Alyssa Milano Reveals She Has Heart Palpitations and Other Lingering COVID-19 Symptoms

Nicol Natale
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Photo credit: Jesse Grant - Getty Images
Photo credit: Jesse Grant - Getty Images

From Prevention

Alyssa Milano just gave a health update in a new Instagram post after testing positive for coronavirus antibodies in early August. The Charmed actress said she's starting to feel better and is continuing to take "an aspirin every 3 days to thin my blood, fish oil, vitamin D, C, zinc and a B complex."

She's also experiencing some lingering COVID-19 symptoms, even though she initially fell ill in March. "I still have occasional heart palpitations. I still forget my words (absolute worst part). But it's not nearly as bad as it was a few weeks ago," she wrote in an Instagram caption. "I feel better. I had a ct scan of my lungs and a cardiac MRI and both were normal."

Milano said she's fearful of her loved ones getting coronavirus too. "I don't ever want them to have this thing. It's a beast," she wrote. "So I vacillate between being so grateful and so terrified. Grateful that it was me who got sick and terrified that friends or family will be sick ... Please be safe."

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Soooooo....how are you? This is a wellness check and a health update. I’m ok. I’m starting to physically feel better. I’m still taking an aspirin every 3 days to thin my blood, fish oil, vitamin D, C, zinc and a B complex. I still have occasional heart palpitations. I still forget my words (absolute worst part). But it’s not nearly as bad as it was a few weeks ago. I feel better. I had a ct scan of my lungs and a cardiac MRI and both were normal. I get super scared sometimes, though. Not of getting sick again but of my loved ones getting sick. I don’t ever want them to have this thing. It’s a beast. So I vacillate between being so grateful and so terrified. Grateful that it was me who got sick and terrified that friends or family will be sick. And I can’t help but wonder—how are you? Please be safe. Please let me know you’re ok.

A post shared by Alyssa Milano (@milano_alyssa) on Sep 1, 2020 at 11:40pm PDT

Apparently, many others are experiencing lingering coronavirus symptoms beyond their initial diagnosis. These types of individuals are known as "long haulers."

In February, the World Health Organization (WHO) released a report that said people with "mild" cases of COVID-19 took around two weeks to recover, while those with "severe or critical" cases could take up to six weeks. First person accounts from those diagnosed with COVID-19 have also revealed lingering symptoms, according to a survey conducted by Survivor Corps, a Facebook group for coronavirus survivors, and Natalie Lambert, Ph.D., of Indiana University's School of Medicine.

Results showed that lingering COVID-19 symptoms can include fatigue, shortness of breath, memory problems, cough, heart palpitations, and more.

In addition to heart palpitations, Milano previously said she's also experienced hair loss following her battle with coronavirus. This form of hair loss is known as telogen effluvium, which occurs after the body goes through extreme stress but is temporary.

In an Instagram video in August, the actress brushes her wet hair, revealing a large clump as she's finished combing. "Thought I'd show you what COVID-19 does to your hair. Please take this seriously," she wrote in the caption. "One brushing, this is my hair loss," she said in the clip. "Wear a damn mask."

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