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COVID-19 SURVIVORS STRUGGLE WITH HEALTH

Friday , 03 June 2022
By Nurin Natasha

The COVID-19 pandemic makes many lives seem upside down and people previously infected with COVID-19 are unable to live normally post-COVID.

Muhammad Lutfil Hadi Azizi, 22, a COVID-19 level four survivor today is still facing the effects of the virus on his health and respiratory rate.

“For now, the only side effect I am facing is that I cannot exercise or play sports for too long because I will have difficulty breathing,” he said when interviewed by Berita DIMENSi through WhatsApp.

The COVID-19 pandemic era was a nightmare for the entire population of the world that no one expected to leave a big impact on human life especially those affected by the virus before. Survivors need to be more vigilant of the effects.

The Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) student also said that since then, one of his lungs has not been functioning properly, causing him to rely only on one lung to breathe, coupled with a mild panic attack that has made it difficult for him to breathe as well.

Muhammad Lutfil Hadi depends on an oxygen tube in ICU due to stage 4 of COVID-19

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Meanwhile, Muhammad Azim Hakim Mohd Azli, 22, a University of Malaya (UM) student, said he had a rough time throughout the infection of COVID-19 where he was unable to sleep at night, had short breaths, and vomited

COVID-19 patient is bare can sleep at night due to the extreme fever they experience

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“I had a fever all day and vomited. Then, I also cannot sleep at night, have shortness of breath, sore throat such as stinging the esophagus, and coughing non stop,” he said when interviewed by Berita DIMENSi via Telegram.

Dr Masliza Mustafa, 51, said 10 to 20 percent of all COVID-19 patients are estimated to suffer from complications such as a mild disease known as post long Covid.

“Symptoms may include extreme fatigue, shortness of breath, trouble sleeping, difficulty concentrating which describes it as fogging the mind, and depression.

“The symptoms may come and go or relapse over time, and it may impact the patient’s daily activities,” she said in the interview with Berita DIMENSi through WhatsApp.

Extreme fatigue experienced by a post-covid patient might be the cause of long covid

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She also stated that our body takes time to recover from the effects of the disease, and fatigue and tiredness may last for about two weeks, requiring further medical assessment and attention.

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