Health: from women to women – a discussion on the effects of long COVID – 19 on women’s health and the mental health of women

In March within the event “Health: from women to women” we did a very interesting and useful discussion with experts on the effects of long COVID-19 on women’s health as well as the mental health of women. Laska Nenova from BG Be Active and psychiatrist Desislava Ivanova shared their professional and personal experience on the topics.

“The symptoms of long COVID – 19 are over 200 – they can be psychological, neurological, pulmonary, cardiac or digestive, related to the muscles or bones. There are not one or two distinct symptoms, symptoms can be various, so the doctors accept that there is an overall inflammation of the body. There is no one pattern of healing either. Over 80% of patients with long COVID – 19 are women. It turns our women are more vulnerable and our symptoms can last between 2 and 18 months.” shared Laska Nenova.

Desislava Ivanova pointed that one of the biggest problems for women is that we often don’t allow ourselves to prioritize our self-care. “Self-love just doesn’t exist for many of us, we just can’t turn to ourselves that way. When I work with clients, a basic task is to understand what the reason for that. Guilt is a great saboteur, it’s often the reason for the lack of self-love.” Other factors of self-image and unhealthy behavioral models were discussed during the conversation. You can see the whole discussion in the video: