Perhaps the most puzzling and confounding aspect of COVID-19 is its unpredictability. It’s fatal for some, while others may have several weeks of flu-like symptoms or no symptoms at all.
It can affect every body system — from the lungs to the heart to blood. And now, six months into the pandemic, doctors are discovering a new group: COVID-19 long-haulers.
According to the Cleveland Clinic, they’re a mix of older and younger patients whose symptoms last months after the infection is over. Among them is 40-year-old New York psychiatrist Dr. Scott Krakower who joins host Robin Young to talk about his long fight with the coronavirus.
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