COVID-19 Advice, Guidance, Support and Long-COVID
COVID-19 General Guidance, Advice Regarding Prevention and Treatment
General advice about information regarding COVID-19
Provides useful information regarding COVID-19 infection, identification of symptoms and what to do if you suspect you have the infection - for thoughts about prevention and strengthening yourself follow advice on our link COVID-19 Prevention and Self Management and for mental health read information provided by NHS Online
What to do if you catch the infection
Key message is to stay at home and contact 111 service for initial advice Do Not Go to GP, Pharmacy or Hospital.
Click on the following link for information on the NHS UK website: Self Managing Respiratory Tract Infection in General or visit information pages we have provided on our website.
COVID-19 Infection in Children
COVID19 is unlikely to cause a serious illness in children, but please remember children can still become seriously unwell from other causes that are always around. Please do not let concerns over COVID19 stop you from contacting medical services. If you are not sure if your child needs to be seen please go to national online advice link for advice or contact 111 or your GP. For information about crying babies visit this link for crying babies. If your child is severely unwell call 999 or go to ED.
Adult Long COVID Service
Most COVID-19 infections go away within the first couple of weeks, but for some people, even those who weren’t seriously ill, these symptoms can last much longer. Having persistent symptoms that continue or develop after your COVID-19 infection has gone away is referred to as Long COVID, or post COVID-19 Syndrome. The symptoms experienced can be varied and can even change over time. It can also include new health problems experienced following a COVID-19 infection.
It is currently understood that there are two types of Long COVID:
- Ongoing systematic COVID: This is when symptoms continue for 4-12 weeks
- Post COVID-19 Syndrome: When symptoms carry on for more than 12 weeks
You can have Long COVID even if you weren’t very ill or in hospital with your initial infection.
Long COVID is a new condition which is still being studied.
Local long COVID service has produced a series of videos to help with your breathing and fatigue management following infection with COVID 19. These short films will give you techniques and coping methods to help you manage your ongoing symptoms. We hope you find them helpful: