People with Long COVID May Still Have Spike Proteins in Their Blood


A possible biomarker for long COVID suggests some people with the condition never fully cleared the virus BY SASHA WARREN, Epidemiology; Scientific American The now infamous condition long COVID presents as…[...]

COVID-19, post-acute COVID-19 syndrome (PACS, “long COVID”) and post-COVID-19 vaccination syndrome Similarities and differences


Felix Scholkmann a,, Christian-Albrecht May University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland b Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany ABSTRACT…[...]

Breathing difficulties after covid-19: a guide for primary care


BMJ 2023; 381 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2023-074937 , June 2023) Cite this as: BMJ 2023;381:e074937, Rachael Evans, Anton Pick, et. al. What you need to know Breathing difficulties are common sequelae of covid-19 Typically there are multiple contributing factors…[...]

Long covid: Hair loss and sexual dysfunction are among wider symptoms, study finds


BMJ 2022; 378 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/ bmj.o1887 27 July 2022: BMJ 2022;378:o1887, Jacqui Wise People experiencing long covid have reported a wider set of symptoms than previously thought, including hair loss and sexual dysfunction. Electronic health records of…[...]

New research points to possible reason for long COVID


A Spanish study suggests that SARS-CoV-2 mediated vagus nerve dysfunction (VND) could be responsible for long COVID. By SHIRA SILKOFF, FEBRUARY 2022 - The Jerusalem Post Many symptoms of post-COVID syndrome…[...]

Vagus nerve dysfunction has a central pathogenic role in the pathophysiology of the post-COVID condition


By Neha Mathur, Jun 2023, The Lancet In a recent study posted to Preprints with The Lancet* server, a team of researchers performed an extensive database search to identify studies providing consistent…[...]

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on sexual functioning and activity: a systematic review and meta-analysis


Mojgan Masoudi, Raziyeh Maasoumi & Nicola Luigi Bragazzi; BMC Public Health volume 22, Article number: 189 (2022)  Abstract Background Since December 2019, when it was first reported in Wuhan, province of Hubei, China, the new virus SARS-CoV-2 has spread…[...]