Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Summary: New research suggests that a coronavirus infection alters the biomechanical properties of red and white blood cells, in some cases for months — a possible explanation for long […]
Long Covid explanation in new study possibly paves way for tests and treatments
Long Covid impacts some adults’ blood biomarkers, new study finds, By Barbara Mantel Scientists say that drugs that calm a key part of the immune system should be studied in clinical […]
Long COVID could be linked to the effects of SARS-CoV-2 on the vagus nerve
by European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases New research to be presented at this year’s European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID 2022, Lisbon, 23–26 April) […]
New-Onset Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation in a Healthy Male With Post-COVID-19 Painless Thyroiditis: A Case Report
Valerie Chavez-Flores • Andro Sharobiem • Steven Kim • et. al.DOI: 10.7759/cureus.66288 Abstract Painless thyroiditis is a variant of thyroiditis without the typical neck pain and is otherwise similar to subacute thyroiditis, which is a known post-viral […]
Long Covid: Hormone Imbalances and/or Rather Complex Immune Dysregulations?
Christian A Koch, Journal of the Endocrine Society, Volume 8, Issue 5, May 2024, bvae043, https://doi.org/10.1210/jendso/bvae043 Approximately 5% of all individuals infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) do […]
New studies point to nerve damage as a cause of long COVID
By Rich Haridy, The neuropathy study was published in the journal Neurology: Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation. Early indications show treatment for nerve damage may improve long COVID symptoms in some patients New research […]
What Do We Know About Long COVID?
COVID-19 is a respiratory disease caused by an infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The disease causes symptoms such as fever, cough, and shortness of breath. Symptoms can feel much like […]
Dismissed and Disbelieved, Some Long COVID Patients Are Pushed Into Psychiatric Wards
Story by Jamie Ducharme, MSN In late 2022, Erin, a 43-year-old from Pennsylvania, agreed to spend six weeks in a psychiatric ward, getting intensive treatment for an illness she knew she […]
Stony Brook study: Long COVID risk increases with multiple infections, vaccination status in 9/11 essential workers
By Lisa L. Colangelolisa.colangelo@newsday.com@lisalcolangelo, Newsday People who have had multiple bouts of COVID-19, had it severely, and those who were unvaccinated when first infected had an increased risk of developing long COVID, […]
5 things we know and still don’t know about COVID, 5 years after it appeared
By LAURAN NEERGAARD, LAURA UNGAR and MIKE STOBBE, A.P. Five years ago, a cluster of people in Wuhan, China, fell sick with a virus never before seen in the world. The germ didn’t have […]