February 21, 2022 Jane E. Dee Advanced testing of the heart and lungs may reveal why some people who have recovered from COVID-19 still have shortness of breath. This testing is highly specialized and available only at a few sites nationwide, including at Yale. Many patients continue to have ongoing symptoms well after their initial […]
You can feel tired and exhausted for months after your initial infection August 19, 2022 / Infectious Disease You had COVID-19 a few weeks — or even months — ago. But you’re still dealing with the symptoms of the infection, like fatigue and shortness of breath. You could be part of a group of individuals who experience long-term effects […]
When you’re dealing with shortness of breath due to COVID-19, you may be wondering when you can safely return to exercise. There’s no one-size-fits-all answer to this question. A 2022 reviewTrusted Source found that, in people with long COVID symptoms, exercise capacity was significantly reduced for more than 3 months after they’d recovered from COVID-19. It may […]
COVID-19 can damage the tissue in your lungs and may also affect your breathing patterns, which can cause shortness of breath to linger. It’s possible for this symptom to persist for weeks, months, or years. One symptom that often lingers after having COVID-19 is shortness of breath. If you have shortness of breath, you’ll feel […]
Published: Aug. 3, 2023 NIH in the US has funded researchers to study long term COVID causes and treatments. The Researching COVID to Enhance Recovery (RECOVER) initiative, has funded $1.15 billion. Treatment regimens for a range of long-lasting symptoms, including extreme fatigue, brain fog and shortness of breath are sought. NIH has focused on exercise, […]
By Rachael Zimlich, BSN, RN August 08, 2023 By the end of February 2022, nearly 60% of the U.S. population had SARS-CoV-2 antibodies indicating they had been infected with COVID-19.1 Even for those who recover, SARS-CoV-2 poses serious long-term physical and mental challenges. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), around 15% of all adults […]
Alex Tan August 23, 2023 Two new clinical trials to test potential treatments for long COVID are now set to launch, the National Institutes of Health said Monday, opening enrollment for the first of an array of federally-funded studies aimed at evaluating treatments for long-term symptoms still faced by many COVID-19 survivors. They will begin with a […]
The causes of long COVID, which disables millions, may come together in the brain and nervous system Stephani Sutherland on March 1, 2023 Tara Ghormley has always been an overachiever. She finished at the top of her class in high school, graduated summa cum laude from college and earned top honors in veterinary school. She went on […]
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 […]
J Clin Med. 2023 Aug; 12(15): 4940. Published online 2023 Jul 27. doi: 10.3390/jcm12154940 PMCID: PMC10419957 PMID: 37568341 Authors: Toru Arai, Conceptualization, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing, Funding acquisition,1,* Yu Kurahara, Resources, Writing – review & editing, Supervision,1,2 Mitsuhiro Moda, Resources, Writing – review & editing,3 Takehiko Kobayashi, Resources, Writing – review & editing,1 Yoshinobu Matsuda, Resources, Writing – review & editing,1,3 Tomoko Kagawa, Resources, Writing – review & editing,1,3 Reiko Sugawara, Resources, Writing – review & editing,3 Kazunari Tsuyuguchi, Writing […]