Authors: Meredith Deliso “Throughout pandemics, the psychological footprint is often way bigger than the medical footprint,” Dr. Claude Mellins, a medical psychologist who co-leads a pandemic initiative called CopeColumbia for the Columbia University Irving Medical Center community, told ABC News. One of the challenges is the pandemic makes it hard to turn to our normal […]
Authors: Rajeswari Parasa When TNM spoke to doctors about the post-recovery phase, they say it takes anywhere between four to twelve weeks for a patient to recover from the symptoms of COVID-19. Doctors suggest that people should limit themselves to doing only mild muscle strengthening and breathing exercises. And that anything beyond mild exercises would […]
Authors: UC Davis Health There is research that defines the stages of stress on communities from disasters. If it makes anyone feel better, as a society, we are right on target. Early during or right after a disaster, communities tend to pull together. People support each other and create a sense of community bonding, Hermanson […]
Authors: Jay Polish When Should I Be Concerned About Post-Vaccine Fatigue? “While different studies vary, fatigue is the most commonly reported side effect, with around 40-80% of people experiencing this,” Dr. Bhuyan explains, across Moderna, Pfizer, and Johnson & Johnson’s vaccines. The way you feel that tiredness, of course, might be much different than how your […]
Authors: Carolyn Crist A large number of people who contract the coronavirus don’t fully recover in a few weeks, and many of them are experiencing chronic fatigue. More than a third of those who have tested positive for COVID-19 and have symptoms don’t feel like they’re back to normal, even weeks later, according to a new […]
Authors: Paul Thagard Ph.D. Pandemic fatigue is a complex of emotions that includes sadness and boredom. The scientific study of pandemics requires the cooperation of many medical fields including virology, epidemiology, and pulmonology. The impact of behavior on disease spread shows that psychology belongs in the collaboration. Here are some of the questions that psychology should […]
Authors: Erika Edwards Covid-19 can leave many people with potentially debilitating fatigue months after they’ve recovered from the illness, research released Thursday found. The long-term lethargy was reported in patients with symptoms from mild to severe. “Fatigue is a common symptom in those presenting with symptomatic Covid-19 infection,” Dr. Liam Townsend, an infectious disease doctor at St. […]
Authors: Cleveland Clinic What is dysautonomia? Dysautonomia is a general term for a group of disorders that share a common problem – that is, an autonomic nervous system (ANS) that doesn’t function as it should. The ANS is the part of the nervous system that controls involuntary body functions (functions you don’t consciously control) like […]
Authors: Medical News Today Cytokine release syndrome (CRS) can cause a variety of symptoms, including fever, headaches, and nausea. The symptoms can become severe quickly. CRS occurs when the immune system responds too aggressively to an infection. It can also happen as a result of some types of immunotherapy. Treatments for CRS typically involve reducing the […]
Authors: Sarah Bradley The news cycle is heavily saturated with stress-inducing information about COVID-19, but one of the most worrying aspects so far has been the huge disparity in the way the novel coronavirus presents itself: Why do some people have no symptoms (or only mild ones), while others are so sick they require ventilation? There isn’t a definitive answer, but many […]
