Halifax university grad forced to quit job while dealing with long COVID – GLOBAL

May 30, 2022

A recent Dalhousie University graduate has been suffering from the effects of long COVID for the past four months, which forced her to quit her job and made her medically exempt from finishing the final months of her degree.

Now, she wants to inform others who may be experiencing symptoms unknowingly.

In January, Amy Tenenbaum, 22, had a mild Omicron infection. She recovered in about a week after experiencing cold-like symptoms. However, several weeks later, she noticed she had difficulty breathing and eventually developed arrhythmia.

“I had a fast, rapid, pounding heart, even at rest. Chest tightness, chest pain, jaw and neck pain and tightness as well,” she said.

After being assessed in the emergency department, doctors concluded Tenenbaum had a case of long COVID.

“They were kind of like, ‘We can’t help you here. We don’t know anything about it. Come back in a few years,’” she said.

Read more: https://globalnews.ca/news/8880822/halifax-dal-student-long-covid/