Gwyneth Paltrow says she is recovering from long-lasting effects of COVID-19

Gwyneth Paltrow, an actor and controversial wellness influencer, says she is still recovering from the effects of catching COVID-19 "early on".

The 48-year-old revealed she caught COVID-19 last year, and although the virus had passed she said she was still struggling with what she believed were complications from the virus.

Some of those long-lasting effects included "high levels of inflammation" and "brain fog", she said.

The American Centre for Disease Control (CDC) said fatigue and shortness of breath were both known long-term effects of COVID-19 infection. It said there was also evidence that depression and headaches were long-term complications from the disease.

The CDC said most people return to normal health within weeks, though some COVID-19 patients could have serious long term impacts.

Evidence of these long-term hangovers of COVID-19 has been seen around the world.

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Paltrow said she was still dealing with COVID-19's long term impact this week but had originally shown symptoms of the disease early in the pandemic.

"I had COVID-19 early on, and it left me with some long-term fatigue and brain fog," she wrote in an undated story, promoted on the homepage of her wellness blog, Goop.

Paltrow said she was treating her own long-term effects of COVID-19 with alternative therapies and mindfulness.

This article was originally published on Stuff.co.nz and has been shared with permission.

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