Long COVID exists among vacksed and unvacksed and among those who received appropriate early treatment. Our family is proof of this. One family member STILL has residual effects now four months later. 😠
Long other things exist.
Not everything that is being called long COVID is long COVID. Naive drs are calling vacks in…
Long COVID exists among vacksed and unvacksed and among those who received appropriate early treatment. Our family is proof of this. One family member STILL has residual effects now four months later. 😠
Long other things exist.
Not everything that is being called long COVID is long COVID. Naive drs are calling vacks injured folks “long COVID” because they have no other diagnostic “basket” into which they can put these people. (Somewhat like folks in the past with unexplained symptoms have been put in a “chronic fatigue” or “fibromyalgia” basket.). Informed and aware drs are calling vacks injured folks “long COVID” because (1) that is a diagnosis for which insurance will pay and apparently there is no ICD-10 code for COVID vacks injury. (Personally, I say, screw that and call it either general vacks injury or call is “autoimmune, not otherwise specified,” or “chronic fatigue,” or whatever other generic “syndrome” covers the symptoms. But PUH-LEASE do not lie to patients or insurance by calling it something it isn’t.) and (2) some patients are not yet ready to hear that they are vacks-injured, so calling it “long COVID” skirts this issue. Again, I think this slight of words is wrong. But it is happening nonetheless.
Long COVID exists.
Long COVID exists among vacksed and unvacksed and among those who received appropriate early treatment. Our family is proof of this. One family member STILL has residual effects now four months later. 😠
Long other things exist.
Not everything that is being called long COVID is long COVID. Naive drs are calling vacks injured folks “long COVID” because they have no other diagnostic “basket” into which they can put these people. (Somewhat like folks in the past with unexplained symptoms have been put in a “chronic fatigue” or “fibromyalgia” basket.). Informed and aware drs are calling vacks injured folks “long COVID” because (1) that is a diagnosis for which insurance will pay and apparently there is no ICD-10 code for COVID vacks injury. (Personally, I say, screw that and call it either general vacks injury or call is “autoimmune, not otherwise specified,” or “chronic fatigue,” or whatever other generic “syndrome” covers the symptoms. But PUH-LEASE do not lie to patients or insurance by calling it something it isn’t.) and (2) some patients are not yet ready to hear that they are vacks-injured, so calling it “long COVID” skirts this issue. Again, I think this slight of words is wrong. But it is happening nonetheless.
Great summary!