Ellen DeGeneres says symptoms of COVID-19 included back pain and fatigue

On January 12, Ellen DeGeneres returned to her show for the first time since being diagnosed with COVID-19 in December. She kicked off the segment by sharing a bit of her experience with the coronavirus, including when she found out she had tested positive.

“What’s strange is that I don’t know where I got it,” she said. “I was getting ready to tape the show… and I was in hair and makeup, powdering my face and putting on my extensions,” she joked. “And then my assistant Craig walks in and said, ‘You tested positive for COVID,’ then everyone around me ran away.”

Ellen said she immediately left the studio and began self-quarantining at her home, where she slept in a different room from his wife Portia de Rossi’s. In the days that followed, she started to experience symptoms. “The first three days I slept 16 hours a day, then on the fourth day I woke up with back spasms,” she says. “I thought I pulled a muscle or slept weirdly because I was in a different bed, but it persisted.

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Ellen previously opened up about her back pain from COVID-19 in a Tweeter after his diagnosis. “One thing they don’t tell you is that you somehow have excruciating back pain,” she said, adding that she “didn’t know That back pain could be a symptom of COVID-19.

Like other respiratory illnesses, COVID-19 can cause muscle pain, including back pain. “Similar to the flu, COVID-19 can cause widespread pain throughout the body,” due to the inflammatory response to the virus, previously said Marcus Duda, MD, orthopedic surgeon. Prevention.

Ellen said her doctors prescribed pain medication for her, but she found no relief. “The pain relievers didn’t help, my back got worse,” she says. “It was as if I had cracked a rib. Do you know how I make you laugh so hard that your ribs hurt? It was like that for me. Now I know how you feel when I make you laugh.

But she felt better after taking steroids, which are powerful anti-inflammatories. “I’m fine now, everything is clear,” said Ellen. “I want to thank everyone who reached out to us with kind words of support. I wish I could have hugged each of you.

She also sent her love and support to everyone affected by the pandemic. “I know a lot of people are struggling with this disease right now,” she says. “My heart goes out to everyone.”

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