‘I struggle to breathe every single day’: Melbourne woman begs Australia to take Covid seriously as she reveals her terrifying symptoms EIGHT MONTHS after testing positive
- A young woman has detailed her life suffering with the effects of long Covid
- Classified as the long term effects when symptoms continue for over 12 weeks
- Maddy Bourke begged young people to take the virus seriously and get vaxxed
- Stated that she goes to rehab and has to use an oxygen mask to help her breathe
A young woman has revealed her terrifying long Covid symptoms eight months after she tested positive for the virus.
Maddy Bourke from Melbourne has posted two TikTok videos detailing her experience living with long Covid. Long Covid is classified as the long term effects of the virus when symptoms continue for more than 12 weeks after an infection.
In the first video posted on Thursday, she begged young people to take the virus seriously, to get vaccinated and to follow the lockdown laws.
Maddy spoke about her experience with Covid, saying she thought she was dying in the first few weeks and that her health has not improved.
She stated that just two days after she tested positive for Covid she was struggling to breathe.
8 months after her positive result she is still using an oxygen mask daily to help her to breathe normally.
Maddy was living in London at the time and said she slept most of the time she was ill.
She remarked that her mother FaceTimed with her partner during this time and was saying goodbye to Maddy as she thought that her daughter was dying over the other side of the world because she was so sick.
Maddy Bourke (pictured) has released two TikTok videos detailing what her life dealing with the long term effects of Covid is like
‘The thing with Covid is that it doesn’t get much better. I struggle to breathe every single day. I’ve got so many health problems,’ she said.
Maddy followed this video up with a ‘day in the life with long Covid’ video, showing what her life is living with the side effects.
She has to do tasks such as going to rehab to improve her health as well as having to use an oxygen mask daily in order to assist her breathing.
She stated she had to stop walking on a treadmill while doing rehab because she couldn’t breathe properly even when it was a very gentle walk.
Maddy then goes back home to use her oxygen machine to help regulate her breathing.
Viewers were quick to show their support to the young woman, with many praising her for bringing attention to the seriousness of the effects of the virus.
‘As a registered nurse, thank you for sharing. This will genuinely educate people on the long term effects. Stay strong lovely,’ commented one health worker.
‘Thanks for sharing these details,’ said another. ‘Some people have become complacent and don’t even realise even if you survive how long recovery can be/long term effects.’
‘Thank you for sharing. So many like to pretend this doesn’t exist. Hope you are able to get through it,’ wrote one comment.
‘There is definitely not enough info out there about long covid. Stay strong and I pray for your well-being,’ said another.
In her ‘day in the life with long covid’ video she stated how she goes to rehab to try to improve her health and uses an oxygen mask to help her breathe (pictured)
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