Potential pharmacologic treatments for COVID-19 smell and taste loss: A comprehensive review

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Authors: Elnaz Khani,aSajad Khiali,aSamineh Beheshtirouy,a and Taher Entezari-Malekia,b,∗ Eur J Pharmacol. 2021 Dec 5; 912: 174582.Published online 2021 Oct 19. doi:  10.1016/ j.ejphar.2021.174582 PMCID: PMC8524700PMID: 34678243 Abstract The acute loss of taste and smell following COVID-19 are hallmark symptoms that affect 20–85% of patients. However, the pathophysiology and potential treatments of COVID-19 smell and taste loss are not fully understood. We […]

Smell and Taste Loss Recovery Time in COVID-19 Patients and Disease Severity

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Authors: Athanasia Printza,1,*Mihalis Katotomichelakis,2Konstantinos Valsamidis,1Symeon Metallidis,3Periklis Panagopoulos,4Maria Panopoulou,5Vasilis Petrakis,4 and Jannis Constantinidis1 J Clin Med. 2021 Mar; 10(5): 966.Published online 2021 Mar 2. doi: 10.3390/jcm10050966 PMCID: PMC7957474PMID: 33801170 Abstract A significant proportion of people infected with SARS-CoV-2 report a new onset of smell or taste loss. The duration of the chemosensory impairment and predictive factors of recovery are still unclear. We aimed […]

Protection against Covid-19 by BNT162b2 Booster across Age Groups

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Authors. Yinon M. Bar-On, M.Sc., Yair Goldberg, Ph.D., Micha Mandel, Ph.D., Omri Bodenheimer, M.Sc., Laurence Freedman, Ph.D., Sharon Alroy-Preis, M.D., Nachman Ash, M.D., Amit Huppert, Ph.D., and Ron Milo, Ph.D. Abstract BACKGROUND After promising initial results from the administration of a third (booster) dose of the BNT162b2 messenger RNA vaccine (Pfizer–BioNTech) to persons 60 years of age or older, the booster campaign in […]

Long COVID in Children

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Observations From a Designated Pediatric Clinic Authors: Ashkenazi-Hoffnung, Liat MD*,†; Shmueli, Einat MD*,†; Ehrlich, Shay MD*,†; Ziv, Adi MD*,†; Bar-On, Ophir MD*,†; Birk, Einat MD*,†; Lowenthal, Alexander MD*,†; Prais, Dario MD*,† Abstract Systematic data are lacking on pediatric long COVID. This study prospectively assessed 90 children with persistent symptoms who presented to a designated multidisciplinary […]

Spotting Long COVID Symptoms in Children

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Authors: Katie Sweeney Published on November 17, 2021 Categories: COVID-19, Hospital Programs It’s one of the more mysterious aspects of COVID-19—a condition called long COVID. While most people recover from the virus within two to four weeks, others can struggle for months afterward with lingering, often debilitating symptoms. Long COVID has been most commonly talked about in adults, but children […]

What Happens When Kids Get Long COVID?

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Authors: KATHY KATELLA  NOVEMBER 2, 2021 Yale’s pediatric post-COVID program provides care, while doctors aim to learn more. Doctors are working to understand why some children and adolescents who get COVID-19 make a clean recovery, while others go on to develop long COVID, a condition marked by new, returning, or ongoing symptoms such as brain fog and chronic […]

Children with long covid

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Authors: Helen Thomson New Sci. 2021 Feb 27; 249(3323): 10–11.Published online 2021 Mar 3. doi: 10.1016/S0262-4079(21)00303-1PMCID: PMC7927578PMID: 33686318 Abstract Almost half of children who contract covid-19 may have lasting symptoms, which should factor into decisions on reopening schools, A SERIOUS picture is emerging about the long-term health effects of covid-19 in some children, with UK politicians calling the lack of acknowledgment of […]

COVID-19 and the liver

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Authors: Dinesh Jothimani, Radhika Venugopal,∗Mohammed Forhad Abedin, Ilankumaran Kaliamoorthy, and Mohamed Rela J Hepatol. 2020 Nov; 73(5): 1231–1240.Published online 2020 Jun 15. doi: 10.1016/j. jhep.2020.06.006PMCID: PMC7295524PMID: 32553666 Abstract The current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), has become a major public health crisis over the past few months. Overall case fatality rates range between 2–6%; […]

Colchicine: A Possible COVID-19 Long haul Cardiac Therapy

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Last Updated: December 16, 2021 Last Updated: December 16, 2021 Colchicine is an anti-inflammatory drug that is used to treat a variety of conditions, including gout, recurrent pericarditis, and familial Mediterranean fever.1 Recently, the drug has been shown to potentially reduce the risk of cardiovascular events in those with coronary artery disease.2 Colchicine has several potential mechanisms of action, […]