A special physiotherapy course has been set up to treat post-Covid patients where their fatigue is so severe that they cannot take part in standard rehabilitation courses.
Respiratory Integrated Care, Senior physiotherapist, Brenda Deering says some people being referred to her, months on after having had Covid-19, are so exhausted that they have to go to bed after having a shower.
She has designed a specific pre-rehab course to help them cope and to help them to regulate their breathing. She says that some of those that she has seen have rapid, shallow breathing.
It comes as 44-year-old healthcare worker Sinead Sheerin, who contracted Covid-19 six months ago, has warned others not to underestimate the virus.