As more and more are diagnosed with COVID due to the Delta variant, after the initial infection some are seeing lasting effects from the virus. Chief of Infectious Diseases at LSU Health New Orleans Dr. Julio Figueroa if you are in the process of recovering from COVID he said to listen to your body and take it slow.
“The major thing is not to push anything too much but to try to do some work from the standpoint of exercise and those sorts of things,” said Figueroa.
Figueroa said even athletes in top form are finding it difficult to return to their previous breathing capacity before they were infected. He said to understand that COVID impacts individuals in different ways.
“And their bodies have had a lot of different things happen to them, a lot of inflammation, a lot of types of the effects of the virus,” said Figueroa.
As you recover Figueroa said to pay attention to anything out of the ordinary and discuss it with your physician.
“The feeling of brain fog, the feeling unsteady and those sorts of things,” said Figueroa.
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