Digestion – The COVID-19 Long Haul Foundation

Risks of digestive diseases in long COVID: evidence from a population-based cohort study

August 23, 2024 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

Yuying Ma, Lijun Zhang, Rui Wei, et. al, BMC Medicine volume 22, Article number: 14 (2024) Cite this article Abstract Background In the post-pandemic era, a wide range of COVID-19 sequelae is of growing health concern. However, the risks of digestive diseases in long COVID have not been comprehensively understood. To investigate the long-term risk of digestive diseases among COVID patients. Methods In this […]

Long COVID and the digestive system: Mayo Clinic expert describes common symptoms

August 29, 2023 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

Sharon Theimer June 21, 2022 ROCHESTER, Minnesota — Long COVID syndrome, also known as post-COVID, is more than fatigue and shortness of breath. Symptoms such as headaches, brain fog and ringing in the ears have been reported, and recently, physicians are seeing more patients with gastrointestinal problems. Greg Vanichkachorn, M.D., director of Mayo Clinic’s COVID Activity Rehabilitation Program, describes the most common symptoms. Patients in […]

Doctor’s Checklist for Treating Long COVID Patients

August 28, 2023 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

Written by Hallie Levine April 4, 2023 Lisa McCorkell had a mild bout of COVID-19 in March 2020. Young and healthy, she assumed that she would bounce back quickly. But when her fatigue, shortness of breath, and brain fog persisted, she realized that she most likely had long COVID. “Back then, we as patients basically coined […]

Even mild cases of COVID-19 can lead to long-term health problems, study finds

August 22, 2023 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

A new study published in the journal Nature Medicine has found that even mild cases of COVID-19 can lead to an increased risk of long-term health problems two years later. The study, which was conducted by researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, looked at data from nearly 139,000 military veterans […]

Long COVID study looks at why some can’t shake dizziness, fatigue and more

August 5, 2022 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

Authors: Helena Oliviero, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Georgia residents among thousands needed for a massive study to discover how the virus causes lingering symptoms. Back in the summer of 2020, when the pandemic was still new and hospitals were overflowing, Emory Healthcare opened a facility to treat a perplexing group of COVID-19 survivors. The patients had withstood […]

COVID-19 Can Infect and Harm Digestive Organs

April 15, 2022 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

Authors: E.J. Mundell The coronavirus isn’t just attacking the lungs: New research shows it’s causing harm to the gastrointestinal tract, especially in more advanced cases of COVID-19. A variety of imaging scans performed on hospitalized COVID-19 patients showed bowel abnormalities, according to a study published online May 11 in Radiology. Many of the effects were severe and […]

Intestinal Damage in COVID-19: SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Intestinal Thrombosis

April 13, 2022 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

Authors: Xiaoming Wu1, Haijiao Jing1, Chengyue Wang1, Yufeng Wang1, Nan Zuo1, Tao Jiang2*, Valerie A. Novakovic3 and Jialan Shi1,3,4* Front. Microbiol., 22 March 2022 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.860931 The intestinal tract, with high expression of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), is a major site of extrapulmonary infection in COVID-19. During pulmonary infection, the virus enters the bloodstream forming viremia, which infects and damages extrapulmonary organs. Uncontrolled viral […]

HOW COVID-19 AFFECTS THE GUT: SCIENTISTS UNCOVER A RARE SIDE EFFECT

February 17, 2022 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

Authors: published on The Conversation by Vincent Ho at Western Sydney University. Although we might think of Covid-19 as a respiratory disease, we know it involves the gut. In fact, SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, enters our cells by latching onto protein receptors called ACE2. And the greatest numbers of ACE2 receptors are in the cells that line the gut. […]

Review of COVID-19, part 1: Abdominal manifestations in adults and multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children

January 6, 2022 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

Authors: Devaraju Kanmaniraja,a,⁎ Jessica Kurian,a Justin Holder,a Molly Somberg Gunther,a Victoria Chernyak,b Kevin Hsu,a Jimmy Lee,a Andrew Mcclelland,a Shira E. Slasky,a Jenna Le,a and Zina J. Riccia Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID -19) pandemic caused by the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) has affected almost every country in the world, resulting in severe morbidity, mortality and economic hardship, and altering the landscape of […]

Oxygen Levels and the Digestive System

August 25, 2021 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

Authors: by Lung Health | Jun 9, 2016 | Oxygen Levels, Resources It might sound strange, but the respiratory system and the digestive system depend on one another for optimal function. Because oxygen is essential to the proper functioning of the body, one of the main concerns for people with chronic lung diseases is maintaining enough oxygen in their blood. The body needs […]