Virus extreme tiredness

Download the NBC News app for full coverage of the coronavirus outbreak. Brendan McLaughlin, 28, felt lightheaded and weak before the fever, chills and body aches began. McLaughlin went to the emergency room at Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck, New Jersey, where he works as a security guard, thinking maybe he had the flu. That test was negative, but a test for the coronavirus was positive.

McLaughlin said he'd never felt so sick in his life. One of the first major reports on coronavirus symptoms was published by the World Health Organization in February, following their mission to China. That report, based on nearly 56, cases there, found the most common symptoms were fever 88 percent and dry cough 68 percent. Nearly 40 percent of those patients experienced fatigue. Shortness of breath, stomach issues and weakness were less common.

Many patients who've either tested positive for the coronavirus, or have been told by their physicians to assume they have it, also develop a headache and sore throat. Unfortunately, anybody can be affected by the long-term effects of the coronavirus - whether or not their initial infection was severe.

Sleep is non-restorative you don't wake feeling at all refreshed , and the tiredness can intensify after very minor mental or physical exertion. However, while the factors that cause a patient to have ME are sometimes impossible to identify, post-viral fatigue always manifests after suffering from a virus.

Certain viruses, such as coronavirus, rubella and HIV , are more likely to cause post-viral fatigue than others. We don't fully understand why post-viral fatigue might occur. However, it may have something to do with the body's immune response to the initial infection. When you are fighting off a virus, the immune system releases chemicals called cytokines, which promote inflammation and cause many of the classic symptoms of viral infection eg, tiredness, aches and pains, malaise.

This is part of its frontline attack on the invading virus, and normally it stops once the virus itself has been dealt with. But recent studies suggest that in some cases, levels of cytokines fail to return to normal, causing ongoing symptoms. While Christmas really can be 'the most wonderful time of the year', the festivities aren't joyf So what should you do if you're suffering from post-viral fatigue?

Jarvis says that while there are no precise treatments, there are many things you can do to ease your symptoms and aid your recovery. By managing pain, you may also be able to improve the quantity and quality of your sleep at night, thereby reducing fatigue throughout the day," she says. The omicron variant symptoms to look out for if you get vaccinated.

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