The Long Covid Handbook

Gez Medinger · Danny Altmann

Oct 2022 · Penguin · Narrated by Gez Medinger and Danny Altmann

About this audiobook

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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

Ratings and reviews

As a long hauler of three years, it seems as if somebody directly copied page after page from my journal of overwhelming symptoms and issues that even I find unbelievable. This book removes much of the "crazy" I've kept secret. While the clearly worded scientific and organ system information explains why I'm having so many shutdowns, it's the personal experience of Gez Medinger'scourageous and vulnerable writing that has most affected me. This book is the best thing that has come into my life in recent years. Like so many others, I have lost my career, social life, confidence, and hope, mostly due to an inability to find my words and the crushing exhaustion that nobody can relate to. I'm gifting this book to my close friends who care even though they don't understand. Thank you to everybody involved in bringing this book to market!!

About the author

Gez Medinger (Author)
Gez Medinger is an investigative science journalist and patient advocate for Long Covid. He was a film-maker and marathon runner when he became ill with Covid in the early days of the pandemic. When he didn't recover, Gez put his efforts into researching the novel condition of Long Covid, interviewing some of the world's leading clinicians and turning his YouTube channel into a huge resource for patients, conducting over a dozen patient led studies - which have been quoted in global press including New York Times, New Scientist and Men's Health. In the process he has built a worldwide community and his films currently have over 5 million views.

Danny Altmann (Author)
Dr Danny Altmann is a Professor of Immunology at Imperial College London. His key research interests are the immunology of infectious disease including severe bacterial infections, Zika virus, Chikungunya virus and SARS-CoV-2. He has also worked on autoimmune diseases including multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis. During the Covid-19 pandemic he has acted in several advisory roles, including the House of Commons and House of Lords Science Committees and the Immunology Task Force to the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE). He spent some years working as lead on strategy in Infection, Immunity and Population Health at the Wellcome Trust, and has served more than 20-years as Editor at medical journals including Immunology.