Hyperglycemia in Severe and Critical COVID-19 Patients: Risk Factors and Outcomes

Cytokine Storm / Hyperglycemia Posted on: July 23, 2025May 3, 2025

Hyperglycemia in Severe and Critical COVID-19 Patients: Risk Factors and Outcomes

Viet Tran Le • Quoc Hung Ha • Minh Triet Tran • Ngoc Trong Le • et. al., DOI: 10.7759/cureus.27611 Abstract Background: Hyperglycemia is commonly seen in critically ill patients. This disorder was also seen in coronavirus disease 2019 […]

Brain / Brain Fog / Cytokine Storm / Fatigue / Glymphatic system / IL-6 / Inflammation / Neuroinflammation / Neuropathy / Sleep & Dreams / Sleep Disturbance / TNF alpha / TNFα Posted on: July 15, 2025July 11, 2025

Sudden Sleep Collapse: A Long-COVID Nightmare

Long COVID can trigger sudden collapses in consciousness or overwhelming sleepiness through a mix of neurological, immunological, and autonomic dysfunctions. Here’s how the body gets hijacked into shutdown mode: 🧠 […]

Chlorpheniramine / Cytokine Storm / Endothelium / H1 Receptor / Histamine / Inflammation / Long-haul Disease / Mast Cell / Nasal mucosa / Upper Respiratory Tract Posted on: June 25, 2025April 22, 2025

Intranasal Chlorpheniramine for Early Symptomatic Treatment of COVID-19 and the Impact on Long-COVID

Gustavo Ferrer • Fernando Valerio-Pascua • César Alas-Pineda • et.al., DOI: 10.7759/cureus.82736 Abstract This review explores the therapeutic potential of intranasal chlorpheniramine maleate (iCPM) in managing both acute COVID-19 and Long COVID by integrating histamine H1 receptor […]

Cytokine Storm / Dysautonomia / Inflammasome / Inflammation / Inflammation / Morbidity / Mortality / Mortality & Morbidity / Treatments / Vagus Nerve / Vegus Nerve Posted on: June 14, 2025June 12, 2025

Effects of Non-invasive Vagus Nerve Stimulation on Inflammatory Markers in COVID-19 Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Amira Mohamed Taha • Amr Elrosasy • Ahmed S. Mohamed •et.al. DOI: 10.7759/cureus.70613 Abstract The international healthcare community has encountered several difficulties because of the COVID-19 pandemic brought on by SARS-CoV-2. COVID-19 can lead to an […]

ACE2 Receptors / Acute Respiratory Syndrome / Cytokine Storm / Inflammasome / Inflammation / Long-term Effects / Muscle & Joints / Musculoskeletal / Respiratory Syndrome / Sex Related Outcome Posted on: April 19, 2025December 24, 2024

A Pilot Case-Control Study of Muscle and Bone Health Status in Patients Who Have Recovered From COVID-19 Infection

Shital Bhor • Dipali Ladkat • Nikhil Shah • Ketan Gondhalekar • Piyush Chaudhari • Anuradha Khadilkar, DOI: 10.7759/cureus.76283 Abstract Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), resulting from the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), affects various bodily systems, including […]

Autonomic nerves / Brain Fog / Cognitive deficit / Cytokine Storm / Inflammation / Long-haul Disease / Long-term Effects / Memory / Memory Deficit / PASC Posted on: April 8, 2025December 16, 2024

Long-Term Neurologic Complications of COVID-19: A Practical Overview

The authors present an overview of the presentation and management of common neurologic symptoms associated with long COVID. Anastasia Vishnevetsky, MD, MPH; Douglas R. Wilcox, MD, PhD; et. al. Practical […]

C-reactive Protein / Cytokine Storm / D-dimer / Inflammation / Liver Posted on: March 21, 2025December 5, 2024

Liver Enzymes and Inflammatory Markers Among Severely Ill COVID-19 Patients: A Retrospective Case-Control Study in Telangana

Pavuluri P, Menon M, Tummalacharla S, et al. (December 04, 2024) Liver Enzymes and Inflammatory Markers Among Severely Ill COVID-19 Patients: A Retrospective Case-Control Study in Telangana. Cureus 16(12): e75120. […]

Cardiovascular / Cytokine Storm / Inflammation / Long-haul Disease / Long-term Effects / Mortality & Morbidity / Symptoms Posted on: February 20, 2025August 16, 2024

Autonomic Imbalance and Elevated Inflammatory Cytokines in Long COVID: A Cross-Sectional Study

Lakshmi Jatiya • Jothi Marie Feula • Latha R, et. al., DOI: 10.7759/cureus.66971 Abstract Introduction: Following an infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), many individuals fully recover. On the other […]

Cytokine Storm / Glycolytic pathway / Hyperglycolysis / interferon λ1 (IFN-λ1) / Liver / Liver Cells Posted on: February 2, 2025August 10, 2024

Changes in Glycolytic Pathway in SARS-COV 2 Infection and Their Importance in Understanding the Severity of COVID-19

Adalberto Fernandes Santos, Pedro Póvoa, Paulo Paixão, et. al COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that may lead to a severe acute respiratory syndrome. Such syndrome […]

Brain Fog / Clots & Bleeds / CNS / Cytokine Storm / Dementia / Inflammation / Ischemic Stroke / Neuroinflammation / Neurologic Effects / Neuropathy / Serotonin / Stroke Posted on: December 4, 2024July 17, 2024

What do we know about covid-19’s effects on the brain?

BMJ 2024; 385 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.q897 (Published 15 May 2024)Cite this as: BMJ 2024;385:q897 What are the neurological symptoms of covid-19? Covid may be primarily a respiratory infection, but a common symptom is “brain fog”—problems with memory or […]