It’s been four years since Gov. Gretchen Whitmer declared a state of emergency to combat the COVID-19 pandemic on March 10, 2020, but the disease remains more than a memory, especially for those whose lives are continually disrupted by the disease.
Robert McCann, 46, was exposed to COVID-19 at a veterinary clinic in the Lansing area, linked to an outbreak of the disease in June 2020. About a day after testing positive, McCann, executive director of the Michigan K-12 Alliance, said he was starting to feel unwell.
“At the time, it wasn’t anything terrible and the symptoms went away after about a week,” McCann said. “I thought, okay, that’s not so bad, I’ve evolved. “
In the autumn, McCann’s symptoms recurred and persisted, despite tests for the disease coming back negative. More than three-and-a-half years later, McCann says he’s still dealing with issues of intense fatigue, nerve pain and brain fog because of Long. COVID-19.
“Overall, I’m one of the luckiest myself,” McCann said.
“There are days when I struggle a little bit more than others, that’s for sure, but you know, I can serve pretty well most of the time and there are other people who don’t,” McCann said.
But describing his fatigue to others proved difficult.
“There’s a connotation there, or at least one that sometimes worries you, that other people just think they’re lazy,” McCann said.
“There are nights when I’m so tired that I sleep 15 hours and still can’t possibly wake up in the morning. I just don’t have the power and it’s hard to describe that to people,” McCann said. There are days when it’s hard to get your job done. There are days when it’s hard, you know, to do the things you love to do.
Before tackling Long COVID, McCann said he did quite a few walks.
“I’ve been lucky enough to be all over the world,” he said. “In 2019, I did a hike in the Austrian Alps which, frankly, was pretty amazing. “
“I’m still fortunate to be able to do this, but there are days when you say yes, it’s not going to take place today,” McCann said.
When it comes to finding answers for long COVID, “you call it. I’ve probably tried,” McCann said. From clinical treatments to supplements to prescription drugs, none have had a primary effect on his condition.
Although McCann won his COVID-19 vaccine and boosters, he said it did not relieve his symptoms as others with long COVID have reported.
“Some other people seem to have discovered some relief through some things, and I’m actually pleased to see it. But for me, that wasn’t the case,” McCann said.
According to the World Health Organization, more than 7 million COVID-19 deaths have been reported internationally since December 31, 2019, 1. 2 million in the United States. As of March 5, Michigan had reported 44,654 deaths from the disease.
Vaccines became widely available in the spring of 2021, and now 70% of Michigan’s population is fully vaccinated, the same rate as the United States.
The visual symptoms of the pandemic have still disappeared. It’s been about 3 years since Whitmer removed capacity limits for indoor and occasions and ended the state’s masking requirement in June 2021.
And thankfully, the number of COVID deaths has dropped. Although the state recorded more than 9000 deaths among COVID-19 cases shown in 2022, that number dropped to more than 2300 in 2023.
But while the World Health Organization declared an end to the global emergency posed by the virus on May 5, 2023, the framework noted that that doesn’t mean the pandemic is over.
Long COVID continues to present difficult situations for healthcare professionals rushing to treat the disease, despite advances in vaccines and antiviral drugs since the start of the pandemic. Nationally, an estimated 17. 5 million more people are recently suffering from long COVID, with knowledge. from the U. S. Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey. A U. S. Census Survey reveals that more than 17% of adults in Michigan have suffered from long COVID.
Arianna Perra, a psychologist at Mary Free Bed at Munson Healthcare in Traverse City, who runs a long-term COVID recovery group, said the difficulty in treating the disease is that it has about 200 documented symptoms.
“Everyone’s profile is different. The most common issues we see in COVID rehabilitation and psychology are similar to fatigue and brain fog, such as cognitive dysfunction,” Perra said.
According to an article published in Nature Reviews Microbiology, many long COVID patients have dozens of symptoms in their organ systems. This condition also encompasses a number of adverse effects, with recent and not unusual situations including type 2 diabetes, myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, cardiovascular, thrombotic and cerebrovascular diseases and dysautonomia, especially POTS, a condition that can cause a higher heart rate, dizziness and fatigue when going from lying down to standing.
A 2024 study from the University of Michigan also found that people with overlapping chronic pains were at a higher risk of developing long COVID-like illnesses.
According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), more people have suffered severe illness from COVID-19, others who have suffered from multisystem inflammatory syndrome or after their illness, and others with underlying physical conditions such as diabetes. asthma, autoimmune diseases, or obesity. It will most likely spread long COVID. Women, other people of color, sexual and gender minorities, and others without a school degree are also more likely to have long COVID.
Studies have also shown that the COVID-19 vaccine reduces the threat of long COVID.
In the Long COVID remedy, Megan Jabin, an occupational therapist at Mary Free Bed, emphasized the importance of a multidisciplinary approach.
“Even if the patient arrives and is referred first to physical therapy, other disciplines continue to look at the option of including speech therapy, occupational therapy or psychology based on the patient’s primary concerns, based on their goals and symptoms. “Jabin said.
While every Long COVID patient has other symptoms, one of the key attributes is that patients are out of shape, struggle to maintain stamina and have general weakness, Jabin said.
In multidisciplinary treatment, physical therapists will focus on strengthening and maintaining capacity in relation to the patient’s mobility, while a speech-language pathologist will focus on cognitive disorders, brain fog, and memory. An occupational therapist will put more emphasis on helping patients. to achieve independence on a daily basis, in addition to dressing, bathing and shopping, Jabin said. In some cases, returning to driving has also been an issue.
All of those disciplines, plus psychology, work together, especially when a patient is more receptive to a specific remedy or the education of their therapists, Jabin said.
For mental treatment, Perra said Long COVID is approached from rehabilitation similar to treating a stroke or primary car accident.
It’s also about helping patients who may be frustrated by the lifestyle changes included in their treatment.
“Figuring out how to speed up is an important component of the rehabilitation process. And that’s done with [physical therapy], of course, figuring out how to locate the right dose of movement so that we can be more potent and build our tolerance and power to training. reserves,” Perra said.
“From an intellectual standpoint, how do I deal with the fact that I might be upset or irritated about having to go at my own pace, or I might fall into the trap of thinking, ‘Well, I’m just going through the motions to get through this and then I’ll deal with it later,’ and then being incredibly tired and depressed for a few days also affects my intellectual fitness and my relationships with others,” Perra added.
It’s not just about finding the right amount of movement to help other people build strength and endurance. Address conceptual barriers and processes, and explore how therapy can affect relationships with others and how to get help from others when the patient will possibly want to rest, Perra said.
“The hardest thing about replacing any habit is not the act. That’s what’s between our ears, right?It’s our cognitive processes, our expectations, our assumptions, our predictions, how we compare to our pre-COVID lives. So, psychology has a lot of abilities that allow it to recognize when we’re stuck in loops and deal with that,” Perra said.
When treating brain fog, treatment focuses on methods to respond to sympathetic nervous system responses, Perra said.
“We have a greater understanding of how COVID affects the nerve formula in the long term. It’s not just that other people are anxious, right?This is not due to anxiety. There are functional adjustments in the way our bodies regulate themselves. So, learning methods to retrograde, how to stimulate our rest and digest the response, are express methods in fitness psychology that we can learn,” Perra said.
One of the most effective tactics to counteract the body’s reaction to tension is to control the rate and rhythm of breathing through breathing exercises and learn how to minimize muscle tension, Perra said.
The revolutionary nature of Long COVID can also lead to symptoms of intellectual fitness, Perra said. Depression is not unusual in patients, as is anxiety, similar to worsening symptoms or re-exposure to COVID-19.
It’s also unusual to see traumatic reactions after hospitalization or the active phase of the disease, Perra said.
“From an intellectual fitness perspective, not only are we mourning the loss of life that we thought we had, but at this point, post-COVID, we’re also dealing with some adjustments in mood, sleep, and the way we think. So psychology is an integral component of that remedy plan,” Perra said.
How long ago did COVID, the ‘silent pandemic’, emerge?
What’s more, studies suggest that COVID-19 could possibly have an effect on serotonin production, so the disease not only functionally alters people’s lives, but also modifies the way their bodies produce the hormones and chemicals needed to control their mood well, Perra said.
While studies on long COVID are still lacking, Perra said one of the most significant changes since she began treating the disease in 2021 has been the amount of evidence on patient-reported symptoms.
“A lot of other people have been told or given the message that it can’t be that bad, or it’s all in your head, or you know, I had COVID too and I’ve recovered well. So I think there’s a lot of other people who came to our show feeling like they weren’t believed,” Perra said.
“We still lack evidence. Studies are still lacking. More and more are coming out. And that really comforts me,” Perra said. To be able to tell someone, yes, that’s why we think this. “”You come up with something and there are studies on it; Actually, hearing that is a relief and empowerment for patients. “
If we look at the Long COVID recovery group, there’s a hard side to being with other people who may not share the exact same story, but who can understand someone’s frustration at not being able to get off the couch and load the dishwasher when they used it. to be able to manage a house, Perra said.
As we continue to get a better sense of long COVID, McCann said more people will most likely know they have some form of the disease.
“As we start to perceive this, I think what other people can do is just feel empathy for those who are struggling,” McCann said.
“Everybody’s going through something, right? If they just say, “You know, I don’t feel like I have the power to do it today,” they don’t want a motivational pitch from you. They just want to say, ‘You know. ‘” I get it. No problem,” McCann said.
One of the most challenging facets of long COVID treatment is the slow progression and the other effect the disease has on people, Jabin said.
Perra also noted that the rate of improvement differs among patients because of how their symptom profile would possibly be influenced by other fitness conditions.
“It’s also what I tell other people at the beginning of our organization’s treatments: Other people are getting better. It takes time. It’s from the most sensible to the bottom. This is different. I mean, it’s a major medical event in your life. And we want to treat it as such. So, it’s not that there’s no guarantee that we’ll pass so that we can go back to being the same user we were before your stroke, just as there’s no guarantee that we’ll ever be the same again. It’s not going to work like it did before the stroke, but it’s possible that it will,” Perra said.
During his treatment sessions, Jabin said he worked with patients on what they liked to do before they started experiencing long COVID symptoms, employing small goals to accomplish a larger goal, such as walking around their neighborhood, shopping or watching a movie.
McCann said he was grateful to have been able to find a “middle ground” with his structure to be able to walk.
“There are days when yes, I don’t climb a mountain, but at least I can enjoy the environment where I am, walk a little bit around the town or something like that. And you know, on a smart day, I can do more,” McCann said.
“It’s not 100 percent dependent on how you lived your life and the things you loved, but you can still do it at a point that still makes you happy,” McCann said.
McCann shared his frustration at COVID-19 denial.
“If there’s a way to be less empathetic than to deny what’s hurting so many people right now, I don’t know what it is,” he said.
On March 1, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its isolation recommendations for COVID-19 and other respiratory viruses, reducing isolation to 24 hours if symptoms have progressed and fever is no longer provided without the use of fever. . reduce medications.
The resolution has sparked fear and complaints from medically vulnerable people, with Long COVID activists arguing that the resolution ignores the threat of post-COVID-19 symptoms and the lack of a transparent cure.
“While it is a laudable purpose to have simplified rules for non-unusual and easier-to-understand respiratory viruses, those new rules do not reflect as they should be the truth of some of the key differences between COVID, flu and RSV. “Maria Town, president and CEO of the American Association of Disabled People, in a statement.
“Efforts to treat COVID more like the flu fail to recognize that COVID is the flu, COVID is COVID, a virus that, according to the CDC’s own resources, is more contagious than the flu, can cause more severe illness than the flu, cause more post-viral illnesses than the flu, and are contagious to other people for longer than the flu,” Town said.
As researchers continue to search for a solution to long COVID, McCann said another big question is the long-term impact. He also called for a re-evaluation of the fitness system.
“I can’t express how frustrating it’s been to see doctors not being able to test me and my insurance company saying, ‘Well, you can do it, but we don’t pay for it because you don’t have insurance. ‘disease that meets the criteria for it,” McCann said
“I’m lucky to be in a position where I can still go ahead and pay out of pocket if I want to, but if I had to add up the expenses I paid over the last 3 years to deal with that, it would be shocking,” McCann said.
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by Kyle Davidson, Michigan Preview March 10, 2024
It’s been four years since Gov. Gretchen Whitmer declared a state of emergency to combat the COVID-19 pandemic on March 10, 2020, but the disease remains more than a memory, especially for those whose lives are continually disrupted by the disease.
Robert McCann, 46, was exposed to COVID-19 at a veterinary clinic in the Lansing area, linked to an outbreak of the disease in June 2020. About a day after testing positive, McCann, executive director of the Michigan K-12 Alliance, said he was starting to feel unwell.
“At the time, it wasn’t anything terrible and the symptoms went away after about a week,” McCann said. “I thought, okay, that’s not so bad, I’ve evolved. “
In the autumn, McCann’s symptoms recurred and persisted, despite tests for the disease coming back negative. More than three-and-a-half years later, McCann says he’s still dealing with issues of intense fatigue, nerve pain and brain fog because of Long. COVID-19.
“Overall, I’m one of the luckiest myself,” McCann said.
“There are days when I struggle a little bit more than others, that’s for sure, but you know, I can serve pretty well most of the time and there are other people who don’t,” McCann said.
But describing his fatigue to others proved difficult.
“There’s a connotation there, or at least one that sometimes worries you, that other people just think they’re lazy,” McCann said.
“There are nights when I’m so tired that I sleep 15 hours and still can’t possibly wake up in the morning. I just don’t have the power and it’s hard to describe that to people,” McCann said. There are days when it’s hard to get your job done. There are days when it’s hard, you know, to do the things you love to do.
Before tackling Long COVID, McCann said he did quite a few walks.
“I’ve been lucky enough to be all over the world,” he said. “In 2019, I did a hike in the Austrian Alps which, frankly, was pretty amazing. “
“I’m still fortunate to be able to do this, but there are days when you say yes, it’s not going to take place today,” McCann said.
When it comes to finding answers for long COVID, “you call it. I’ve probably tried,” McCann said. From clinical treatments to supplements to prescription drugs, none have had a primary effect on his condition.
Although McCann won his COVID-19 vaccine and boosters, he said it did not relieve his symptoms as others with long COVID have reported.
“Some other people seem to have discovered some relief through some things, and I’m actually pleased to see it. But for me, that wasn’t the case,” McCann said.
According to the World Health Organization, more than 7 million COVID-19 deaths have been reported internationally since December 31, 2019, 1. 2 million in the United States. As of March 5, Michigan had reported 44,654 deaths from the disease.
Vaccines became widely available in the spring of 2021, and now 70% of Michigan’s population is fully vaccinated, the same rate as the United States.
The visual symptoms of the pandemic have still disappeared. It’s been nearly 3 years since Whitmer removed capacity limits for indoor and occasions and ended the state’s masking requirement in June 2021.
And thankfully, the number of COVID deaths has dropped. Although the state recorded more than 9000 deaths among COVID-19 cases shown in 2022, that number dropped to more than 2300 in 2023.
But while the World Health Organization declared an end to the global emergency posed by the virus on May 5, 2023, the framework noted that that doesn’t mean the pandemic is over.
Long COVID continues to present difficult situations for healthcare professionals rushing to treat the disease, despite advances in vaccines and antiviral drugs since the start of the pandemic. Nationally, an estimated 17. 5 million more people are recently suffering from long COVID, with knowledge. from the U. S. Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey. A U. S. Census Survey reveals that more than 17% of adults in Michigan have suffered from long COVID.
Arianna Perra, a psychologist at Mary Free Bed at Munson Healthcare in Traverse City who runs a long-term COVID recovery group, said the difficulty in treating the disease is that it has about 200 documented symptoms.
“Everyone’s profile is different. The most common issues we see in COVID rehabilitation and psychology are similar to fatigue and brain fog, such as cognitive dysfunction,” Perra said.
According to an article published in Nature Reviews Microbiology, many long COVID patients have dozens of symptoms in their organ systems. This condition also encompasses a number of adverse effects, with recent and not unusual situations including type 2 diabetes, myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, cardiovascular, thrombotic and cerebrovascular diseases and dysautonomia, especially POTS, a condition that can cause a higher heart rate, dizziness and fatigue when going from lying down to standing.
A 2024 study from the University of Michigan also found that people with overlapping chronic pains were at a higher risk of developing long COVID-like illnesses.
According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), more people have suffered severe illness from COVID-19, others who have suffered from multisystem inflammatory syndrome or after their illness, and others with underlying physical conditions such as diabetes. asthma, autoimmune diseases, or obesity. It will most likely spread long COVID. Women, other people of color, sexual and gender minorities, and others without a school degree are also more likely to have long COVID.
Studies have also shown that the COVID-19 vaccine reduces the threat of long COVID.
In the Long COVID remedy, Megan Jabin, an occupational therapist at Mary Free Bed, emphasized the importance of a multidisciplinary approach.
“Even if the patient arrives and is referred first to physical therapy, other disciplines continue to look at the option of including speech therapy, occupational therapy or psychology based on the patient’s primary concerns, based on their goals and symptoms. “Jabin said.
Although every Long COVID patient has other symptoms, one of the main attributes is that patients are out of shape, struggle to maintain staying power and have general weakness, Jabin said.
In multidisciplinary treatment, physical therapists will focus on strengthening and maintaining capacity in relation to the patient’s mobility, while a speech-language pathologist will focus on cognitive disorders, brain fog, and memory. An occupational therapist will put more emphasis on helping patients. to achieve independence on a daily basis, in addition to dressing, bathing and shopping, Jabin said. In some cases, returning to driving has also been an issue.
All of those disciplines, coupled with psychology, work together, especially when a patient is more receptive to a specific remedy or the education of their therapists, Jabin said.
For mental treatment, Perra said Long COVID is approached from rehabilitation similar to treating a stroke or primary car accident.
It’s also about helping patients who may be frustrated by the lifestyle changes included in their treatment.
“Figuring out how to speed up is an important component of the rehabilitation process. And that’s done with [physical therapy], of course, figuring out how to locate the right dose of movement so that we can be more potent and build our tolerance and power to training. reserves,” Perra said.
“From an intellectual standpoint, how do I deal with the fact that I might be upset or irritated about having to go at my own pace, or I might fall into the trap of thinking, ‘Well, I’m just going through the motions to get through this and then I’ll deal with it later,’ and then being incredibly tired and depressed for a few days also affects my intellectual fitness and my relationships with others,” Perra added.
It’s not just about finding the right amount of movement to help other people build strength and endurance. Address conceptual barriers and processes, and explore how therapy can affect relationships with others and how to get help from others when the patient will possibly want to rest, Perra said.
“The hardest thing about replacing any habit is not the act. That’s what’s between our ears, right?It’s our cognitive processes, our expectations, our assumptions, our predictions, how we compare to our pre-COVID lives. So, psychology has a lot of abilities that allow it to recognize when we’re stuck in loops and deal with that,” Perra said.
When treating brain fog, treatment focuses on methods to respond to sympathetic nervous system responses, Perra said.
– Arianna Perra, Mary Free Bed psychologist at Munson Healthcare in Traverse City
“We have a greater understanding of how COVID affects the nerve formula in the long term. It’s not just that other people are anxious, right?This is not due to anxiety. There are functional adjustments in the way our bodies regulate themselves. So, learning methods to retrograde, how to stimulate our rest and digest the response, are express methods in fitness psychology that we can learn,” Perra said.
One of the most effective tactics to counteract your body’s tension reaction is to increase the rate and rhythm of your breathing through breathing exercises and learn how to minimize muscle tension, Perra said.
The revolutionary nature of Long COVID can also lead to symptoms of intellectual fitness, Perra said. Depression is not unusual in patients, as is anxiety, similar to worsening symptoms or re-exposure to COVID-19.
It’s also unusual to see traumatic reactions after hospitalization or the active phase of the disease, Perra said.
“From an intellectual fitness perspective, not only are we mourning the loss of life that we thought we had, but at this point, post-COVID, we’re also dealing with some adjustments in mood, sleep, and the way we think. So psychology is an integral component of that remedy plan,” Perra said.
How long ago did COVID, the ‘silent pandemic’, emerge?
What’s more, studies suggest that COVID-19 could possibly have an effect on serotonin production, so the disease not only functionally alters people’s lives, but also modifies the way their bodies produce the hormones and chemicals needed to control their mood well, Perra said.
While studies on long COVID are still lacking, Perra said one of the most significant changes since she began treating the disease in 2021 has been the amount of evidence on patient-reported symptoms.
“A lot of other people have been told or given the message that it can’t be that bad, or it’s all in your head, or you know, I had COVID too and I’ve recovered well. So I think there’s a lot of other people who came to our show feeling like they weren’t believed,” Perra said.
“We still lack evidence. Studies are still lacking. More and more are coming out. And that really comforts me,” Perra said. To be able to tell someone, yes, that’s why we think this. “”You come up with something and there are studies on it; Actually, hearing that is a relief and empowerment for patients. “
If we look at the Long COVID recovery group, there’s a hard side to being with other people who may not share the exact same story, but who can relate to someone’s frustration at not being able to get off the couch and load the dishwasher when they’re in the past yes. Running a house, Perra said.
As we continue to get a better sense of long COVID, McCann said more people will most likely know they have some form of the disease.
“As we start to perceive this, I think what other people can do is just feel empathy for those who are struggling,” McCann said.
“Everybody’s going through something, right? If they just say, “You know, I don’t feel like I have the power to do it today,” they don’t want a motivational pitch from you. They just want to say, ‘You know. ‘” I get it. No problem,” McCann said.
One of the most challenging facets of long COVID treatment is the slow progression and the other effect the disease has on people, Jabin said.
Perra also noted that the rate of improvement differs among patients because of how their symptom profile would possibly be influenced by other fitness conditions.
“It’s also what I tell other people at the beginning of our organization’s treatments: Other people are getting better. It takes time. It’s from the most sensible to the bottom. This is different. I mean, it’s a major medical event in your life. And we want to treat it as such. So, it’s not that there’s no guarantee that we’ll pass so that we can go back to being the same user we were before your stroke, just as there’s no guarantee that we’ll ever be the same again. It’s not going to work like it did before the stroke, but it’s possible that it will,” Perra said.
-Robert McCann
During his treatment sessions, Jabin said he worked with patients on what they liked to do before they started experiencing long COVID symptoms, employing small goals to accomplish a larger goal, such as walking around their neighborhood, shopping or watching a movie.
McCann said he was grateful to have been able to find a “middle ground” with his structure to be able to walk.
“There are days when yes, I don’t climb a mountain, but at least I can enjoy the environment where I am, walk a little bit around the town or something like that. And you know, on a smart day, I can do more,” McCann said.
“It’s not 100 percent dependent on how you lived your life and the things you loved, but you can still do it at a point that still makes you happy,” McCann said.
McCann shared his frustration with COVID-19 denialism.
“If there’s a way to be less empathetic than to deny what’s hurting so many people right now, I don’t know what it is,” he said.
On March 1, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its isolation recommendations for COVID-19 and other respiratory viruses, reducing isolation to 24 hours if symptoms have progressed and fever is no longer provided without the use of fever. . reduce medications.
The resolution has sparked fear and complaints from medically vulnerable people, with Long COVID activists arguing that the resolution ignores the threat of post-COVID-19 symptoms and the lack of a transparent cure.
“While it is a laudable purpose to have simplified rules for non-unusual and easier-to-understand respiratory viruses, those new rules do not reflect as they should be the truth of some of the key differences between COVID, flu and RSV. “Maria Town, president and CEO of the American Association of Disabled People, in a statement.
“Efforts to treat COVID more like the flu fail to recognize that COVID is the flu, COVID is COVID, a virus that, according to the CDC’s own resources, is more contagious than the flu, can cause more severe illness than the flu, reasons more postviral illness than the flu, and is contagious to other people for longer than the flu,” Town said.
-Robert McCann
As researchers continue to search for a solution to long COVID, McCann said another big question is the long-term impact. He also called for a re-evaluation of the fitness system.
“I can’t express how frustrating it’s been to see doctors not being able to test me and my insurance company saying, ‘Well, you can do it, but we don’t pay for it because you don’t have insurance. ‘disease that meets the criteria for it,” McCann said
“I’m lucky to be in a position where I can still go ahead and pay out of pocket if I want to, but if I had to add up the expenses I paid over the last 3 years to deal with that, it would be shocking,” McCann said.
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