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Post-COVID complications

Westchester Health In It For The Long Haul Westchester Health In It For The Long Haul
Westchester Health In It For The Long Haul Long-haulers aren’t just truck drivers crisscrossing the country carrying goods. The term has also come to mean those who continue to suffer from a myriad of complications after recovering from COVID-19. Almost half of these long-haulers endure pulmonary problems: coughing (mostly nonproductive), shortness of breath, chest tightness or pain, wheezing, inability to take deep breaths and respiratory muscle fatigue—to name the most common. In some cases, these issues have appeared one to six months post COVID when there were no initial pulmonary issues during COVID. And those with underlying …