Long Covid: Last News

Children and adults with Long Covid yesterday bravely told of their pain and suffering as they demanded urgent action from the Scottish Government.

Nurses suffering from Long Covid have told how their lives and careers have been left in ruins after picking up the virus as they cared for others.

Almost half of Covid patients are dealing with symptoms up to 18 months after coming down with the virus, new research has found.

Long Covid sufferer Scott Davidson is looking for a much happier next five years in power after nearly losing his life.

Scientists have sounded the alarm on Long Covid's impact on concentration and memory.

Scottish ­Government has been branded “too little, too late” after it emerged that health boards haven’t been told to set up specialist clinics. And parents of children with the condition claim nothing has been done to help them.

Covid victim has been refused disability benefits despite being left unable to work and taking 10 types of medication for the last 16 months. Shereen Smith was a wedding singer and had also been in the process of setting up her own cake-making company when she was struck down by the virus in March last year.

East Kilbride who say the debilitating after-effects brought their lives to a standstill.Every adult who has tested positive for coronavirus in Scotland is to be invited to take part in the study into the effects of the virus.Researchers hope to identify how many people continue to be unwell after having the virus.Head over to our new Lanarkshire Live Facebook page to make sure you're up to date with the top stories in the region The Covid in Scotland Study (CISS) will ask people what their symptoms are and how it affects their lives.

coronavirus. Hayley Clarke, who is only 27, says her life completely changed after she contracted the virus back in March.

A 27-year-old woman with "energy to spare" has shared how she now feels like "I've lost a part of myself" due to the long-terms effects of Covid-19.

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The Daily Star's FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inboxHorrific smells are not going away for long Covid sufferers, who claim they have become haunted by the likes of fish and burning.While coronavirus passes quickly for most, some people suffer long-term effects which has since been identified as Long Covid.And now, an ENT (ear, nose and throat) surgeon has claimed patients are experiencing a new symptom.Thousands of people across the UK have had their sense of smell affected as a result of Covid-19, Professor Nirmal Kumar said with some recovering only to experience parosmia.Prof Kumar said: "This morning I saw two patients with parosmia."One said they could smell fish in place of any

Wales Live."I went for a walk for the first time in weeks yesterday and I was really struggling with pain my knees and my heart rate went right up, I'm not convinced I'll ever get back to how I was before."It's really hard on the girls as well, they ask sometimes if we can do certain things and I have to say no because I'm too unwell. We used to go hiking but I can't do it anymore.

A woman who was diagnosed with Covid-19 months ago said she has had almost all 100 symptoms of its long-term effects, from being unable to put words together in a sentence to hallucinating

Months after first being infected with coronavirus, tens of thousands of patients are still experiencing a string of health problems.