Much about long Covid is baffling: There is no diagnostic test to confirm it, no standard definition of the ailment, and no way to predict who will be affected.
Lifting his clothes, raising his arms, arranging items in his closet leave Bell short of breath and often trigger severe fatigue. He walks with a cane, only short distances. He's 50 pounds lighter than when the virus struck.
Dr. Erica Spatz, director of the preventive cardiovascular health program at Yale, is one of Gard's physicians."The more severe the covid infection and the older you are, the more likely it is you'll have a cardiovascular complication after," she said. Complications include weakening of the heart muscle, blood clots, abnormal heart rhythms, vascular system damage, and high blood pressure.Gard's life has changed in ways he never imagined.
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