Journalist Richard Quest has recently revealed that even two months after recovering from coronavirus disease (COVID-19), he is still constantly suffering from symptoms, and is discovering new areas of damage in his brain.
In an article for CNN Health, Quest said that despite doctors’ constant assurance that he has recovered, he still experiences dry, raspy, wheezy cough as well as constant fatigue.
“The COVID-19 cough is not like your usual cough-it-up deep cough (what doctors politely call a “productive cough.”) It is very distinctive. It is a dry, raspy, wheezy, cough. In my case, lots of short, expelling gasps of air, followed by a long, deep, chest-wrenching expiration cough, that has standers by wondering if I am going to keel over,” he said.
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Quest got infected back in April, but he said that months after recovery, he is discovering that the virus may have long-term effects that the doctors are still trying to comprehend.
He said that his doctors told him the virus will not return, but he said there are days when he feels that it has.
The journalist also noted new areas of damage, particularly to his brain. He said he has become “incredibly clumsy,” and that a part of his brain that controls hand and movement is seemingly not working.
“I was never the most lissome person, no one ever called me graceful, but my clumsiness is off the chart. If I reach for a glass, or take something out of a cupboard, I will knock it, or drop it on the floor. I have tripped over the curb and gone flying. I fall over furniture,” he said.
He also noted a sense of mild confusion, the “micro delay in a thought, the hesitation with a word,” as well as a peculiar digestive system
“Nobody would notice but me,” he said.
Quest added that despite constant reassurance about his recovery, he still believes that his body does not feel quite right. His doctors, he added, also said that the symptoms will wear off but could not tell when.
“For those who have not had Covid, or witnessed the mess it leaves behind, again, I urge you, do whatever you can to avoid this tornado. It will roar through the body — kill some on the way — injure all in its path — and then when you think “well, thank God that’s gone,” look around, the damage is strewn everywhere and will be with you long after the crisis has passed,” he said.
“Covid is a tornado with a very long tail,” Quest added.
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