Author: John Murphy, President, COVID-19 Long-haul Foundation 📑 Abstract Long COVID, or post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC), affects millions globally and presents with persistent symptoms including fatigue, cognitive dysfunction, […]
IgA autoimmunity and coagulation: post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC)
Claudia Gomes1,Jonathan H. Whiteson2,3,Fabio Ponzo4,et. al. Introduction: The SARS-CoV-2 virus resulted in significant disability and diagnostic challenges among patients with Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC). Here, we assessed microvascular perfusion, clotting, […]
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 […]
Long Covid explanation in new study possibly paves way for tests and treatments
By Barbara Mantel, NBC News Scientists say that drugs that calm a key part of the immune system should be studied in clinical trials as potential long Covid treatments. Scientists have […]
SARS-CoV-2 is associated with changes in brain structure in UK Biobank
Gwenaëlle Douaud, Soojin Lee, Fidel Alfaro-Almagro, Christoph Arthofer, Chaoyue Wang, et. al. Nature volume 604, pages697–707 (2022)Cite this article Abstract There is strong evidence of brain-related abnormalities in COVID-191,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13. However, it remains unknown whether the impact of SARS-CoV-2 […]
Unraveling long COVID: Here’s what scientists who study the illness want to find out
September 9, 2023, By Will Stone NPR Newsletter Researchers looking for root causes of long COVID work in the autopsy suite inside the Clinical Center at the National Institute of Health […]
Microvascular Injury in the Brains of Patients with Covid-19
February 4, 2021 N Engl J Med 2021; 384:481-483 DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc2033369 304 Citing Articles TO THE EDITOR: We conducted postmortem high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (magnetic resonance microscopy) of the brains of […]
Intestinal Damage in COVID-19: SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Intestinal Thrombosis
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 […]
Review of Mesenteric Ischemia in COVID-19 Patients
Authors: Amit Gupta, Oshin Sharma, Kandhala Srikanth, Rahul Mishra, Amoli Tandon & Deepak Rajput Indian Journal of Surgery (2022) Published: 11 March 2022 Abstract The new coronavirus (COVID-19) infection, first detected in Wuhan, China in 2019 has become […]
COVID-19 – A vascular disease
Authors: Hasan K. Siddiqi,a,bPeter Libby,a,⁎ and Paul M Ridkera,b Abstract Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) leads to multi-system dysfunction with emerging evidence suggesting that SARS-CoV-2-mediated endothelial injury is an important […]