“If I could take one symptom away from all of [my long-COVID patients], I think that would be depression,” said Dr. Joseph Varon, chief of critical care and the COVID-19 department at the United Memorial Medical Center in Houston.
Beyond the physical tribulations and social instability that this condition can bring, long-COVID patients feel that the one thing not being adequately addressed is the mental health toll inflicted by the disease.
Long-COVID Mental Problems: 2 Main Causes
1. Physical Symptoms
One thing that Varon has observed in his long-COVID patients is that, although everyone is affected differently, they’re all depressed and anxious as a result of the disease.
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Marina Zhang is a health reporter for The Epoch Times. She covers both health news and in-depth features on emerging health issues. Marina holds a bachelor's degree in biomedicine from the University of Melbourne. Contact her at [email protected].
