COVID-19 IS NOT JUST A COLD OR THE FLU
Fit and healthy Australians who survived COVID-19 reveal the severe symptoms they still suffer FIVE MONTHS after beating the virus
Young Australians who survived COVID-19 still suffer debilitating symptoms
Amy McKenzieis, 30, still has breathing problems and numbness in her hands
She said she couldn't take a few steps to her front door without blacking out
Anna Liptak, 46, has developed severe fatigue since recovering five months ago
In Australia, people between 20-29 are most likely to contract coronavirus
By ALANA MAZZONI FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA
PUBLISHED: 13 August 2020
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Young Australians who survived COVID-19 are still suffering debilitating symptoms five months after the virus left their bodies.
Amy McKenzieis, 30, said she still suffers daily pain, numbness in her hands and feet, as well as breathing difficulties despite getting over the deadly virus in hospital.
'There hasn't been a day since I had COVID where I have felt normal and myself, and that's been the issue,' she told A Current Affair.
The mother-of-three has been left struggling to breathe and even blacked out.
Amy McKenzieis, 30, (pictured) said she still suffers daily pain, numbness in her hands and feet, as well as breathing difficulties despite getting over the deadly virus in hospital
COVID-19 survivors reveal severe symptoms they suffer MONTHS later
'Now it's a different battle… I've got numbness and tingling in my hands and feet, I've got quite a long of join point. I feel lethargic and have a lot of headaches too,' she said.
Ms McKenzieis said she couldn't take a few steps to her front door without blacking in and out.
'In my age bracket or younger I think a lot of people potentially more invincible because we hear so much about the elderly and the nursing homes - and that's just not the case,' she said.
The young mother said her initial diagnosis was 'extremely scary' and came as a shock.
'When you can't breathe, particularly as a 30-year-old who's normally fit and healthy, that's a terrifying situation,' she said.
'This is a very serious disease. It starts off and very few people to get away with very mild symptoms.
'You're not bulletproofed by being a younger person.'
Marathon-runner Anna Liptak, 46, from Adelaide, still has symptoms five months after contracting the virus at a work conference in Melbourne.
The normally fit and healthy personal trainer said she has spent months confined to her bed with severe fatigue.
Young Australians who survived COVID-19 are still suffering debilitating symptoms five months after the virus left their bodies.
Amy McKenzieis, 30, said she still suffers daily pain, numbness in her hands and feet, as well as breathing difficulties despite getting over the deadly virus in hospital.
'There hasn't been a day since I had COVID where I have felt normal and myself, and that's been the issue,' she told A Current Affair.
The mother-of-three has been left struggling to breathe and even blacked out.
Amy McKenzieis, 30, (pictured) said she still suffers daily pain, numbness in her hands and feet, as well as breathing difficulties despite getting over the deadly virus in hospital
COVID-19 survivors reveal severe symptoms they suffer MONTHS later
'Now it's a different battle… I've got numbness and tingling in my hands and feet, I've got quite a long of join point. I feel lethargic and have a lot of headaches too,' she said.
Ms McKenzieis said she couldn't take a few steps to her front door without blacking in and out.
'In my age bracket or younger I think a lot of people potentially more invincible because we hear so much about the elderly and the nursing homes - and that's just not the case,' she said.
The young mother said her initial diagnosis was 'extremely scary' and came as a shock.
'When you can't breathe, particularly as a 30-year-old who's normally fit and healthy, that's a terrifying situation,' she said.
'This is a very serious disease. It starts off and very few people to get away with very mild symptoms.
'You're not bulletproofed by being a younger person.'
Marathon-runner Anna Liptak, 46, from Adelaide, still has symptoms five months after contracting the virus at a work conference in Melbourne.
The normally fit and healthy personal trainer said she has spent months confined to her bed with severe fatigue.
Anna Liptak, 46, (pictured) from Adelaide, still has symptoms five months after contracting the virus at a work conference in Melbourne
'We really don't know what's happening. That's the scary thing. I don't know what's going to happen in the long term,' Ms Liptak said.
'My ears really hurt and often I've got really bad ringing in them to the point that sometimes I feel like I'm going deaf.
'My experience proved that this affects young, old, fit and healthy, and… the long-term side effects are unknown.'
In Australia, people between 20-29 are most likely to contract COVID-19, with almost 5,000 cases and counting.
More than 900 Australian children under the age of nine have been diagnosed with the virus, while 1,774 kids between the age of 10 to 19 have tested positive.
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