Category: Musculoskeletal

New-onset chronic musculoskeletal pain following COVID-19 infection fulfil the Fibromyalgia clinical syndrome criteria

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Omar Khoja, Matthew Mulvey, Sarah Astill,  et. al. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.07.10.24310234 Abstract Background: New-onset chronic musculoskeletal (MSK) pain (> 3 months duration) is one of the commonest persistent symptoms of Post-COVID syndrome (PCS). There is emerging evidence that the chronic MSK pain and associated symptoms in PCS have similarities to Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS). This study aimed to characterise PCS related new-onset chronic MSK […]

A Case of COVID-19-Triggered Polymyositis Leading to Rhabdomyolysis

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Sriya A. Reddy • Natalie Rivera Vargas • Aarushi Varshney • Olga Karasik, Published: July 10, 2024DOI: 10.7759/cureus.64267 Peer-Reviewed Abstract SARS-COVID-19 is known to manifest with a wide variety of symptoms, most of which are respiratory. Myalgias are a common symptom of COVID-19, but cases of severe virus-induced inflammatory muscle injury leading to rhabdomyolysis and polymyositis have also been reported. Here, we present and […]

Scientists made mini brains and infected them with coronavirus. What they saw could explain Long COVID

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Author: Erin Prater Sat, November 5, 202 Yahoo News Just what is COVID capable of doing to the human brain? In a new study published in Molecular Psychiatry, researchers from Sweden and a Harvard-affiliated hospital in Boston tried to find out by creating “brain organoids,” or miniature brains about the size of a pinhead, and infected them with […]

Study identifies potential cause of long COVID muscle weakness

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by University of Malta University of Malta researchers have discovered a potential cause of the persistent and often debilitating symptoms experienced by long COVID-19 patients. The new study published in Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)—Molecular Basis of Disease has implications on the development of medications to treat individuals that have not completely recovered from COVID-19 infection. Nearly one […]

COVID-19 and Bone Loss: A Review of Risk Factors, Mechanisms, and Future Directions

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Published: 15 January 2024, Volume 22, pages 122–134, (2024), Amy Creecy, Olatundun D. Awosanya, Alexander Harris, et. al. Springer Link Abstract Purpose of Review SARS-CoV-2 drove the catastrophic global phenomenon of the COVID-19 pandemic resulting in a multitude of systemic health issues, including bone loss. The purpose of this review is to summarize recent findings related to bone loss and potential […]

Consistency of inconsistency in long-COVID-19 pain symptoms persistency: A systematic review and meta-analysis

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Oleg Kerzhner MD, Einat Berla MD, Meirav Har-Even MSc RD, Motti Ratmansky MD, Itay Goor-Aryeh MD, July 2023, https://doi.org/10.1111/papr.13277 Introduction Individuals recovering from acute COVID-19 episodes may continue to suffer from various ongoing symptoms, collectively referred to as Long-COVID. Long-term pain symptoms are amongst the most common and clinically significant symptoms to be reported for this post-COVID-19 syndrome. Objectives […]

Skeletal muscle injury in COVID infection: Frequency and patterns

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Saurabh Singh Rajput MBBS, MD, DM, Rajeswari Aghoram MBBS, MD, DM, Vaibhav Wadwekar MBBS, MD, DM PDF, Nivedita Nanda MBBS, MD, October 2023, Muscle & NerveVolume 68, Issue 6 p. 873-878 Abstract Introduction/Aims Little is known about skeletal muscle injury with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We estimate the frequency and explore the patterns of skeletal muscle injury in acute […]

Long COVID: Know the cardiac, pulmonary, musculoskeletal symptoms

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By: Jennifer Lubell, Contributing News Writer AMA News APR 2023 A multitude of cardiopulmonary and musculoskeletal symptoms can appear in patients with long COVID, often within a three-month window. Dealing with this complicated issue requires a team-based approach, according to Carlo Milani, MD, a physiatrist with the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City. Advancing […]

Study Identifies Four Major Subtypes of Long COVID

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DECEMBER 21, 2022, Nature Medicine SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, the virus which causes COVID-19, scientifically accurate 3D illustration showing surface spikes of the virus. Credit: Shutterstock The post-COVID syndrome known as long COVID has four major subtypes defined by different clusters of symptoms, according to a study led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine. The study, published Dec. […]

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 […]