When to visit?

According to the Ministry of Health, you need to see a doctor for proper diagnosis and treatment if prolonged fatigue has markedly affected your health. health and daily activities, accompanied by some symptoms after strenuous work and lasting more than 24 hours, restless sleep, memory impairment, muscle pain, pain in many joints but no swelling, mouth ulcers, headache …

In addition, if you feel fatigue for a long time after contracting COVID-19, and have chronic cardiovascular disease (coronary artery disease, heart failure…), medical disease (diabetes, chronic kidney disease, disease). chronic obstructive pulmonary disease…) or have cardiovascular or respiratory complications… during COVID-19 infection, you should not delay but need early examination and management at the respective specialized clinics. .

Fatigue is one of the most common symptoms of COVID-19 recovery, described as feeling overwhelmed or exhausted both physically and mentally.

Physical fatigue is when you will feel your body is heavy, even light physical activities consume a lot of energy.

Cognitive and mental fatigue, you will have difficulty concentrating, thinking, or absorbing new information, your memory as well as work and study are affected. Even finding simple words to write or say can become difficult.

Fatigue makes you exhausted after completing routine tasks. You may wake up feeling just as tired as you were before going to sleep. Your level of fatigue can vary by week, by day, or by hour. You no longer have the motivation to do anything because you are too tired or feel that your body will burn out even when performing the simplest things, while it is difficult to explain your exhaustion to your family, you Friends and colleagues understand.

Pace building is a strategy to help you avoid getting hurt while managing your activities without aggravating existing symptoms, says the Department of Health. Accordingly, each person should develop a flexible plan that allows to operate within their current capacity and avoid being overloaded. Your activity level can then be gradually increased in a controlled manner over time, as your energy levels and symptoms improve.

It is important that you do not compare yourself to others or to your previous self. From there you will form the basis of activity, the amount of work or activity you can safely do each day.