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Scarred for Life as Covid-19 Leaves Its Mark: An Autobiographical Case Report

The COVID-19 pandemic affected humans in many more ways than one. The medical fraternity worked relentlessly, clad in personal protective equipment (PPE), to fight a virus that had taken the world by surprise. The irony is that, despite the PPE, our fraternity never felt so vulnerable and exposed. Y...

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Autor principal: Borkotokey, Monjuri
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8864500/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35223315
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.21542
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description The COVID-19 pandemic affected humans in many more ways than one. The medical fraternity worked relentlessly, clad in personal protective equipment (PPE), to fight a virus that had taken the world by surprise. The irony is that, despite the PPE, our fraternity never felt so vulnerable and exposed. Yet, they stood out in handling the COVID-19 pandemic with due diligence. This case report describes the wearied experience of a healthcare worker affected by COVID-19 and its effect on physical and mental health. The author describes her experience as she suffered from COVID-19 and long COVID.
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spelling pubmed-88645002022-02-26 Scarred for Life as Covid-19 Leaves Its Mark: An Autobiographical Case Report Borkotokey, Monjuri Cureus Cardiology The COVID-19 pandemic affected humans in many more ways than one. The medical fraternity worked relentlessly, clad in personal protective equipment (PPE), to fight a virus that had taken the world by surprise. The irony is that, despite the PPE, our fraternity never felt so vulnerable and exposed. Yet, they stood out in handling the COVID-19 pandemic with due diligence. This case report describes the wearied experience of a healthcare worker affected by COVID-19 and its effect on physical and mental health. The author describes her experience as she suffered from COVID-19 and long COVID. Cureus 2022-01-24 /pmc/articles/PMC8864500/ /pubmed/35223315 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.21542 Text en Copyright © 2022, Borkotokey et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title Scarred for Life as Covid-19 Leaves Its Mark: An Autobiographical Case Report
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title_short Scarred for Life as Covid-19 Leaves Its Mark: An Autobiographical Case Report
title_sort scarred for life as covid-19 leaves its mark: an autobiographical case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8864500/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35223315
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.21542
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