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 […]
Authors: Claudia Schilling 1, Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg 2, Janina Isabel Schweiger 2PMID: 35576015 PMCID: PMC9109661 DOI: 10.1007/s00115-022-01297-z Background: During the last 2 years of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, knowledge about the long-term effects of the disease, the so-called long COVID, has rapidly grown; however, many questions remain unanswered, especially regarding the causes of persistent symptoms and their prognosis. Cognitive disorders and sleep disturbances […]
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 […]
Blitshteyn worries about the low rate of full recovery she observed in a March 2021 case series of 20 patients with new-onset postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (a condition affecting blood flow that leads to dizziness, rapid heart rate, and fainting) and other autonomic disorders after Covid. While 60% of patients improved, only 15% returned to working full-time […]
Newcastle University MAY 11, 2023 Experts from Newcastle University found the nervous system of people with post-COVID fatigue was underactive in three key areas. Fatigue is one of the most common symptoms of long COVID. The breakthrough could lead to better treatment and tests to identify the condition and the team are already progressing the […]
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 […]
By Lana Barhum November 16, 2022 Medically reviewed by Susan Russell, MD Interstitial lung disease (ILD) includes more than 200 conditions that cause inflammation and scarring of lung tissue.1 The damage done by interstitial lung disease makes it harder for oxygen to enter the bloodstream from the air sacs of the lungs. The prevalence of ILD in the US is […]
Alison M DeDent, Erica Farrand Correspondence to Dr Alison M DeDent, 513 Parnassus Ave, HSE 1314, Box 0111, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California CA 94143, USA; alison.dedent@ucsf.edu The COVID-19 Vaccine: A Historic Achievement with a Rare Adverse Event The first vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) was given emergency use listing by the World Health Organization (WHO) […]