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- Some coronavirus patients and the doctors treating them have reported a "second-week crash" in which patients believe they're recovering but then feel much worse.
- Second-week crash symptoms include shortness of breath and aches, according to those who have experienced them firsthand.
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People around the world are publicly sharing their coronavirus symptoms.
These anecdotal reports illustrate that symptoms vary from person to person. One relatively common experience is a second-week crash, where patients felt like they were on the mend, and then in the second week of their illness, their symptoms ramped up and become worse than before.
Health experts are unsure why only a subset of the population has this second-week crash, which often results in a high fever, shortness of breath, and extreme fatigue.
Below, four coronavirus patients and two doctors detail what a second-week crash can feel like.
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