The Specialists from the Post-Covid Clinic - The Long Covid Self-Help Guide: Practical Ways to Manage Symptoms

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Introduction Copyright Anton Pick 2022; Chapter 1 Copyright Emily Fraser, Helen Davies 2022; Chapter 2 Copyright Rachael Rogers 2022; Chapter 3 Copyright Emma Tucker 2022; Chapter 4 Copyright Chris Turnbull with Emily Fraser, Rachael Rogers, Helen Davies 2022; Chapter 5 Copyright Suleman Latif 2022; Chapter 6 Copyright Daniel Louis Zahl 2022; Chapter 7 Copyright Christine Kelly 2022; Chapter 8 Copyright Anton Pick with Emily Jay, Lisa Burrows, Andrew Lewis and Rohan Wijesurendra 2022; Chapter 9 Copyright Ruth Tyerman and Rachael Rogers 2022; Appendix Copyright Emily Fraser and Helen Davies 2022

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CONTENTS

Anton Pick

CHAPTER 1:
WHAT IS LONG COVID?

Emily Fraser and Helen Davies

CHAPTER 2:
MANAGING FATIGUE

Rachael Rogers

CHAPTER 3:
MANAGING BREATHLESSNESS

Emma Tucker

CHAPTER 4:
SLEEP AND LONG COVID

Chris Turnbull with Emily Fraser, Rachael Rogers and Helen Davies

CHAPTER 5:
RETURN TO PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

Suleman Latif with Julia Newton and Chris Speers

CHAPTER 6:
PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS

Daniel Zahl

CHAPTER 7:
MANAGING LOSS OF SMELL

Christine Kelly

CHAPTER 8:
OTHER LONG COVID SYMPTOMS

Anton Pick, Emily Jay, Lisa Burrows, Andrew Lewis and Rohan Wijesurendra

CHAPTER 9:
RETURN TO WORK

Ruth Tyerman and Rachael Rogers with Andy Tyerman

APPENDIX 1:
REVIEWING YOUR JOB PRIOR TO RETURN TO WORK

Ruth Tyerman and Rachael Rogers with Andy Tyerman

APPENDIX 2:
RETURN TO WORK PLAN

Ruth Tyerman and Rachael Rogers with Andy Tyerman

APPENDIX 3:
INVESTIGATIONS

Emily Fraser and Helen Davies

Dr Emily Fraser, Consultant in Respiratory Medicine, Oxford University NHS Foundation Trust; Clinical Lead for the Post-Covid Assessment Clinic, Oxford.

Dr Anton Pick, Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine; Clinical Lead at the Oxford Centre for Enablement; Clinical Lead for Long Covid, NHS England: South East of England.

Rachael Rogers, Specialist Occupational Therapist; Clinical Lead of the Community Chronic Fatigue Service, Oxfordshire; member of the Post-Covid Assessment Clinic and rehabilitation team, Oxford.

Emma Tucker, Specialist Respiratory Physiotherapist and Clinical Lead for the Post-Covid Rehabilitation Service in Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust.

Dr Daniel Zahl, Consultant Clinical Psychologist; CBT therapist and supervisor; member of the Post-Covid Assessment Clinic, Oxford.

Dr Suleman Latif, Specialist Registrar in Sport and Exercise Medicine, Oxford.

Ruth Tyerman, Specialist Vocational Rehabilitation Occupational Therapist; member of the Post-Covid Assessment Clinic, Oxford.

Dr Christopher Turnbull, NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Respiratory Medicine, University of Oxford and the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Christine Kelly, Founder of charity AbScent; Research Associate at the University of Reading; Research Fellow at the Centre for the Study of the Senses, Institute of Philosophy, University of London.

Dr Helen Davies, Consultant Respiratory Physician; Clinical Lead for the Pleural and Post-Covid Respiratory Services, University Hospital of Wales.

Emily Jay, Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist with an Interest in Vestibular Rehabilitation, South London and the Maudsley NHS Trust.

Lisa Burrows, Consultant Physiotherapist and clinical lead of the ENT Balance Clinic, Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust.

Dr Andrew Lewis, Clinical Lecturer in Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Oxford.

Dr Rohan Wijesurendra, Clinical Lecturer in Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Oxford; Cardiology Registrar at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Dr Julia Newton, Consultant in Rheumatology/Sport and Exercise Medicine (SEM), Oxford University Hospitals Trust; Senior Sports Physician, English Institute of Sport.

Dr Christopher Speers, Consultant in Sport and Exercise Medicine, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford.

Dr Andy Tyerman, Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist, Trustee of Headway UK and the Vocational Rehabilitation Association.

With additional contributions from:

Dr Kim Rajappan, Consultant Cardiologist, Oxford University NHS Foundation Trust; Dr Annabel Nickol, Consultant in Sleep Medicine, Oxford University NHS Foundation Trust; Dr Tylan Yukselen, Consultant in Psychological Medicine, Oxford University NHS Foundation Trust; Dr Nick Talbot, Respiratory Consultant, Oxford University NHS Foundation Trust; Professor Jane Parker, Founder and Director of the Flavour Centre, University of Reading; The Oxfordshire Post-Covid Rehabilitation team: Victoria Masey, Kerrie Crowley, Catherine Clayton, Rebecca Prower, Rachel Lardner, Amanda Neophytou, Lisa Johnson, Jill Brooks, Kelly Mclaughlin; Lizzie Grillo on behalf of Physiotherapy for Breathing Pattern Disorders; Tania Clifton-Smith on behalf of Bradcliff Breathing methods.