Study suggests vaccines may improve symptoms for some COVID-19 long-haulers – CBC

Small U.K. study says 23% of vaccinated ‘long COVID’ patients saw symptoms reduce post-vaccination

Apr 07, 2021

Elaine McCartney typically keeps a list on hand of her 30 or so health issues following a bout of COVID-19 a year ago— in part because she just can’t keep track of them all.

There’s the severe fatigue and memory issues. Brain fog, much like after a concussion. Constant headaches, low appetite, round-the-clock dizziness. And on and on.

The 65-year-old from Guelph, Ont., has been experiencing those symptoms for close to a year, after developing what felt like a severe case of influenza in April 2020 and which a physician identified as a probable case of the COVID-19 illness.

Then last month she got her first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. Her condition quickly seemed to improve.

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/covid-longhaulers-vaccines-1.5976738