Millions of parents are living with long COVID, leaving them to try their best to balance childrearing with chronic illness.
found those over age 30 are the most likely to get long COVID, an age group that’s also most likely to be in the midst of parenthood.Keaton has trouble taking her daughters to the park to play because she’s completely worn out by the time they get there. She even recently bought an inflatable pool for the backyard for those hot summer days when she’s too fatigued to take them to the pool.
For Holly Hungerford-Kresser, 47, of Arlington, TX, brain fog has been among the most problematic aspects of long COVID. She tears up when she talks about its impact on her daily life as a parent. While there is no treatment for the condition, Kristin Englund, MD, founder and director of Cleveland Clinics post-COVID reCOVer Clinic, said patients with cognitive decline are often sent to speech therapists who specialize in working with stroke patients. Those with brain fog may similarly need memory retraining.
. But for many patients, treatment has been elusive. Brain fog is among the most difficult-to-understand symptoms of long COVID.For John Bolecek, a 40-year-old parent of two boys ages 4 and 7, it’s the long COVID fatigue that has caused him the most difficulty after contracting a mild case of the virus in January 2022 and then long COVID a few weeks later.
Depending on the cause, patients may try a variety of treatments like autonomic rehabilitation, vagus nerve stimulation , or supplements to address micro clot formation. Autonomic rehabilitation is a very specific form of physical therapy that reteaches the autonomic nervous system how to appropriately expend energy.
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