Sick of Covid for 8 months, Amélie is still not cured: "I feel trapped in my body"

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Summary :

Amélie Perrier used to run at least sixty kilometers a week until last spring.

In early March, as the global coronavirus pandemic broke out, this 43-year-old press secretary began to breathe difficult, felt numb and developed skin burns.

Over the days, a simple shower demands as much effort as a marathon.

Since then, his state of health has fluctuated between improvements and relapses.

This Breton woman has "the impression of dying slowly."

Amélie suffers from "Covid long", which designates symptoms related to Covid-19 that persist several months after contracting it.

She joined the AprèsJ20 association, a collective which aims to promote recognition of this infrequent form of the disease.

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