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30-11-2022, 08:13 AM
Akshita Nanda
Correspondent
PUBLISHED NOV 29, 2022, 3:11 PM SGT
SINGAPORE – When Ms Sara Ann Nicholas contracted Covid-19 in February, the 24-year-old thought she would be back on her feet in a couple of weeks. However, she is still on the long road to recovery.
In June, the researcher in cities and urban planning thought she was cured of post-Covid symptoms such as fatigue and chest pains. She was back to doing high-intensity workouts and planning a holiday overseas. But her condition worsened by August. As of November, she could barely walk 1,000 steps a day without exhausting herself.
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"It's just so difficult when what I'm used to is going for runs, long walks and hiking," she says
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According to WHO, 10 to 20 per cent of people who contract Covid-19 can develop long Covid, regardless of age, fitness level, or viral variant contracted.
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Singapore does not officially count the number of long Covid sufferers here, but doctors The Straits Times spoke to say they have been seeing a steady number of patients with post-Covid symptoms that ling for months.
Dr Calista Chong, family physician at Redwood@TPY Clinic and Surgery in Toa Payoh, has seen between 50 to 75 such patients this year.
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Dr Grace Huang at DTAP Clinic sees between five and 10 patients a week with post-Covid-19 issues
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but many do not return. "If we assume that patients did not return because their symptoms were resolved, then patients with long Covid could be in the minority," she says.
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Dr Lim Jeong Hoon, senior consultant at National University Hospital's (NUH) division of rehabilitation medicine, department of medicine, runs long Covid clinics at NUH and Ng Teng Fong Hospital. He has seen 250 patients since February.
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Dr Lim says about 60 per cent of long Covid patients recover within a year.
For where to find help and how to cope with long Covid, read on at : https://www.straitstimes.com/life/she-th...t-returned
Correspondent
PUBLISHED NOV 29, 2022, 3:11 PM SGT
SINGAPORE – When Ms Sara Ann Nicholas contracted Covid-19 in February, the 24-year-old thought she would be back on her feet in a couple of weeks. However, she is still on the long road to recovery.
In June, the researcher in cities and urban planning thought she was cured of post-Covid symptoms such as fatigue and chest pains. She was back to doing high-intensity workouts and planning a holiday overseas. But her condition worsened by August. As of November, she could barely walk 1,000 steps a day without exhausting herself.
......
"It's just so difficult when what I'm used to is going for runs, long walks and hiking," she says
......
According to WHO, 10 to 20 per cent of people who contract Covid-19 can develop long Covid, regardless of age, fitness level, or viral variant contracted.
......
Singapore does not officially count the number of long Covid sufferers here, but doctors The Straits Times spoke to say they have been seeing a steady number of patients with post-Covid symptoms that ling for months.
Dr Calista Chong, family physician at Redwood@TPY Clinic and Surgery in Toa Payoh, has seen between 50 to 75 such patients this year.
......
Dr Grace Huang at DTAP Clinic sees between five and 10 patients a week with post-Covid-19 issues
......
but many do not return. "If we assume that patients did not return because their symptoms were resolved, then patients with long Covid could be in the minority," she says.
......
Dr Lim Jeong Hoon, senior consultant at National University Hospital's (NUH) division of rehabilitation medicine, department of medicine, runs long Covid clinics at NUH and Ng Teng Fong Hospital. He has seen 250 patients since February.
......
Dr Lim says about 60 per cent of long Covid patients recover within a year.
For where to find help and how to cope with long Covid, read on at : https://www.straitstimes.com/life/she-th...t-returned
