Dr. Elona Dado, cardiologist spoke about post covid symptoms in the media. The doctor said that the most common symptoms are chronic fatigue, difficulty breathing, chest pain, etc. According to her, these symptoms range from 3 months to a year.
" It lasts on average three months and they are related to Covid. Fatigue begins, occurs in 50% of cases, dominates the patient's life to that level until invalidation. Some also have a fever, followed by difficulty breathing with loss of smell, memory problems and clear thinking.
They are general symptoms, which address patients related to the cardiac and respiratory systems because they feel unable to breathe, cough, chest pain, and frequent heartbeats. And they need to be clarified if we are dealing with a cardiac complication.
If chest pain persists, is complicated, and there is vomiting, it could be a heart problem caused by covid. For this we need to go to the cardiologist. There may be a myocardium, ischemic heart damage. "There may be chest pain that increases when you touch them ," said the doctor.
Dr. Elona noted that a significant percentage of patients who pass the virus report symptoms that last about a year. She added that a visit to the cardiologist is necessary to find out if it is a symptom from the virus or problems related to the heart.
" Some of them come because of the frequent heartbeats, which are felt when the patient stands up. A kind of dysfunction of an autonomous system occurs. Covid disrupts this system and the expression is in the orthostatic heart, when it immediately rises to its feet and experiences situations up to the state of fiction.
The treatment is about understanding the situation and educating the patient to get more fluids, to stand up, to hold a position at night not horizontally but with the head slightly raised. 40% of patients who pass covid say the symptoms have lasted up to a year.
23 percent feel almost invalidated. " The patient is recovering but he wants his time ", said the doctor.
Among others, Dr. Elona emphasized on following a healthy diet, physical activity and sleep.