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The First Symptoms appeared in Callum O'dwyer on 23 March, The Day the UK went into lockdown

Twelve weeks after his first Covid-19-Symptoms , 28-year-old Callum O'dwyer is still not better.

A fit and healthy young man, he had no underlying health conditions before he caught The Virus .

But after five weeks of battle against the main Symptoms , he could not see, after he had with his parents.

the Recovery has taken much longer than he imagined, and his persistent Symptoms mean that he can not even life, on its own, or the work.

the Doctors have said that Callum , he has post-viral fatigue, a hangover from the coronavirus that is affected, there are many survivors.

Nicola Sturgeon was only a few hours away from the announcement of the lockdown in Scotland on 23 March, when Callum felt for The First time, sick.

Callum O'dwyer reaches a stage where he felt he could not was gone after himself, even if The Virus

He Said : "I had actually just stuff for my home picked up to start working at the office, from home.

"I felt really tired, And Then nausea And Then hour by hour, it was like an advent calendar of new Symptoms - a fever began to develop And Then more stuff kicked in. "

He added: "For 10 days I was off my feet with what felt like a really, really bad flu. I had never been so sick like that, and it was very full. Early on, I suspected it was probably Covid. "

another thing, Callum a was developed at The End of shortness of breath, and on two occasions he had to call 111 because he fought to breathe.

'rationing of energy'

After Two Weeks , most of his Symptoms went away and he stayed with shortness of breath, fatigue and muscle weakness. They were strict, and his doctor said, he met a post-viral phase in his Recovery .

Callum said: "I was struggling in My Bed for six to eight hours of The Day and I have to pick things up. I Am a 28-year-old man and not long ago I was running the race.

"I had a one-litre bottle of water, and I struggled to get to the "at arms' length, I was weak. "

Callum , from Aberdeen, is still suffering severe fatigue twelve weeks after The First presentation, Symptoms

He was the rationing to do with his energy, the things he had to be - washing dishes, washing clothes. He was struggling to talk on the phone without feeling pain in his abdomen. And not to speak of the mentally able, anyone, left him in a "bad place".

He Said : "I was uncomfortable in my apartment from me. It was always how I saw the false peaks, thought I was getting better, I could. about this, but then it got worse again, then it was better And Then worse again

"I have not made a decision, after five weeks, that I could physically look after yourself. "

Free of The Virus , he moved into his parents house only a few kilometres away.

He Said : "I was deeply depressed. I moved back to my parents to get effective care.

"The First day I arrived here, I was struggling to climb up to get in pain The Stairs . "

'life and death'

Callum has improved, but now, 12 weeks later, he still feels shortness of breath, caused by any exertion.

He Said : "It is so frustrating. I'm at 12 weeks and it has so much false hope. I currently can not live independently, and I can't work and that is a very difficult circumstance.

"If we talk about Covid we are talking about life and death and there are no talks about the People of the affected months later. I think we should support measures in place for People . "

Dr. Geraldine McGroarty was in the hospital with the Corona Virus at the same time as the Prime Minister

a Scottish surgeon and Geraldine McGroarty has had a similar experience. She started Covid-19 at the same time, as Boris Johnson at The End of March.

also she was looked after in intensive care in London. But as O'dwyer, she fights Callum is still a daily basis.

She Said : "I'm doing okay. I was hit quite badly with post-viral Symptoms , which was surprising considering how good I felt when I came out of the hospital.

"were The Last few weeks a real struggle. Especially with fatigue. With very low energy consumption and the difficulty of forms to thoughts and conversations. It was very unexpected. "

"a Very slow Recovery '

the novelty of The Covid-19 virus means that No One has been able to investigate how long it might take to recover, and what could be the long-term consequences.

Dr. McGroarty said: "Certainly research looking at those who had a severe Covid, especially those that medicine, in General, more prone to post-viral state, is already in the hospital, in intensive care The Most common symptom as fatigue.

"And the consideration of the trials in affected countries in front of us, we can expect it to be up to about six months, in some cases with a very slow Recovery . "

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Source of news: bbc.com