I was sick. I am so exhausted after 4 days of work, I spend the next day on the couch. I am 63, this has wiped me out.
Same for me. I'm fatigued all the time.
Sometimes I think I'm overwhelmed by everything going on and what's to come.
I am 11 weeks post Covid and I am so fatigued it’s debilitating. Will this ever get better.
This is exactly like Fibromyalgia. I got it 34 years ago after a severe case of Glandular Fever. I never recovered properly. I too was young, fit, an athlete. I never went back to full time work. Not really. I might do it for 6 months but after that I'd fall into a heap and have to quit. But so many people still say that Fibro doesn't exist and it's psychological. Maybe they'll take the after effects of viruses seriously now.
I contracted Covid19 in March, I'm in my late forties, but work a physically demanding job that kept me in good shape. During the viral phase, my lungs and heart were effected, but afterward, I began experiencing constant cycles of fatigue and neurological issues, mainly in the form of pain, which changes all the time, though my lungs hurt constantly. I was surprised to learn that so much of what I'm going through is the same as Fibromyalgia, in your experience, is there any link between it and allergies?
yes. i got some crazy aching and total debility a while back ---- lasted a few months and since then all manner of weird rashes etc --- previously fit as fish. An early covid maybe .. or fibro as you remark. dont eat the bat stew!
That's really interesting! My wife has Fibro and it absolutely exists. Man, I hate that when people say it doesn't, medicine absolutely acknowledges it exists. Things that trigger an attack (stress being a major one) and things that help it (not Pharma, they can't do anything for it really, it's too misunderstood of a disease and only recently acknowledged in the last few decades and no meds for it are useful). But Cannabis, oh yeah, very commonly helps a tonne of Fibro sufferers use it and magnesium seems to help. Even Epsom salt baths do, cause magnesium sulfate. I never knew that Fibro could be caused by an infection, fascinating. So it is finally now being better understood, wonderful. Your comment has broadened my already very broad knowledge and understanding of pathogen/infectious disease science, so thank's, that's incredible. Of to research I go, hehehe.
@@sauces_official Those are some of the most common (and serious) issues I see. Lung, cardiovascular and cognitive/neurological problems post Covid and a lot of fatigue. Scary stuff indeed, especially when there's been actual studies showing children getting serious cardiovascular damage from it. So much for the lunatic notion that children are largely immune from it (a la Trump and similar Covidiot morons). I saw all this coming, I called it and those who study this stuff, even loosely did and were like "oh hell, this isn't your run of the mill virus" and it's proven to be precisely that, no joke. And I wish people would take it more seriously. Now we have varients/mutations, like the U.K. and South African ones, which although no more deadly, are 70% more virulent. Yeesh.
Fascinating thing about that though that I recently learned. Predictive science, can create vaccines now that are in a sense, loosely "future proofed". They can loosely predict (artificially accelerate mutation and other things) what a virus may do next, based on pressures it encounters to evolve/mutate. And create vaccines around that. And that may be, why the current Covid vaccines, should be effective against these new mutations. And get this, they are actually at a fairly advanced stage, of creating a Lord of the Rings style vaccine. Lol. One vaccine to rule them all. Maybe 10, 20, 30, or 40 years off, but that's the aim a universal vaccine, good for everything. One shot, good for life, against all viri. of any kind. Now that would be awesome and I didn't know this but a Virologist from the U.K. I saw in an interview/documentary was talking about some of the advancements.
If they can figure out what they have so far (amazing), I am sure that will be a reality someday, a universal vaccine. Then we will have essentially won the war against our tiniest and most deadly enemies.
@@sauces_official Hi. Sorry about replying so late. I never got your notification. I didn't start with the severe lung and heart infections - that's all covid. But the debilitating fatigue and pain, either constant or in waves of intensity is definitely the same. I was so fatigued one day that just eating lunch at the dinner table was too much and I slumped on the table unable to get up. The fatigue got better after a year, but the constant pain has never left. Allergies definitely started with it. At first I was hyperallergic to everything - the tests proved it. But my big ones were wheat, yeast, anything fermented, soy and mushrooms. To this day I avoid them except wheat occasionally. The fatigue comes back, or if bad, I end up in hospital. Is that what you meant?
I'll be honest, when I saw Christophers story and the ending I cried, I have similar symptoms and though my initial case was reasonably mild I have breathing issues. Like Christopher I was a super active, I cycled three times a week and at a decent speed. I was infected in early October and I'm far from fully recovered. I hope I follow Christophers path, thanks for DW for sharing this balanced information.
Hey just wanted to check how you are doing these days, I also got infected 2 months ago and still recovering to this day, it’s a relief to hear others experiences. Hope you are doing better now
I was sick for two weeks but being an asthma sufferer it was really not that serious for me I felt I had worse infections before. I normally get secondary infections and a cold can last longer than a month for me so being sick for only two weeks was great. BUT 9 months on and I'm still exhausted and sleep a lot (at first I had severe insomnia). I will have no appetite for weeks on end and have developed parosmia after losing my smell and taste, that does not help with my appetite. I force myself to eat sometimes. My husband was really sick for three weeks (he never gets sick) and he is also suffering exhaustion. Both of us just want our energy back, we are self-employed and can't afford to not be active we have employees that rely on us.
@@benwaheed how are you doing 4 months on?
@@honeybunch5765 hey sorry to hear you have been through all this, have faith and take eat well and follow some home remedies they will help and more importantly stay strong we will get through this. as for me I am doing much better now the fatigue is now rare and and feeling like my normal self day by day, still with occasional headaches and body aches but its getting better, so hang tight you will get better
Totally understand. Still have breathing issues and assume I always will. I didn’t even have Covid, but I had an illness very similar 1.5 yrs before the pandemic. Very weird.
This is why it is annoying when people shrug it off with a "99% recover from COVID-19" ... without thinking about the long term side effects it might have on those 99% who survived.
*might* have.... life is messy and tough with a 100% fatality rate. Viruses, death and disease are facts of life. Destroying everything that makes life worth living is not worth it
@@animuslux You dont need an address to go to an ER.
I also would guess being outside al day might be an advantage for the homeless when it comes to covid.
The jab they want us to take will have side effects too the big "Pf" still have two years of testing for side effects to perform but if you're comfortable with being treated like a lab rat, roll your sleeve up. Interestingly, the flu appears to have completely disappeared now and those poor souls who died locked up in care homes and denied treatment all died of the virus. Doesn't that make you suspicious?
@@sdrawkcabUK Sociopath
@@sdrawkcabUK What makes life worth living is looking out for our fellow man. It's how civilization progressed.
"If I get it then I die." I remember people saying something like that with a care in the world, I hope this help people re-think, yeah you can die but what if you survive and you have this long term health problems.
Yes. A mild case might not end up being mild after all.
doctors cause more deaths than anything with wrong diagnosis or drugs given.live free from fear or lock yourself away.people make that choice everyday in whatever they do.
My coworker has been out 10+ months having had so many complications she’s in rehab relearning to walk. This is no joke.
@@shannonshannonbobannon5040 May I ask what Symptom of the Covid-19 has caused her not to be able to Walk please - or is it due to Muscle Weakness / Waste from being Bed Bound?!
patsy minall yes that is exactly it.
We need clinical studies n documentaries like this. Thanks for the contribution 🙏 Good Health everyone 💕
@SIMPLE VEGETARIANS Hello, my "little" Trump lemming. Do you have the virus?
Thank you DW for your excellent coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic and it’s impact. You avoid the sensationalism and report what is known. Much appreciated!
Hi @Cyberwolf, thanks for watching and commenting! We appreciate your positive feedback. :-)
Is their a support group
I live in MD Is there any type of support for me I had covid I was put in the hospital, and I had breathing problems,I'm over it but I'm so sick
Thank you, I have been waiting for this kind of information to come out.
This documentary is very much required now. What about the kids, who affected by coronavirus.
Short answer: No one cares!
Long answer: Stil the same!
Unfortunately, it will affect them too. More and more children will become sick because the new variant makes it easier for the virus to infect humans..all humans. This virus is more insidious that scientists are letting on..this novel corona virus will leave behind viral "pulses" that will cause symptoms far into the future..similar to shingles only worse. Do whatever you can to not be infected with this virus..your future depends upon it. Unless we as a nation can get this virus under control..this may the very last plague upon the Earth.
@@deezimmo4814 The problem is as a single nation can get it under control but the whole world can't.
Excellent eye opening documentary and the need of hour. Congratulate and appreciate DW team for educating the world about health risks involved once you are infected and cured. Keep up the good work.
Hi @Anand /, thanks for watching and taking the time to comment!
did you just say cured i see you dont know the facts
@@daveross1638oh yes bcs NO one has ever been treated successfully for covid..
That clinic is in such a beautiful setting! I hope and pray I don't get covid and I pray these people recover 🙏🏼💛
So you'd rather get a vaccine? I'm not a "anti-vaxxer", I am honestly asking. BTW, I had C19 and it was not at all as bad as people say (I'm in my 40s)
@@Staminist-MMF-80There are different varieties and mutations of the virus, some much worse than others. Just because you've had it easy this time doesn't mean that you can generalise the virus as "not that bad", especially a virus which has killed ~1.7 million world wide and is the third most major cause of mortality in the US.
I'm just recovering from covid and my entire body was in pain, shivering, I was feeling nauseating, could barely move, my bones were aching, not to mention the debilitating fatigue. This is what I experienced and I am a 27 year old fit male who has been exercising regularly for years, building muscle and staying away from junk food, smoking and drinking (not entirely, but non of those are my habits). I have no pre-existing medical conditions. I knew people who died from it and others who have experienced similar symptoms from friends to relatives.
I never thought this could hit me so hard. I was expecting to be asymptomatic.
So yeah, I'd rather get vaccinated than risk getting hit by an even worse branch of this fucking virus.
@@Nate-dv5dp That symptoms are normal for a flu type virus - so since you are recovering then I don't think you should be worried for yourself.
Just curious, but how many people do you personally know that have died from it?
@@Staminist-MMF-80 you are very lucky. My friend’s husband is still not even recovery after 6 months he infected covid-19. He can’t walk up and down stair still.
@@okty_r_wells I am so sorry to hear that!
I've been bingeing on your docs for 2weeks now... Thanks for the consistent uploads.
Thanks DW for all your documentaries 🥰🙏
Yes, but this one docu is a fake one. Propaganda, 100%
Hi @lina Lbd, thanks for watching and commenting! :-)
@@DWDocumentary 🥰❤❤
I feel for the young doctor - Im a 35 yr old nurse in the US and man did it hit me hard - its still hard to keep up at work during 12 hr shifts - I had the lower lung pain when I was sick and it went away but I still am not cardiovasularly fit
Vitamine D will help you!
Do you have permanent lung damage?
Sending love and healing energy to all the long haulers. 🙏🏻💕🥰
Information we really need.
DW Documentaries often has that
I COMPLETELY understand and empathize with these people
Amen,It just goes to show how covid effects everyone in different ways of all nationalities
I was getting ready for an Spartan race and after COVID, I couldn’t run or even walk half a block. This virus is real
DW thank you for showing this...This is the kind of channel I need. Thanks to TH-cam algorithm, otherwise I don't know what I've been missing. 🤗✌️
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@@DWDocumentary im really enjoying the informative content! 😁
The algorithm feeds you what you want to see. Nothing more.
I have had endless pneumonia and shingles outbreak for the last 4 months. I get myself well and then 9 days later another occurrence. It is endless. I have heart issues and endless fatigue. I'm in perfect shape and I have so many medical equipments inside my house. And yet I can't beat this. I take herbs, oils, bark and I can't get better. I am a nurse and I have been for 33 years. I have no more answers but I won't give up.
That's what you call being in perfect shape? I only graduated from nursing school, and that's not what I was taught. My moral compass helped keep me from going into practice.
@memmar1 You didn’t mention vitamin D3 supplements. Have you had your levels checked? Deficiency is common in many places, and low levels correlate with many types of infection, including COVID, flu, and the common cold. Post-infection, though (and I know nobody wants to tell us this), the biggest difference is complete rest then pacing. Occupational therapy helps.
@@CourtneySchwartz thank you so much. I truly appreciate you. I'm taking D3 and K2 now. My shingles are still endless. But the pneumonia is gone most of the time. My pain from RSD is endless. I wish someone could help me know how to ease my suffering.
I feel the same way only with my esopagus and throat raw and ulcered so exhasting i pray u heal love
Thank you for making this in English...
An amazing and crisp documentary with myriad points and information. Thankyou dw
This must show all over the world
I don't understand, this is important documentary should have Millions of views within 24hrs.
Poor Maria- hope you recover sufficiently to get your life back💜
This is so good. A rehabilitation centre where people can get moral and emotional support. Very positive. Keep up the good work. 🙌🙌🙌 After care is so so essential. Being able to talk out one's fears also helps. This is a very practical approach and more effective .
Thank God their kids were unaffected. That's a huge blessing no one mention
we dont know that yet, kids who have had it could show symptoms in later life
Just an excercise in compliance before what is coming next
I still can’t work over a year later. The simplest thing gets me out of breath, my heart pounding. I have sudden extreme fatigue and have to sit down or lay down and sleep. I have not been able to drive, so am relying on my neighbor and on deliveries.
Thanks for this, greatful
In spite of two vaccinations, I was infected by the virus in mid-May when I had surgery. My symptoms are now extreme shortness of breath, sleep disorders and fatigue. I'm 79. On a bad day, I have trouble walking from one room of my apartment to another. This would be easier if my doctor had a clue about what we can do. There are no cures, no therapies. Each day is a challenge. I'm glad this story is being presented, but I am mostly eager for developments that could point to a better future.
Thanks for this documentary! I hope I don't get it, and hope for well wishes for all those affected!
I pray that I don't get it either. I'm the only nurse on my unit who hasn't had it. I got Dose 1 of the vaccine last week. Covid-19 is no joke.
@@reneejr3650 Dammm those sound like dangrous odds....I wish you all the best, and hope luck is on your side!
@@theaccountant5846 Ikr! I'm the most hated Nurse Manager in the history of my unit right now cause I'm the least hands-on with pt care. I'll adjust schedules for adequate staffing, re-assign & delegate, assist in paperwork & telephone duties, do inventory mgmt & anything else my team needs..but direct pt care I cannot do. The risk is too high & my elderly mom is on hospice at my house. Sadly, they act like they don't care & want me to get it.
I pray to God that all of you struggling with covid 19 that He will touch your life and take the virus from you and heal all of you and your family that have it to. God bless you all. Stay safe.
Loads of love for the insightful, crisp and unbiased information. India loves DW
It’s similar with SARS. Asians don’t belittle COVID because they remember SARS and the impact of subsequent SARS like flu strains. It can take years for lungs to heal when there is scarring and it makes future flu sickness worse.
Racist
After Covid in January I have been treated for very high blood pressure, swollen feet, loss of hair, tired, weak.
I've had problems with lungs issues for years from autoimmune disease. The only thing that helped me was to continue exercising, a well laid out plan and adjust to how to feel. I went from barely able to walk up a hill to climbing mountains. Exercise improves your diffusion capacity. I also had Covid pneumonia last month so I can relate...
What type of exercises did you do?
It's unfortunate that doctors are not aware of Myalgic encephalomyelitis and it's history. Viral outbreak = long term disability for a % of people. For the researchers and patients of M.E. we have seen all of this before. The same happened with SARS, 10% got M.E.
M.E. has been around for a long time but dismissed as pathological by medical professionals. I was shocked that patients who contracted COVID were pathologized once there initial trauma ended. I was hoping that with a global pandemic, doctors would take the longterm aspects seriously. So dismayed and it highlights a serious problem within the medical profession that needs to change.
What worries me is the pushing to get better. This had led to permanent physical disability in some M.E. patients. Where one was somewhat functioning, physical activity such as exercise has led to permanent confinement to wheelchairs or even bed.
Thank you for your comment! Start thinking outside of the box people. Great dialogue with this documentary dw!
I already have moderate to severe ME. I was actually showing some small improvements, and even started working 20 hours a week. Then I got Covid in early March. I've been set back so far I can't even see the horizon from here. Just getting from my bed to the bathroom is exhausting. On a good day I can warm up some soup or make a sandwich. I need daily caretakers to come in and help me, and I'm on a waiting list for assisted living housing. So much for my hard earned independence.
I appreciate your spot on comment about ME/CFS. Being with someone who has developed ME after Lyme, I have witnessed the suffering from the exercise she was recommended by doctors who have no knowledge about ME/CFS with no cure being developed. It is sad to see more ppl will face this symptoms, but I'm happy for those ME/CFS patients who have been suffering due to the lack of knowledge by doctors will see the light in the dark so they have the hope to live for... Fingers crossed for the understanding of ME/CFS and the development of potential treatments.
All traumas.. 95% ppl have them and 10% gets it on this way.. I got it with unknown pain in shoulder and hips.. I really think doctors should see the traumas people have. They save it up in their bodies 😑😒 unfortunately I am an expert in this case...
@@YH-gn1gg I'm just really scared that the doctors are going to want to revive the PACE protocols, without taking all other medical issues into consideration. It's almost never a "single cause, single cure" situation.
I had pneumonic systems from something I caught a couple of years ago after a night out in the town. Out of breath walking 20 seconds and even when talking. I'm an avid runner, I run every day. I went running. I got better by my self after a month and a half. The shortness of breath lasted for months later *but* it got better, I would even say my im even more fitter now.
Good job on taking it to full recovery and running still.
Bravo, 👏👍
19:30 "heart palpitations and chronic fatigue" - these symptoms are also part of ME/CFS.
First off I’m so incredibly sad for all the people who contracted this virus and are having these lingering symptoms .....I relate, but not from Corona, mine was contracting Chikingunya virus from mosquitoes in 2015 and I have never completely recovered to my post Chikingunya body and health......after the exhausting rounds of specialists and testing I have been diagnosed with ME/CFS, Fibromyalgia and Degenerative Disc Disease. I live with chronic pain and extreme fatigue. I had none of these issues prior to Chikingunya. I can no longer stand or sit for any length of time, pain in my joints and muscles, severe migraines that can last for days, brain fog, bedridden for days or sometimes weeks at a time from exhaustion. I’m hoping from this terrible pandemic there can hopefully be some break through in regards to post -virus chronic illnesses. Most people who end up with ME/CFS originally start off with some type of virus and then never completely recover.....if anything you end up with a whole other medical issues. I do truly hope the doctors studying why the mitochondria changes in some people after a viral infection. I hope and pray......for all of us. 🙏🙏😢
And flu complications...
@@s.k.2017 oh no. Many people in our town got chikungunya too in 2013 including me. Never thought it would have a long term effect. Maybe some of the things we feel are associated with it too. Sadly it was never allowed to be reported on media at that time.
Felicitaciones. Muy informativo. Gracias por hacerlos
Great video. Y'all should do an updated video.
I was hospitalized for 5 nights in early June w/a Dx of "Covid pneumonia," where I live in south FL. The pain in my throat, the congested coughing and severe body aches were absolutely horrible. At 58, nonsmoker, athletic, in excellent health and w/no underlying conditions, I was SHOCKED at how sick I became in such a short time. I lost 20 pounds as well. (Didn't eat for nearly 10 days) Discharged and after maybe 2 to 3 weeks convalescing at home, I felt perfectly normal again. All lab values have returned to normal as well. I feel incredibly fortunate and lucky. My heart goes out to the long haulers. For what it may be worth I tanked up on Quercetin, turmeric, Vit. D, zinc, magnesium, resveratrol, Curcumin, EPA/DHA and C and extra B vits. Plus, lots of green tea for the catechins.
I'm avoiding exposure to the best of my ability and am horrified by the long term implications for people who tried to avoid this but got it.
I have mixed feelings regarding the near militant deniers who catch it, it's almost like they need to experience it to see it is real.
I rest my case.
No, what you really need to be aware of is the ever-increasing military involvement in civilian life!`Now that is something to be concerned about!
So much hysteria, why? is a poison non vaccine going to change anything? yes, it will make its investors very rich so they can do even more damage. remember, those offering a cure are responsible for the ill.
What doesnt kill you makes you stronger.
@@pvandijk27freeking I doubt that will apply for the vaccines.
Another brilliant and informative documentary by DW
Frohe Weihnacten! Prost!!!
Hi @Mick Gatz, thanks for watching. Merry Christmas :-)
Was having different symptoms for 11 months. Just got my sense of smell back. It sucks!
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thanks for the information that you shared with us
I was tested for positive covid 19 on June 17 and got my symptoms on June 15, 2021. It has been 18days now since the onset of the covid. I still suffer from cough and colds. At times, I feel dizzy. My sens of smell and taste is not the same as before. My appetite I feel has reduced. I don't get enough sleep. Now I developed mild pneumonia. I am advised to continue isolate myself. This covid 19 has impacted me a lot. Financial, mental, emotional and physical. I fervently hope that I will be fully recovered as I still have plans for my daughter. I am single parent. I still want to see my daughter graduate fr college. I still want to enjoy my life with her. Covid 19 is not really a joke.
Did you take the shot?
@@andreawoodson9133 Yes, after i got covid. And done also with my 2nd dose. 😊
@@mayora7734 So you took the shot before or after you got covid? I'm slightly confused. I hope you feel better soon
@@andreawoodson9133 Oh, I am sorry for the confusion. I only got the shot after i got covid. And i am good now. I also recovered from loss of taste and smell. Thanked God. 🙏😍
@@mayora7734 I'm glad you're feeling better. Can you tell me why you waited so long to take the shot?
I come to DW at least once a day , there content is very educational and informative
I'm in Canada and I feel so lucky going to the doctor is never an issue I wonder what would be living in a country without universal Healthcare.
I feel so lucky, that unlike Canada, I can immediately see a doctor if I need one without dying in a waiting room. And if I need surgery, I can get it very quickly, unlike Canada, here in the USA. Also, my doctor visits are free, my care is free, and my medicines are free, paid for by my free insurance, medicaid.
It’s a national shame that a country as rich as the US lets millions suffer without healthcare. Healthcare is for profit there - valuing profits over human lives.
@@firenze5555 healthcare for all people
This is really a great documentary on the after affects of covid 19. I have been looking for a comprehensive and relatable documentary like this. I personally have also just recovered from Covid 19 in July 2021. It wasn’t an easy episode.
Till now, getting back to fitness is really tough and I run out of breath quicker than I used to. My strength has also reduced and it looks like it will be a slow process to regain it again. I also experience elevated rested heart beating compared to my normal days. My sleep is also affected, some days are worst than others. Just like the gentleman in the video, I also have put weight on and sometimes experience more hunger than before, perhaps this will be an area of exercising self control.
Covid 19 really isn’t something to play around with. My message to everyone is to stay safe and take caution. There is still much to be learned about this virus and it’s long term affects.
Covid did real damage, don't starve yourself. Eat well, rest often, and exercise if you can.
The doctor at the hospital once told me I have signs of asthma and I probably have seasonal allergies of some sort. Everyone thinks I'm still recovering from covid, but I think whatever I previously had only got worse and I'm probably suffering from covid's long-term after affects. I want to confirm my current health status, but American healthcare is too expensive.
So true
A friend of mine had covid, and was cleared to go back to work 4 weeks ago. She told me last night that aside from loss of taste, she feels oddly better than before. I wish this was the case for all.
Also~thanks to all who share. It helps us all. Be well ❤
Wow this is so informative.. was so sad to hear these ongoing complications from it, especially noticing on the doctors computer (I’m 11 mins in rn Idk if they formally discuss this in the doc yet) that epileptic seizures are a possible effect of covid...
As someone who’s has multiple seizures I hope no one ever has to experience them. Please stay safe y’all..
I’m very blessed I did not have respiratory problems but i did have the clouded mind/ confusion symptoms it was scary I felt like I couldn’t concentrate and had a constant head ache, and I’ve lost my sense of taste and smell and haven’t gotten it back...yet
My partner suffering the same thing cant taste or smell. But never test positive.
these kind of treatments can't happen in US. Americans don't have Universal Health Care here
The rest of the world had a clear understanding of what the US can't have/do. It's amusing that Americans themselves started posting this as a great discovery.
You probably missed this @12:45 "waiting lists... are long." And every place it's implied as well as the professions of the victims in the doc. What you're telling me is Universal healthcare = free healthcare for the rich. Nothing will change for poor people or worse because not enough good healthcare professionals which is already a problem!
@@audreylin3466 No, universal healthcare is not “free healthcare for the rich.” Everyone queues like anyone else (unless that country allows private doctors too, which is not truly “universal”, right?)
No country has a 1:1 ratio of doctors to patients. So there is always going to be some line. Pandemics really highlight underspending/underplanning, though, for sure.
This was helpful in so many ways. Thank you for sharing🙏🏻
Hi @Kimi Cupcake, thanks for watching!
What a view from this hospital:)))) Can see mountains and green forest !!! Very disciplined people!!!
Imagine living with the aftermath of Covid-19 and the hell-yeah-brothas of America still think it's a hoax. What a slap in the face.
Yep the aftermath's real - thousands more unemployed, collapsed businesses, childrens' education ruined, public faith in politicians and the democratic process seriously undermined.
China Virus
I agree! What has taken place in the USA is beyond disturbing.... I think it comes straight from the top down beginning with Trump's action (non-action). He caused a downward spiral of disinformation, and lied daily to the people so this is what the result is............. 18,000,000 infected, and 340,000 AmericaNS dead in just 10 months!
@SaltyBrains How do you know these people have even been in "lockdown" for 9 months??
I get the feeling you just might be one of those people who believe CoVid is nothing, right? UGGGHHH you people just piss me off! I'm a nurse and I've seen the long-term effects of CoVid, not to mention those who've lost their lives, and it is REAL, and it is DEADLY.
@SaltyBrains absolutely retarded comment.
No amount of apologetics can excuse the outright disgusting actions of government worldwide, I don't care how you package it.
Fact Check: 💯 % true!!!!
You sound like an idiot. What could anyone have done differently?
It’s all an ideological game.
Amen...thanks for a person actually posessing a brain....thise who suffer from pea brains need to be thinned out ...I call it natural selection the SMART will survive. I am a well studied medical expert and I sure as hell will NOT be vaccinated withthis DNA/DNS altering garbage! They are too
d u m b to realize, that they will be the human guinnea pigs for a few super rich and power hungry dirtbags in the pharmaceutical industry.
I have seen the devestating effect if the vaccine on so called "volunteers" who were given money to be taking the vaccone & to ensure they'd show up.for follow-ups afterwards.I have NEVER ever seen such high vaccination incidents EVER more than 90% had harsh immediate reactions 2 dead in the UK already. They dont issue the death rate in the other countries were "volunteers" were BOUGHT!
Let them have fun..again... natural selection of those with brains!
I had it in April 2020, so did my teenage son.
It is January 2021 and we both feel like different people. Something so large took us, our physiology, our psychology. If I listed the symptoms this would get too long.
All I can do is hope this isn’t permanent. Or at least that it improves. My cabinet of supplements is overflowing. It’s hard to convince doctors to keep giving you steroid and anti anxiety medicine, despite how much they help.
Everything has changed now.
And our world hasn’t even begun processing it. How could we? The sheer scale... I almost understand the deniers. It’s so much to stare into.
Yeah... Hard to mentally accept mass tragedy. Optimism makes it more deadly, though, when it becomes denial. Denial can’t actually FIX anything... People just end up rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. Realism FTW 🙌
Hope you're doing better now! Based on the research & stories I've heard especially about other viral infections such as SARS-Cov-1 infection, it can take months to a few years to improve, but you'll most likely get better as time passes. Just don't lose hope. & until then, let this experience motivate you to make better choices regarding your health, so that when you look back at it after you've fully recovered, you'll be grateful for the impact it had on you. Hard times can either crush us or teach us to be stronger & that depends on our choice.
Same here, just what the fu%@ is this covid? How can it do this?? I’m genuinely lost for words
@@donking454 same symptoms as radiation sickness ,,,,, FIG IT OUT
This is why I do not want Covid! I love being active and having the freedom to do so!😢
Don’t worry mate. Take care and keep on keeping on.
Not everyone gets this syndrome
Who want?
@@sallkant1804 Here in the UK we have 60 000 who have what we call long COVID up until the end of Nov, no doubt there are now more.
Take precautions and you should be OK. Masks do work. I sat at work for a couple of hours close to someone who got symptoms the next day and eventually tested positive. We sat about 7 feet apart, we both wore masks and I ended testing negative.
I would like to hear more from people that has taken the vacine and are experiencing the same symptoms as having COVID-19.
I was infected May of last year but still I'm experiencing fatigue and hard of breathing. It change my life because I cannot do physical activities unlike before.
This sucks, i just got covid last week and this week i only got this mild dry throat, i hope i will not got those post covid symptoms
Thank you for sharing your story Mr. Knox ... Be strong and in peace ... Blessings to you and yours.
Take vitamine D. It will help a lot.i got it to.
Sinc selenium helped me
You will be fine take c and drink water
not everyone does so you'' likely be ok
Excellent presentation!
Thanks DW for such good doc.
Hi @Ankur Chauhan, thanks for watching!
U r doing g8t work... Plz do more videos.... Very interesting 👍
I know that far from everyone will have those problems long time after they had the virus - but the video should remind us that anyone can get it and that even young and healthy people can have problems long time after the virus is gone.
the young face the more serious problem of poverty and long-term unemployment
@@sdrawkcabUK Yes pandemics suck. One pounded the final nail in the Roman Empire.
Post viral fatigue... “Tapanui flu” (1984 one small town NZ recognised by the GP).....1918 flu pandemic had many accounts in the 1920’s with symptoms the same as “long COVID” (even with the vascular symptoms and nodules on the hands). What’s new is the overwhelming quantity of affected people that will have a huge impact on the individual’s ability to manage basic tasks of daily living.
I'm in the same boat as the first two people in the video. Lungs hurting, lower stamina, but I'm doing better than them because I pushed myself. I would taste blood every time I ran hills, and I don't taste blood anymore. My lung doctor couldn't help me. He put me on an inhaler that made my lungs worse. It was exercising everyday that made me better. I'm still not 100% and I've regressed a bit because of the inhaler but I'm much fitter than the average person because I worked hard. You just need to work hard if you can. Run for your life.
It's amazing seeing someone in a beautiful country with national healthcare.. just seeing the images of the beautiful mountains it just makes me so sad to be in America. :'(
I have to say, as someone who lived in Germany for the first 6 months of the virus, the healthcare system was terrible and was/is a complete failure.
Even though I was sick, I couldn’t even get a test, let alone treatment. I went back to America and got a covid test literally 24 hours after landing.
And the worst thing is no one knows what you're going through and don't believe you.
I have an officemate who contracted chikungunya years ago. He felt exhausted, muscle aches on/off for almost 6 months.
I hope there will be more studies about this covid.
I got chukginyea in India in 2009. (Mosquitos spread this) It was truly terrible and took years for all symptoms to disappear.
My aunt died from covid 19, she suffered a lot
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So sorry for your loss 😢
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My condolences to you and your family.
Very sorry for your loss. That is sad to hear she suffered. RIP and sending much love
Awesome channel, big fan here.
Hi @carhumiva cachari, thank you :)
My husband got it over Thanksgiving. He still has a cough and tiredness almost 2 months later. The cough is like he's dry heaving from his lungs. His face is red, veins bulging, and he gasps for breath between coughs. He says breathing in is easy but breathing out feels like his throat constricts. He takes regular naps now and he didn't used to. He's better than he was in December and we're thankful that this is the worst symptoms hes had, but its frightening and I wouldn't wish it on anyone.
It is my hope there is a place for mind/body healers to contribute to this healing process
CFS/ME cases always spike with outbreaks. There are about a dozen other names for it, but they all share the same general characteristics: exertion intolerance, chronic exhaustion, multifaceted pain, etc. Treatment availability is practically nonexistent, unless you count the terrible advice that patients usually get--which permanently worsens their condition. Patients have to pace within their envelope, but the usual advice is to ramp up activity levels. You can't even get a diagnosis usually, because most doctors don't take it seriously or don't want to do anything about it. 99/100 they will misdiagnose the patient, usually as psychosomatic. This is not new. It's been known about for well over a century. Misinformation has completely prevented clinical developments.
Hands down with your observations and the knowledge of ME/CFS. Hope these ppl will figure out it is known symptoms for post viral infections and the misdiagnoses of ME/CFS as psychological issues have killed and will kill many in the future.
95% of the people are traumatized.. Who knows what cause them body problems. I believe really that is the cue. I read a lot about it I have it myself and a lot pain in body and fatigue... I think once they got sick everything came out becoz of the stress they probably felt. Becoz the killerrrr virussss... Etc etc they should need to do more science. I mean I know myself for so many years but yet I don't know myself. How can doctors and scientists believe they understand people already.. Just saying.
A-Men! A-Men! A-Men!!!!! So true, here in America.
Im 25. I had fever, cough and chest pain as symptoms while I had positiveness. My last symptoms were 2 months ago. Lately I feel pain at my back and muscle pain near my back. It seems my saturation and condition is the same as before. But this pain ...I hope I wont have much and longer problem!!
Hey just wanted check how are you doing these days, I my self got it tow months ago still have similar issues as yours like the back muscle pain
Im 1 week post covid and just hit a fresh brick wall - so frustrating
@DW Would you be so kind an put a direct link in the description to all other language versions of the same video? I'd rather watch the German original if the people in the video are speaking German, and watch the English original if they speak English. So I prefer the original version, but sometimes German, sometimes English versions pop up among the videos on TH-cam.
Not being sedentary might help
@Tomas Muir As an ex-hypochondriac myself, you sure you're not being a bit of a hypochondriac? Those symptoms you listed are so vague and commonplace for everyone. I'm having trouble accepting that a flu like illness can manifest into a million different other conditions in different people after the initial illness...
@Tomas Muir I dunno about that... I used to be convinced there was something wrong with my heart & I literally had no end of physical symptoms like chest pain etc. Now I don't think like that & I don't feel physical symptoms anymore. The mind is a very powerful thing, people don't realise how much they can trick themselves into believing something is true, and sometimes it's so bad that you can literally make the things you think are happening happen, just by deluding yourself.
@Tomas Muir Maybe you're right, I'm just giving you my perspective & hoping that you'll consider it. I'm not pointing fingers, like I said I've been there done that. Just as someone who has lived life as a hypochondriac, I fully understand how easy it is to convince ourselves of stuff that isn't true (even when we're consciously aware of that fact).
I'm currently battling covid and here i am watching the life after the virus
get well soon！
8:35 the kid is so cute.. awwww... :) Hope the kids stay healthy.
I have this kind of sudden tiredness and vertigo for the last 5 years , since I first had rheumatoid arthritis, that’s exactly how they describe it, so there r many reasons for it, but I still have to do the things that other ppl do and no one cares and no one understands unless they experience the same
Danke for the informative content!
Hi @Koala Bear, thanks for watching!
After battling Covid 19, having pre-existing conditions, you never fully recover, at least i didn't. Being out of breath, tired, fatigue, etc.
Me too
Me rn
I watched this documentary, it seems like it's talking about my experience. I feel like these people. I had COVID twice, when I got it the first time was at the beginning of March 17, 2020. After seven months bad symptoms started to appear, weakness, dizziness, kidney pain, shortness of breath, many chest pressures. short breath. my life changed a lot after COVID, I still don't have a good sense of smell and taste, after the second COVID and the first dose of the vaccine. got worse but. When I took the first twelve of the vaccine (Pfizer) I stopped breathing within ten minutes. I stayed at the Hospital for two days, with a monitor on my chest for two weeks. my life now. with difficulty breathing. I'm just scared of getting depressed. Thanks.
I will pray for you health and hope you get what you want and need .. be safe
You got this!! Be strong. Thank you for sharing your experience.
Prayers for you!
Yes I am glad that I watched this as I have all these effects and I thought it was just me getting older so now I know !
My friends and surrounding people have had light Covid and therefore I couldn't explain them what's going on with me they started think I am exaggerating but thanks to this documentary it absolutely explains what's I'm really being through now.