Rob Smith, 22, used to run 4 to 5 miles a day, but now suffers from difficulty breathing...
One San Antonian is trying to raise awareness about long COVID-19 symptoms after battling the virus.
In September 2020, Rob Smith was 21 when he spent over a week in bed battling COVID-19. Now, 22, Smith says he has been dealing with long COVID symptoms, and that they are so much worse than his experience with the actual virus.A look inside San Antonio’s future women’s and children’s hospital, due summer 2023
His survivor story is one of many that are highlighted in the"We Can Do This" campaign by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to promote the COVID-19 vaccines. The 30-second advertisement is streaming on televisions across the country during March, and it's available to watch onSmith, who grew up in San Antonio, is currently a student at Stanford University in California.
"I've always considered myself a very healthy person," he said."But walking up a flight of stairs is really difficult now, I get winded. I used to be able to sit through a two hour lecture at school, but now after fifteen minutes I lose focus really easily." Dr. Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, medical director of Rehabilitation Medicine Services at University Health and professor and chair of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at UT Health San Antonio, works closely with patients suffering from debilitating effects of long COVID-19.
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