A woman suffering from 'long Covid' says her brain is "barely functioning" and she's been left tasting blood in her mouth. Roweena Russell, from North Shields, used to do handstands, cartwheels and would regularly take bike rides over 60 miles.
But she says it took her three days to recover after she braved 6,000 steps in a day last week. "Every day I suffer from chest and kidney pains, my heart rate is all over the place and I can constantly taste blood in my mouth which makes me feel nauseous all of the time," she told Chronicle Live. "I’ve had inflammation in my hands and feet and my hands have now changed shape and I’ve had to completely change my diet as any white carbs now leave me in agony." Roweena had coronavirus in April but six