>>JENNIFER WAUGH: ACCORDING TO THE CDC, AN ESTIMATED ONE AND 13 ADULTS IN THE U.S. HAS
DEVELOPED WHAT’S KNOWN AS LONG
COVID SYMPTOMS. MANY DESCRIBE
THEM IS DEBILITATING AND SAY
THOSE SYMPTOMS CAN LAST
MONTHS. JACKSONVILLE,
INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPECIALIST
DOCTOR MOHAMMED REZA IS
JOINING US NOW VIA ZOOM. GOOD
MORNING. THANKS FOR BEING WITH
US. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU,
BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT LOCAL
CASES WHICH WILL EXPLAIN THE
SYMPTOMS OF LONG COVID,
PLEASE.
>> AND STERN ON SPECIFIC.
THAT’S SOMETHING TO BE AWARE
OF. SO PEOPLE CAN HAVE THIS IS
MONTHS AFTER YOU’VE RECOVERED
FROM THE INFECTION. BUT 3
MONTHS ON AVERAGE, PEOPLE CAN
HAVE ABILITY HITTING FATIGUE,
DIFFICULTY BREATHING. THAT HAS
FOUGHT, JUST CAN’T SAYING
CAN’T FUNCTION ON A DAILY
BASIS. SO THIS IS AFFECTING
PEOPLE’S EVERYDAY FUNCTION
THAT THEY CAN DO TO WORK TO
CARE FOR THEIR FAMILIES. SO
THERE’S MULTIPLE SYMPTOMS YOU
CAN HAVE. IT’S THE LIST WAS SO
LONG WE COULDN’T EVEN FIT THE
SCREEN. I WANT TO POINT THIS
OUT, FEVER, COUGHING.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: GIVEN THAT A
LOT OF THE SYMPTOMS ARE
SIMILAR TO OTHER ILLNESSES
THAT ARE SPREADING IN OUR
COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW. SO IS
THERE SOME WAY THAT SOMEONE
KNOWS IT’S LONG COVID.
>> IT’S ONE OF THE KEY THINGS
IS IT’S AFTER YOU’VE RECOVERED
FROM COVID ABOUT 3 MONTHS OUT.
SO IT’S SOMETHING THAT WHEN
YOU ARE EXPERIENCING SYMPTOMS,
THIS RECURRENT FEVER,
SHORTNESS OF BREATH WRITE IT
DOWN AND TALK YOUR PROVIDER
BECAUSE IT’S SOMETHING THAT
NEEDS TO. TALKED ABOUT AND
FOUND. THERE’S YOUR FRIEND
DIAGNOSIS FOR SAME TIME. THERE
ARE IS THIS IS BEING UNDER
DIAGNOSED ACROSS THE COUNTRY
THIS POINT. SO SO IS THERE A
CERTAIN GROUP OR AGE OR YOU
KNOW ANYTHING THAT IS MORE AT
RISK OF DEVELOPING LONG COVID.
>> AND WE’RE FINDING OUT MORE
AND MORE AS WE’RE SENDING THIS
IN OF AFTER COVID INFECTION.
THE PEOPLE THAT WERE CRYING,
ICU LEVEL OF CARE DUE TO COVID
INFECTION PEOPLE WITH
UNDERLYING MEDICAL CONDITIONS.
PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, DIDN’T
GET VACCINATED. AND THAT’S ONE
OF THE THINGS WE’RE SEEING
OVER AND OVER AGAIN. AND FOR
THOSE THAT AND THAT EXPENSE US
MULTISYSTEM SYNDROME DURING OR
AFTER THE DEAL, WAS THERE MORE
SUSCEPTIBLE?
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: AND THOSE
HAVE GOTTEN VACCINATED AS WE
KNOW THEY CAN STILL GET COVID.
ARE THEY LESS LIKELY? DO YOU
THINK TO DEVELOP LONG COVID AS
A RESULT OF THEM BEING
VACCINATED?
>> THAT’S WHAT THE STATE
SHOWING MORE AND MORE YOU CAN
STILL GET COVID LOT MILDER
SYMPTOMS. WHAT WE’RE SEEING IS
THE LONGER YOU HAVE THIS VIRUS
IN YOUR BLOODSTREAM, THE MORE
LIKELY YOU CAN DEVELOP LONG
COVID SUBSEQUENT TO THE
INFECTIONS, SO GETTING
VACCINATED. DECREASE THE IS
CHANCE OF GETTING INFECTED.
FIRST OF ALL, THE OTHER THINGS
GOING ALSO BECAUSE THE AMOUNT
OF VIRUS THAT’S ONE STREET AN
EXXON POINT. SO HOW COMMON IS
THIS AMONG LOW LOCAL PATIENTS?
WHAT ARE YOU SEEING AND
HEARING? IT’S TOUGH LUCK, ALI.
WE’RE NOT SEEING A BIG RISE IN
COVID CASES RIGHT NOW, WHICH
IS FANTASTIC. BUT WE’RE STILL
SEEING PATIENTS COMING IN WITH
COVID AND DIAGNOSE ONE THING I
REALLY HAVE IMPRESS IS THAT
PEOPLE SHOULD USE THESE
ANTIVIRAL MEDICATIONS. WE HAVE
ONE OF THE NEW STUDY THAT JUST
CAME UP A DOES SHOW PEOPLE
THAT USE AMERICA’S WHICH IS AN
ANTI BORROW, CAN DECREASE YOUR
CHANCES OF LONG-COVID BY ABOUT
THIS PRODUCTION OF ABOUT 25%.
SO. I URGE PEOPLE WE TALKED
WITH THEIR PROVIDER IF THEY
START HAVING WHEN THEY’RE
DIAGNOSED WITH COVID WITH A
RAPID TEST OR A PCR TEST MORE
SO JUST ASK THESE MEDICATIONS,
ESPECIALLY ONLINE MEDICAL
CONDITIONS THAT COULD HAVE
THAT
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: GIVEN THE
FACT THAT IT CAN BE A LITTLE
DIFFICULT TO FIGURE OUT IS
THIS IS WHAT YOU’RE SUFFERING
FROM AS OPPOSED TO SOMETHING
ELSE. I MEAN, THIS IS ONE OF
THOSE, YOU KNOW, EXAMPLES OF
KIND OF PAYING ATTENTION. IS
IT NOT TO THE SYMPTOMS? YOU
CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION
WITH YOUR DOCTOR AND ARE THERE
CERTAIN QUESTIONS YOU SHOULD
BE ASKING YOURSELF TO KIND OF
PREPARE YOURSELF FOR THAT
MEETING WITH THE DOCK?
>> IT IS. I MEAN, IT’S
SOMETHING WE HAVE TO SPEAK UP
FOR SELVES AS PATIENTS TO
QUESTIONS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,
WRITING DOWN YOUR SYMPTOMS
STARTED RIGHT. SO OTHER THINGS
MAKES AND WHAT MAKES HER
SYMPTOMS WORKS. HOW OFTEN YOU
EXPERIENCE THE SENTENCE IF
IT’S RECURRENT FEVER SAYS THE
SHORTS BREATH, BRAIN. FOG OF
PAYNE DIARY. THESE ARE ALL
SYMPTOMS THAT WE REALLY NEED
TO WRITE DOWN. AS WE
EXPERIENCE AFTER COVID. IF YOU
NEVER EXPLAINS PART OF THE
INFECTION, THAT THESE ARE
THINGS THAT WILL HELP YOUR
PROVIDER TO DO APPROPRIATE
TESTS AND A SILVER LINING TO
ALL THIS IS AND MORE RESEARCH
IS SHOWING THAT 75% OF PEOPLE
WHO DEVELOP LONG COVID AFTER
THE INFECTION WILL GO DOWN
AFTER ABOUT 12 MONTHS. BUT
IT’S GOING ASK FOR LONG PERIOD
OF TIME. ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT WE ALSO HEAR IS LOSS OF
SMELL OR TASTE. SO THIS CAN
LAST FOR MONTHS. A REMINDER
THAT THERE IS A VACCINE
THEY’RE AVAILABLE THAT CAN
DECREASE YOUR CHANCES OF BEING
INFECTED WITH COVID.