Katiana is 25 years old and was until recently a “normal” girl her age. She studied and worked out, went out with her friends, traveled… Until a virus changed her life forever.

When I talked to Katiana, I got angry. Listening to what she was telling me, I could not understand that the medical community in Greece could not help her. That the doctors at the Long Covid clinics, despite diagnosing the multi-system effects of the disease, cannot offer her treatment for the health problems left behind by Covid. That, the State cannot offer her even one help!, to live and continue to fight for the restoration of her health.

I was also angered by the fact that many of us still think of Covid as a ‘virus’. Fortunately, in the vast majority of cases, it is. But there are people who suffer for weeks and months after the disease, while for others their lives change. And I have only one piece of advice/admonition to give to everyone: Information, caution, immediate advice from doctors if necessary and vaccine according to the instructions of the Ministry of Health. In any case, the protagonist of this article is Katiana and this is her story, in her own words.

“I am 25 years old and suffering from severe Long Covid”

“Until recently, I was an architecture student and I have been an active athlete for many years. In December 2021 I fell ill (like many other fellow human beings) with Covid-19. I got sick just before I started my thesis. I had made plans for a master’s degree abroad. But I did not imagine what awaited me. I had relied on the narrative of the “healthy young man, with no underlying diseases”.

Immediately after my illness I began to experience multisystemic problems. Symptoms began with chest pains, numbness, excruciating pains, malaise and severe fatigue. I couldn’t even climb a flight of stairs. The condition worsened every month, culminating in my second illness 1 year later. I didn’t know what was happening to me. After many visits to multi-specialty doctors and hospital emergency departments, I ended up at a Long Covid center where I found some knowledgeable doctors.

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