We are thrilled to release the next batch of resources in our Long COVID Essentials series, featuring 32 new sheets! Our first batch of resources in Spanish is now live, along with the remaining English resources.
ABOUT THE SERIES: Long COVID Essentials is a collaboration between Long COVID Justice and The Sick Times. The series includes 30+ resource sheets that provide foundational information about navigating Long COVID. Each sheet is (or will be) available in both Spanish and English, with both web and printable PDF versions.
This series is designed by and for people with Long COVID and related diseases. All sheets were reviewed by people living with Long COVID and/or caregivers, and by medical experts who provide Long COVID care, including doctors Ziyad Al-Aly, Alba Azola, Michael Brode, Todd Davenport, Michelle Haddad, Lee Hinnant, David Putrino, Michael Peluso, Peter Rowe, and Melissa Stockwell.
Whether you’re newly experiencing confusing symptoms, have had this disease for years, or are helping others in your community, Long COVID Essentials will direct you to info and resources to support you along the way.
New resources now available:
Conditions & complications:
Getting help:
- Where to get help for Long COVID
- How to talk to healthcare providers about Long COVID
- Finding and using mental health providers for Long COVID support
- Long COVID in trans people: Navigating across gender clinics and Long COVID care
- Tracking your symptoms
- Supplements & over-the-counter treatments that may help with Long COVID
- Using existing medications off-label for Long COVID
- When Long COVID sends you to the hospital
- Reading and participating in research about Long COVID
- What causes Long COVID?
Long COVID in people living with HIV:
- People with HIV may be more at risk of Long COVID. Here’s what we know.
- Getting Long COVID care when you are living with HIV
Long COVID in children and youth:
- What we know about Long COVID in children and adolescents
- Talking with your child’s provider
- Pacing and management: Tips for parents and caregivers
- How can schools accommodate children with Long COVID?
Resources now available in Spanish:
Check out the Spanish landing page here!
Los básicos del COVID persistente:
- Prevención: Cómo evitar contraer COVID ahora
- Lo que se debe hacer si usted o alguien más en su hogar tiene COVID-19
- ¿Todavía se siente mal después del COVID-19? Esto es lo que usted debe saber sobre el COVID Persistente.
- ¿Qué es el COVID Persistente?
Condiciones & complicaciones: Síntomas, tratamientos y más
- ¿Mareos, vértigo, y ritmo cardíaco elevado después de COVID-19? Podría ser disautonomía
- “Neblina cerebral,” problemas de memoria, y otros problemas neurológicos después del COVID-19
- Por qué debe tener cuidado con la actividad y el ejercicio después del COVID-19
- Lidiando con EM/SFC severa después de COVID-19
- ¿Tiene nuevas alergias o intolerancias a alimentos después del COVID-19? Problemas de mastocitos e histaminas
- ¿Qué hacer cuando sus sentidos del gusto y olfato han cambiado debido al COVID-19?
- ¿Está teniendo dificultad para dormir después del COVID-19?
- ¿Cómo el COVID-19 afecta la salud reproductiva?
Thank you to the writers who contributed to this series!
- Amanda Heidt
- Britta Shoot
- Elly Belle
- Emma Smith
- Erin Durkin
- Fayth Tan
- Kira Signer-Romero
- Laura Weiss
- Meg Mundell
- Sadia Arshad
- Simon Spichak
Next steps and ways to support:
In the new year, we’ll be finishing the Spanish translations and ramping up our outreach campaigns for both Spanish and English resources. Reach out to Long COVID Justice if you have outreach ideas or want to volunteer! We would love to promote this series in a variety of locations like libraries, schools, mask blocs and mutual aid groups, community events, health & medical offices, on social media, and more.
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PLEASE NOTE:
- This series is being published in late 2024/early 2025; some information may be subject to change.
- Although each topic has been reviewed by medical professionals, they are informational resources, not medical advice. Always talk to your medical providers before trying treatments or symptom management strategies.
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