As roll out of the vaccine gives us all hope, an increasing number of Covid-19 patients report debilitating and often serious symptoms continuing for weeks or months – a condition now known as Long Covid.
Fatigue and breathlessness are common symptom but patients with severe Covid-19 frequently suffer brain complications and the virus can also cause serious cardiovascular problems.
Join us to hear our distinguished panel of experts on their work understanding and treating the long-term effects of the virus that brought the world to a standstill
OUR SPEAKERS WILL BE:
Elaine Maxwell, is author of the NIHR review Living with Covid published last month and describes herself as a ‘knowledge broker’ when it comes to this multi aspect condition.
Prof Gerome Breen of Kings College London is co-lead of the COVID-19 Clinical Neuroscience Study (COVID-CNS) which will look at neurological or neuropsychiatric complications following Covid.
Dr David Strain of Exeter University Medical School, has been heavily involved in the Covid-19 response team. He is part of a team Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Clinic where he is already seeing patients with Long Covid.
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Elaine Maxwell |
Prof Gerome Breen |
Dr David Strain |
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