“1.Introduction: The Long-Term Impact of Multiple COVID Infections 2.Shifting Focus: From Acute Symptoms to Long-Term Health 3.The Jenga Analogy: How COVID Wears Down the Body 4.Understanding the Target: How COVID Affects the Circulatory System 5.Damage to the Endothelium: Long-Term Cardiovascular Risks 6.Even Mild COVID Cases Can Have Lasting Effects 7.The Impact on the Brain: From Brain Fog to Potential Neurodegenerative Diseases 8.Cognitive Issues and Repeated Infections: A Growing Concern 9.Does COVID Stick Around? The Lingering Presence of the Virus 10.Persistent Inflammation: The Ongoing Battle After COVID 11.COVID’s Impact on the Heart: Myocarditis and More 12.Understanding Myocarditis: Inflammation of the Heart 13.Rolling the Dice: The Cumulative Risk of Repeated COVID Infections 14.Silent Heart Attacks: The Hidden Risk 15.Protecting Our Health: Minimizing the Number of Infections 16.COVID’s Impact on Other Organs: The Liver, Lungs, and Beyond 17.COVID and the Liver: The Silent Accumulation of Damage 18.Conclusion: The Long Game of Health Protection”
“I’ve been like this now for four and a half years nearly, and it’s baffling to not just the people who have it, but it’s baffling to the doctors,” she says. “They are some very smart people who are investigating and studying it and doing research, but all they keep finding is more and more damage that COVID has done to people’s bodies.
“I got some really good scans done and they found that at some point I had had myocarditis, which has scarred my heart,” Samms continues. “The consequences of COVID — I think we still have only just scratched the surface, and it’s terrifying to me that people think we are no longer in a pandemic. Because they so desperately want it to not affect them, they sort of pretend that it is has gone, and it so hasn’t.”
