Lena Dunham has detailed her painful experience with coronavirus.
In a candid Instagram post, the actress told fans she was diagnosed with Covid-19 in March – and her symptoms lasted for weeks.
Lena suffers from a chronic condition called Ehler-Danlos syndrome, and admitted she was initially unable to distinguish the symptoms from her existing illness.
She wrote: “I got sick with COVID-19 in mid-March. It started with achy joints, which I was unable to distinguish from my usual diagnoses, so I didn’t freak out. But the pain was soon join by an impossible, crushing fatigue. Then, a fever of 102.”
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“Suddenly my body simply… revolted. The nerves in my feet burned and muscles wouldn’t seem to do their job. My hands were numb. I couldn’t tolerate loud noises.”
“I couldn’t sleep but I couldn’t wake up. I lost my sense of taste and smell. A hacking cough, like a metronome keeping time. Inability to breathe after simple tasks like getting a glass of water. Random red rashes,” she continued.
“A pounding headache right between my eyes. It felt like I was a complex machine that had been unplugged and then had my wires rerouted into the wrong inputs. This went on for 21 days… that blended together like a rave gone wrong.”
The Girls star said she was fortunate to have a doctor on hand to advise her, meaning she never had to go to hospital.
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After a month, Lena tested negative for Covid-19, but she still experienced symptoms of the virus.
She described her hands and feet being swollen, and suffering from severe fatigue and a constant migraine.
Lena finished her post by encouraging others to take the virus seriously, as it is “the biggest deal in our country and in the world right now”.
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The TV presenter admits working on Ireland AM has been a “life saver” over the past few months, and opens up about his fears over the future of his Cheerios Panto.
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