The Long Covid Handbook, Gez Medinger
The Long Covid Handbook, Gez Medinger
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The Long Covid Handbook

Author: Gez Medinger, Danny Altmann

Narrator: Gez Medinger, Danny Altmann

Unabridged: 7 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 10/20/2022


Synopsis

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2% of the population are living with Long Covid with reports that there are over 100m worldwide, yet information and treatment remains scarce. This book fills the information gap.

The Long Covid Handbook is the essential guide for anyone suffering with the condition, as well as clinicians seeking to better understand this little understood syndrome.

Bringing together the latest cutting-edge science and patient-led research, The Long Covid Handbook will equip you with expert information and advice on:

- Long Covid symptoms and top tips for recovery
- Which treatments are most effective and why
- Who is most susceptible to the syndrome and why
- What we can learn about Long Covid from other chronic illnesses
- The impact on mental health

© Danny Altmann & Gez Medinger 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022

Reviews

Goodreads review by Stewart on October 26, 2022

As someone who has endured 30 months (so far) of Long Covid this book is nothing short of a godsend. Whilst obviously it doesn’t have answers to cure LC it does provide evidence that makes sufferers feel less alone. That is an enormous thing when you have a mostly invisible health condition which li......more

Goodreads review by Nadine on November 08, 2022

If you have recently discovered you are suffering with LC this is the only book you need read (or listen to on audible if you - like me - now struggle to read!) Easily digestible, Gez and Danny discuss Covid and all it’s warts in layman’s terms. This book provides you with everything that the world k......more

Goodreads review by Claudia on January 09, 2023

Absolutely loved this book despite the fact it absolutely scared the shit out of me. By far what stood out to me was the detailed but not over complicated explanations of the biological mechanisms of viruses such as EBV and SARS-Cov in the first half of the book. The idea that long covid is an autoi......more

Goodreads review by Ben on October 20, 2022

I have got a lot of useful information as well as some enjoyment from Gez's video series on Long COVID so when I saw he was co-writing a book on Long COVID I was keen to support it. I was a bit disappointed with the book because its not really the book I wanted or I think is most needed. I was wantin......more

Goodreads review by Paula on December 04, 2022

I bought this book on the day it was published and started reading it as soon as I could. It’s another book I’ve been waiting for, but didn’t realise how much I needed until I read it. This book brings together our best understanding of long covid from the perspective of both the lived experiences o......more