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- Emma Samms, 60, revealed that she still has symptoms and side effects of COVID-19 a year after diagnosis.
- THE Dynasty star is dealing mainly with relentless fatigue and shortness of breath.
- “Some days I can barely get out of bed and it is the most incredibly frustrating thing,” she revealed in a new interview.
A year after being diagnosed with COVID-19, Emma Samms is still struggling to feel healthier. In a recent interview with People, a General Hospital the actress said she continues to show symptoms as long.
“Everyone said, ’10 days and it will be over and you will be on the other side,'” she said. “But some days I can barely get out of bed and that is the most incredibly frustrating thing.”
Fatigue has been especially relentless. “It’s the kind you can imagine that marathon runners feel when they see them stagger along the finish line and are barely able to stand,” she explained. “There are days when I don’t want to get out of bed, even if I have to go to the bathroom. Even that seems like a lot of effort. “
The “horrible feeling” that comes with shortness of breath has also been constant. “On a good day, I feel like there’s a puppy sitting on my chest,” she said. “On a bad day, it looks like an elephant. It is so difficult for me to catch my breath, to feel that there is enough oxygen inside me. “
While most people can expect to recover within a few weeks after falling ill with COVID-19, the research found that somewhere between 2% to 25% of people suffer from persistent symptoms.
Known as “long-haulers”, these patients may experience a wide range of symptoms and side effects after a diagnosis of COVID-19, including fatigue, heart palpitations, shortness of breath, brain fog and more, according to research. by Survivor Corps, a Facebook group for coronavirus survivors, and Natalie Lambert, Ph.D., from Indiana University School of Medicine.
Doctors now refer to the condition as COVID or post-COVID syndrome (PCS). Some studies suggest that only patients who have had symptoms for 12 weeks or more are qualified as having PCS, but many experts say that persistent symptoms can be qualified at the four-week mark.
According to the speakers at a webinar host by The BMJ in September 2020, “profound fatigue” was one of the most common symptoms in people with long COVID, in addition to persistent cough, shortness of breath, body aches and more. Last month, the National Institute of Health (NIH) launched a new study on long COVID, as more research is needed around the prognosis, symptoms and treatment of the developing disease.
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To clarify the problem, Samms and the cast of Dynasty organized a meeting as a fundraiser to raise money and raise awareness about the long COVID, which will take place on March 20. In the meantime, she remains optimistic about her experience and is eager to fully recover.
“I am well aware that I am one of the lucky ones. Many people have had much, much more terrible results than COVID, ”she said. “And I will not allow myself to worry about the possibility that it will be like this forever.”
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