Long Covid-19 Foundation
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My husband and I became ill with covid in November 2020
My husband and I became ill with covid in November 2020. I had been horrified by how hard it was to obtain advice from NHS or online. I found several good covid support groups on Facebook. Long Covid-19 Foundation stood out for me as it was new and I noticed the founder was putting in a lot of work, researching and providing information and insights for post covid recovery. In a matter of months the foundation has developed a wealth of informative videos and post, in addition to being a welcoming support group where ideas such as the gardening sub group are welcomed. I'm very happy I found it. Sharon, June 2021 -
Is Long Covid Taken Seriously by Primary Care Physicians?
The paper uses a citizen science approach using social media to determine plausible degrees of psychologization or somatization of long covid. It reviews the literature on somatization or disease-disbelief in particular for issues of gender. It then establishes levels of somatization or psychologization and key correlates such as gender, ethnicity, level of education, age, and place of residence. Statistical tests are included. It also looks at whether the degree of psychologization was associated with less treatment effort. Finally the paper looks at whether there was a time trend in the degree of psychologization. -
Horrified by how hard it was to obtain advice from NHS or online
My husband and I became ill with covid in November 2020. I had been horrified by how hard it was to obtain advice from NHS or online. I found several good covid support groups on Facebook. Long Covid-19 Foundation stood out for me as it was new and I noticed the founder was putting in a lot of work, researching and providing information and insights for post covid recovery. In a matter of months the foundation has developed a wealth of informative videos and post, in addition to being a welcoming support group where ideas such as the gardening sub group are welcomed. I'm very happy I found it. Sharon, June 2021
It was a hard year for many people. Among people with Long COVID many are not able to return to normal live and work (very often people who suffer had to reduce their work hours or modify duties due to persistent health issues). We are committed to breach gaps in knowledge and provide with latest guidance and up-to-date information for medical professionals. We observe the challenges among medical professionals with regards to understanding Long COVID nature due to lack of training or limited capacity for self learning. As a result, after 3 years since the pandemic started, Long COVID is still not being addressed sufficiently by medical professionals and health bodies.
Timely diagnostic is vital and is a prerequisite to identify personalised treatment modalities. We are looking for opportunities to integrate our knowledge with experts in digital services and AI to allow medical care accessible for everyone as and when needed!
Long Covid-19 Foundation relies on public support, donations and appreciates everyone’s contribution!
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Joint Collaborative Effort: Recent Research Publications
December 2022
Recent publications:
SocArXiv papers
The Guardian select
Long Covid-19 Foundation
An estimated 2.1 million people living in private households in the UK (3.3% of the population) were experiencing self-reported long COVID (symptoms continuing for more than four weeks after the first confirmed or suspected coronavirus (COVID-19) infection not explained by something else) as of 1 October 2022; these estimates are only fully comparable with those in the October 2022 bulletin, when prevalence was 2.3 million, and not with any other previous bulletins because of changes in data collection methods.
Fatigue continued to be the most common symptom reported as part of individuals’ experience of long COVID (70% of those with self-reported long COVID), followed by difficulty concentrating (45%), shortness of breath (42%) and muscle ache (42%).
105 000+ children with Long Covid in the UK
105,000 children and young people are currently living with Long Covid in the UK, 22,000 have had symptoms over a year, and 18,000 report activity is “limited a lot”.
100+ Symptoms of Long Covid identified
In part, those symptoms included dizziness, anxiety, headache, rashes, joint pain, shortness of breath, heartburn, diarrhea and fevers, difficulty with memory, thinking, sleep and vision.
WAYS TO SUPPORT US
There are lots of ways to help Long Covid-19 Foundation without donating money. If you’re keen to help out a good cause, you don’t have to put your hand in your pocket. These days, there are various ways to give to charity without tapping your bank balance. Here is a list to inspire you to help other people in different ways – you just have to be willing:
– Join free subscription to our All in One place educational channel – @LongCovid-19Foundation Youtube Channel
– Join free Membership to our Facebook Group – Post Covid Recovery Support
– Join Free LinkedIn Group Page
– AmazonSmile is a website operated by Amazon with the same products, prices, and shopping features as Amazon. When you shop through AmazonSmile, their Foundation can donate 0.5% of the purchase price* of eligible goods to Long Covid-19 Foundation, at no cost to you!
Our Supporters and Affiliates
Long Covid-19 Foundation is charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales no. 1193939
Our Vision: We are paving the way to a world, where no life is lost or ruined by Coronavirus.