Large study provides scientists with deeper insight into long COVID symptoms


NIH-funded research effort identifies most common symptoms, potential subgroups, and initial symptom-based scoring system – with aim of improving future diagnostics and treatment. Initial findings from a study of nearly 10,000 Americans, many of whom had COVID-19, have uncovered new details about long COVID, the post-infection set of conditions that can affect nearly every tissue […]

Cognitive dysfunction in post-COVID-19 condition: Mechanisms, management, and rehabilitation


Marika Möller, Kristian Borg, Christer Janson, Maria Lerm, Johan Normark, Katarina NiwardSeptember 2023, Journal of Internal MedicineVolume 294, Issue 5 p. 563-581 Abstract The long-term effects of COVID-19 on cognitive function have become an area of increasing concern. This paper provides an overview of characteristics, risk factors, possible mechanisms, and management strategies for cognitive dysfunction in post-COVID-19 condition (PCC). Prolonged cognitive […]

Long COVID Now Looks like a Neurological Disease, Helping Doctors to Focus Treatments


The causes of long COVID, which disables millions, may come together in the brain and nervous system BY STEPHANI SUTHERLAND Scientific American, 2023 Issue Neuroscience 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. […]

Dysautonomia and small fiber neuropathy in post-COVID condition and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome


N. Azcue, R. Del Pino, et. al., Journal of Translational Medicine volume 21, Article number: 814 (2023)  Abstract Background Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) and post-COVID condition can present similarities such as fatigue, brain fog, autonomic and neuropathic symptoms. Methods The study included 87 patients with post-COVID condition, 50 patients with ME/CFS, and 50 healthy controls (HC). The hemodynamic autonomic function was […]

COVID-19 Long-haul Fatigue Might be Similar to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Treated in a Similar Manner


There is no cure or approved treatment for myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). However, some symptoms can be treated or managed. Treating these symptoms might provide relief for some patients with ME/CFS but not others. Other strategies, like learning new ways to manage activity, can also be helpful. Patients, their families, and healthcare providers need […]

Large study provides scientists with deeper insight into long COVID symptoms


May 25, 2023, National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute NIH-funded research effort identifies most common symptoms, potential subgroups, and initial symptom-based scoring system – with aim of improving future diagnostics and treatment Initial findings from a study of nearly 10,000 Americans, many of whom had COVID-19, have uncovered new details about long COVID, the post-infection […]

Can COVID-19 Lead to Narcolepsy?


Aug 28, 2022: Olga Askinazi, PhD, Edited By Roman Gokhman. Medically Reviewed By Nick Villalobos, MD Health Line Narcolepsy is a condition that causes you to feel overly drowsy when you’re awake. It also can result in sudden sleep attacks (loss of consciousness) during the day and fragmented sleep at night. Narcolepsy is a neurological disorder: […]

Headache in long COVID as disabling condition: A clinical approach


Front. Neurol., 23 March 2023 Sec. Headache and Neurogenic Pain Volume 14 – 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2023.1149294 Arthur Nascimento Rodrigues1‡ Apio Ricardo Nazareth Dias1‡ Alna Carolina Mendes Paranhos1,2‡ Camilla Costa Silva1‡ Thalita da Rocha Bastos1‡ Bárbara Barros de Brito1‡ Nívia Monteiro da Silva1‡ Emanuel de Jesus Soares de Sousa1‡ Juarez Antônio Simões Quaresma1,2,3*†‡ Luiz Fábio Magno Falcão1,3*†‡ Background and purpose: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) […]

Alteration of the blood-brain barrier by COVID-19 and its implication in the permeation of drugs into the brain


Héctor Hernández-Parra1,2 Octavio Daniel Reyes-Hernández3 Gabriela Figueroa-González4 Manuel González-Del Carmen5 Maykel González-Torres6 Sheila I. Peña-Corona2 Benjamín Florán7 Hernán Cortés8* Gerardo Leyva-Gómez2* https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36998270/ Diverse neurological symptoms have been reported in patients with SARS-CoV-2 disease (COVID-19), including stroke, ataxia, meningitis, encephalitis, and cognitive impairment. These alterations can cause serious sequelae or death and are associated with the entry of SARS-CoV-2 into the Central Nervous System […]

COVID-19 “Long-Haulers:” The Emergence of Auditory/Vestibular Problems After Medical Intervention


Authors: Robert M. DiSogra Audiology Today American Academy of Audiology Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) in the United States reported over seven million documented cases of COVID-19 and over 212,000 deaths since the virus was first identified in this country in January 2020 (2020). Early in the pandemic, the medical […]