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Lyth Hishmeh kept feeling ill months after contracting coronavirus a year ago in March. He had chest pain and couldn’t concentrate. At 26 years old, the former regular runner was fatigued and breathless, struggling to function properly. Yet medical professionals kept telling him he simply could not still be ill.

“They were telling me it’s all in my head,” he said. For Hishmeh who lives in London and many sufferers of lingering COVID-19 symptoms, proving they are sick has become a big part of trying to get better.https://403a701045b10d6e99a72b2b86adbf47.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-38/html/container.htmlAdvertisement

Another Londoner, Monique Jackson, has lost count of the number of times her pain was described as “just anxiety.” The 32-year old illustrator was repeatedly told…