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Re:Almost third of UK Covid hospital patients readmitted wit... by notahacker on Friday April 02, 2021 @04:22PM (#26675541)
> feeling of 'heaviness' behind my breastbone.

You may already be aware of this but there's an organ there called the thymus which is a core part of the immune system (especially in younger people)

Seems to be a symptom with relatively little discussion even in medical journals but can confirm I also had it for months after a relatively mild case, tending to reemerge due to tiredness or exercise.

Re:Almost third of UK Covid hospital patients readmitted wit... by hiisukun on Friday April 02, 2021 @07:45PM (#26677076)
I think you might mean there "was" an organ there!

The thymus (the favourite organ of a friend of mine) is quite unusual, being replaced by regular boring fatty tissue after childhood.

Re:Almost third of UK Covid hospital patients readmitted wit... by tim333 on Saturday April 03, 2021 @06:55AM (#26679950)
...gradually replaced by fatty tissue. Nevertheless, some T cell development continues throughout adult life. (wikipedia)
Re:Almost third of UK Covid hospital patients readmitted wit... by jjeaff on Friday April 02, 2021 @05:04PM (#26675987)
I think it could also be due to damaged heart tissue as there have been reports of covid having that affect on people.