A discovery in the muscles of long COVID patients may explain exercise troubles

February 3, 2025 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

A discovery in the muscles of long COVID patients may explain exercise troubles

By Will Stone, NPR Hit the gym. Get back in shape. That's what many patients with long COVID are told when they talk of the crushing fatigue that envelops them after…[...]

December 17, 2024 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

Researchers discover that tiredness experienced by long COVID patients has a physical cause

by Amsterdam University Medical Center Credit: Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-44432-3 Researchers from Amsterdam UMC and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU) have discovered that the persistent fatigue in patients with long COVID has…[...]

December 15, 2024 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

Unveiling the Connections Between Melanoma Differentiation-Associated Gene 5 (MDA5)-Positive Dermatomyositis and Its Potential Association With COVID-19: A Report of Two Cases

Temitope B. Abegunde • Christophe Persad • Sojibuchi Ojule • Jane Colgan • Margaret Duncan, 2024DOI: 10.7759/cureus.65016 Abstract Dermatomyositis is a rare inflammatory condition affecting the skin, muscles, and joints. This series of anti-melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 (anti-MDA5) autoantibody-positive…[...]

November 11, 2024 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

A Case of COVID-19-Triggered Polymyositis Leading to Rhabdomyolysis

Sriya A. Reddy • Natalie Rivera Vargas • Aarushi Varshney • Olga Karasik, Published: July 10, 2024DOI: 10.7759/cureus.64267 Peer-Reviewed Abstract SARS-COVID-19 is known to manifest with a wide variety of symptoms, most of which are respiratory. Myalgias are a…[...]

December 26, 2023 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

Breathing difficulties after covid-19: a guide for primary care

BMJ 2023; 381 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2023-074937 , June 2023) Cite this as: BMJ 2023;381:e074937, Rachael Evans, Anton Pick, et. al. What you need to know Breathing difficulties are common sequelae of covid-19 Typically there are multiple contributing factors…[...]

December 25, 2023 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

New research points to possible reason for long COVID

A Spanish study suggests that SARS-CoV-2 mediated vagus nerve dysfunction (VND) could be responsible for long COVID. By SHIRA SILKOFF, FEBRUARY 2022 - The Jerusalem Post Many symptoms of post-COVID syndrome…[...]

December 12, 2023 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

Skeletal muscle injury in COVID infection: Frequency and patterns

Saurabh Singh Rajput MBBS, MD, DM, Rajeswari Aghoram MBBS, MD, DM, Vaibhav Wadwekar MBBS, MD, DM PDF, Nivedita Nanda MBBS, MD, October 2023, Muscle & NerveVolume 68, Issue 6 p. 873-878 Abstract Introduction/Aims Little…[...]

December 7, 2023 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

Study identifies potential cause of long COVID muscle weakness

by University of Malta, Medical Express, Aug 2023 University of Malta researchers have discovered a potential cause of the persistent and often debilitating symptoms experienced by long COVID-19 patients. The new…[...]

October 28, 2023 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

Long-Term Sequelae of COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of One-Year Follow-Up Studies on Post-COVID Symptoms

Authors: Qing Han 1,Bang Zheng 2,3,4,*,Luke Daines 2 and Aziz Sheikh Pathogens 2022, 11(2), 269; https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11020269, Published: 19 February 2022 Emerging and/or Zoonotic Viral Infections) Abstract Emerging evidence has shown that COVID-19 survivors could suffer from persistent symptoms. However,…[...]

October 21, 2023 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

Potential molecular mechanisms of chronic fatigue in long haul COVID and other viral diseases

Carl Gunnar Gottschalk, Daniel Peterson, Jan Armstrong, Konstance Knox & Avik Roy Infectious Agents and Cancer volume 18, Article number: 7 (2023) Cite this article, A Correction to this article was published on 24 April 2023 Abstract Historically, COVID-19 emerges as one of…[...]