Medical Xpress March 19, 2025
Thousands of Minnesotans remain exhausted and disabled after their COVID-19 illnesses, but why they got “long COVID” while millions of others who got sick did not remains a mystery.
Maybe COVID-19 reawakened dormant viruses in their bodies. Or enough COVID virus lingered to continue causing havoc. Or COVID caused lasting organ damage before the immune system snuffed it out. Or the immune system went into overdrive in response to the infectious disease.
Dr. Amy Engebretson has wondered why she was so unlucky. A routine COVID illness in March 2020 left her so tired months later that she gave up her OB-GYN practice. Years later, she still sleeps about half of every day while waiting for answers and hoping for better...
Today's Sponsors
Today's Sponsor