Category: Treatments

Vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia

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BLOOD SPOTLIGHT| APRIL 6, 2023 Douglas B. Cines, Andreas Greinacher Blood (2023) 141 (14): 1659–1665. https://doi.org/10.1182/blood.2022017696 Within the first months of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign, previously healthy recipients who developed severe thrombosis (often cerebral and/or splanchnic vasculature) and thrombocytopenia typically after adenoviral vector-based vaccination were identified. Similarities between this syndrome, vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT), and heparin-induced […]

Study: With each Covid vaccination, healthcare workers get sicker – applying for progressively more leave and taking more analgesic medication after each dose

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EUGYPPIUS, SEP 20, 2023 eugyppius: a plague chronicle “Inability to work following COVID-19 vaccination” is a modest paper just published in Public Health, analyzing data from the ‘CoVacSer’ cohort study, conducted out of Würzburg to monitor the effects of Covid infection and vaccination on healthcare workers. Of 1,831 CoVacSer participants who were surveyed on their experiences […]

How to get taste and smell back after COVID

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Medically reviewed by Nicole Leigh Aaronson, MD, MBA, CPE, FACS, FAAP — By Danielle Dresden — February 16, 2023 Losing taste and smell is a symptom of COVID-19 and some other viruses. Medication changes, smell training, oral hygiene, and spicing up food are some tips that may help. Smell and taste usually return in a few weeks but can take longer. Losing […]

Coronavirus and the Nervous System

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What is SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19? National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Coronaviruses are common causes of usually mild to moderate upper respiratory tract illnesses like the common cold, with symptoms that may include runny nose, fever, sore throat, cough, or a general feeling of being ill. However, a new coronavirus called Severe Acute Respiratory […]

Detection of SARS-CoV-2 viral proteins and genomic sequences in human brainstem nuclei

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Aron Emmi, Stefania Rizzo, Luisa Barzon, Michele Sandre, Elisa Carturan, Alessandro Sinigaglia, Silvia Riccetti, Mila Della Barbera, Rafael Boscolo-Berto, Patrizia Cocco, Veronica Macchi, Angelo Antonini, Monica De Gaspari, Cristina Basso, Raffaele De Caro & Andrea Porzionato  npj Parkinson’s Disease volume 9, Article number: 25 (2023) Cite this articleAbstract Open Access Published: 13 February 2023 Neurological manifestations are common in COVID-19, the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2. Despite reports of SARS-CoV-2 detection in the brain and cerebrospinal fluid of COVID-19 […]

Paxlovid Is Now Less Effective Against Covid, Study Shows

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Story by Nacha Cattan  Sept 21, 2023 Bloomberg A fourth dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was insufficient to prevent infection with the omicron variant of Covid-19, according to preliminary data from a trial in Israel released Monday.© Bloomberg (Bloomberg) — In a real-world study of people with Covid-19, Pfizer Inc.’s antiviral Paxlovid was less effective at […]

Post-COVID Interstitial Lung Disease and Other Lung Sequelae

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Mark Barash, DOa,∗ and Vijaya Ramalingam, MD, FCCPa,b Clin Chest Med. 2023 Jun; 44(2): 263–277. Published online 2023 Mar 3. doi: 10.1016/j.ccm.2022.11.019 PMCID: PMC9983785 PMID: 37085219 Author information Copyright and License information PMC Disclaimer As the world emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, clinicians and researchers across the world are trying to understand the sequelae in patients recovered from COVID-19 infection. In this article, the […]

Skin reactions to COVID-19 vaccines?  

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2020-January 18 The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has led to the development and approval of vaccines against the responsible virus — severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). More than 100 companies and institutions worldwide have developed vaccine candidates.  How do the COVID-19 vaccines differ? Current approved vaccines rely on a nucleic-acid-based vaccine platform Messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) eg, Pfizer/BioNTech + Fosun Pharma, Moderna + National Institute […]

A Comprehensive Timeline Of COVID-19 Vaccines And Myocarditis

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 SEP 21, 2023 Authored by Zachary Stieber The Epoch Times  2020 Sept. 22, 2020: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) identifies myocarditis as an adverse event of special interest, or a potential side effect. Oct. 30, 2020: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) identifies myocarditis as an adverse event of special interest. December 2020: One case of pericarditis […]

In Long COVID, Doctors Offer Comprehensive Treatment

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SEP 16, 2023 Authored by Marina Zhang, The Epoch Times  COVID-19 and long COVID may be linked to impaired sensory neurons, a recent study Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) study finds. Sensory neurons are responsible for smell, taste, touch, pain, and changes in temperature. Damage to them may lead to impaired senses. Surprisingly, the study found that […]