Session 5
Ambassador of Strings & Wings
31 year old woman still suffering..
than three months after her infection, Guerin still has a high heart rate, fatigue and nerve pain. She also has been left with some lung damage. Still, her symptoms are relatively mild compared to some. She is able to work, even as she battles fatigue and pain.
Others cannot work or even perform basic functions of life, leaving them with serious financial as well as health issues.
Some people will be changed forever by long COVID, says Dr. Shawn Marshall, who specializes in physical medicine and rehabilitation at The Ottawa Hospital. Treating COVID-19 long haulers has become part of the rehabilitation work he does. And, with a fourth wave underway, there is no end in sight.
Marshall is among the health professionals who have piloted long COVID clinics at The Ottawa Hospital. He also works with long-haul COVID patients from across Ontario through WSIB Ontario (the province’s workplace compensation board). Rehabilitation aims to help improve their breathing, their mobility and their ability to complete daily tasks of living after COVID-19
than three months after her infection, Guerin still has a high heart rate, fatigue and nerve pain. She also has been left with some lung damage. Still, her symptoms are relatively mild compared to some. She is able to work, even as she battles fatigue and pain.
Others cannot work or even perform basic functions of life, leaving them with serious financial as well as health issues.
Some people will be changed forever by long COVID, says Dr. Shawn Marshall, who specializes in physical medicine and rehabilitation at The Ottawa Hospital. Treating COVID-19 long haulers has become part of the rehabilitation work he does. And, with a fourth wave underway, there is no end in sight.
Marshall is among the health professionals who have piloted long COVID clinics at The Ottawa Hospital. He also works with long-haul COVID patients from across Ontario through WSIB Ontario (the province’s workplace compensation board). Rehabilitation aims to help improve their breathing, their mobility and their ability to complete daily tasks of living after COVID-19
