Medical Xpress March 31, 2025
Sitting in a recliner in her south Kansas City home, wearing a bright pink sweater, matching lipstick, and with her nails neatly manicured, Shantell Williams recalls the months she spent recovering and rehabbing from the effects of long COVID.
Her vivid outfit stands in contrast to the dark story she shares about her experience with the disease.
Brain fog, joint pain, mobility problems, heart issues, and hair loss were just a few of the challenges that long COVID put on her body.
Five years after the declaration of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, Williams, 56, finds herself as a part of a small portion of adults in the U.S. who suffered from an initial infection from the virus but continue to...