Why Long COVID Causes Shortness of Breath—and What We’re Learning to Do About It

Blood Vessels / Clots & Bleeds / D-dimer / IL-6 / Micro clots / MMP9 / Nintedanib / Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia (POTS) / Shortness of Breath / TGF-beta / TNF alpha / TNF-α Posted on: November 15, 2025October 20, 2025

Why Long COVID Causes Shortness of Breath—and What We’re Learning to Do About It

Author: John Murphy Affiliation: COVID-19 Long-haul Foundation 🌬️ Introduction: When Breathing Doesn’t Bounce Back For many people recovering from COVID-19, the virus doesn’t simply go away. Weeks or months later, […]

Inflammation / Interstitial Fibrosis / Lung Disease / Pulmonary fibrosis / TGF-beta Posted on: November 3, 2023

Molecular mechanisms of COVID-19-induced pulmonary fibrosis and epithelial-mesenchymal transition

Authors: Peng Pi1† Zhipeng Zeng1† Liqing Zeng1 Bing Han1 Xizhe Bai2 Shousheng Xu3*Front. Pharmacol., 03 August 2023, Sec. Respiratory Pharmacology, Volume 14 – 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2023.1218059 As the outbreak of COVID-19 caused by severe acute respiratory […]

ACE2 Receptors / Acute Respiratory Distress / B-cell / Fibroblast / Inflammation / Interstitial Fibrosis / Lung Disease / Monocyte-to-lymphocyte ratio / Pneumonia / SARS-COV1 Historic / T-Cell / TGF-beta Posted on: September 26, 2023

Post-COVID Interstitial Lung Disease—The Tip of the Iceberg

Namrata Kewalramani, MD,a,b,∗ Kerri-Marie Heenan, MB Bch, BAO,c Denise McKeegan, MB Bch, BAO, MSc,c and Nazia Chaudhuri, MD, PhDd Immunol Allergy Clin North Am. 2023 May; 43(2): 389–410. Published online 2023 Mar3. doi: 10.1016/j.iac.2023.01.004 PMCID: PMC9982726PMID: 37055095 The proportion […]

Alzheimer’s Disease / Beta-amyloid plaque / Brain / Brain Fog / Calcium channel / Cerebrovascular Disease / CNS / Long-haul Disease / Long-term Effects / Mental Health / Oxidative stress / ryanodine receptor / Taste & Smell / TGF-beta Posted on: April 18, 2022

Alzheimer’s-like signaling in brains of COVID-19 patients

Authors: Steve Reiken,Leah Sittenfeld,Haikel Dridi,Yang Liu,Xiaoping Liu,Andrew R. Marks First published: 03 February 2022 https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.12558 Abstract Introduction The mechanisms that lead to cognitive impairment associated with COVID-19 are not well […]