Fitboys and girls can also get sick from corona

Three months after being infected with the coronavirus, almost half of the people still report one or more long-term complaints, the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) reported this week. You can think of complaints such as fatigue (31%), shortness of breath (16%), loss of smell (12%), concentration problems (15%), and problems in a busy environment (13%).

Can be seen in the muscles

According to Wüst, these figures also include people who have ended up in hospital because of corona. According to him, those corona patients are looking forward to a long recovery process, because hospital admissions are known to be an attack on the body.

The definition of lung covid as used by Wüst does not refer to people who have been hospitalized. During his study, the researcher sees all kinds of people – fit or not, young and old – who experienced extreme fatigue after a corona infection. Although Wüst’s research is still ongoing, he can already say that lung covid can be seen in the muscles.

And that is an important fact, says Wüst. Exercise is good for other chronic diseases, but lung covid is an exception. A treatment program at the physio is therefore a bad idea for lung covid patients, says the scientist. But please note, the patient who has complaints after hospitalization does benefit from exercise.

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