Don’t dismiss #LongCovid❗️
If your friend, relative, colleague, patient or child say they’re not recovered after covid believe them & help them navigate their problems. Hope doesn’t only come from medical treatments. It comes from the love, support & understanding those around u.
If your friend, relative, colleague, patient or child say they’re not recovered after covid believe them & help them navigate their problems. Hope doesn’t only come from medical treatments. It comes from the love, support & understanding those around u.
Whatever you do, don’t trivialise their ordeal. Saying things like ‘be positive’ or ‘just get a bit of sunshine’ or ‘others have it so much worse’ etc can cause more isolation, stigmatisation & feeling of guilt. If they say it’s hard, IT IS hard and they’re trusting u with it.
Don’t start analysing if their fatigue or another symptom is ‘normal’ or not. As a general rule, people do know what’s normal for them. They know their body before and after covid. It’s harder for young children and that’s tough, but also believe parents who know their kids well.
One thing I want to say to those living with #LongCovid is please please don’t lose hope. People can and do get better. Look around u for those who listen & support you. People you can trust with your vulnerability. The more of us raise awareness the more people will understand.
.. and yes, all of this applies to a whole range of under-researched chronic conditions, not only Long Covid. I really hope raising awareness about LC shifts the paradigm for all of them. Long Covid is not ‘special’ however its burden is enormous because we’re in a pandemic.
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