Could new clues on how long COVID affects immune system lead to treatment?

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By Deep Shukla on January 28, 2024 Medical News Today Approximately 10%-20%Trusted Source of individuals with a SARS-CoV-2 infection experience lingering symptoms beyond three months after symptom onset. These symptoms referred to as long COVID, can be debilitating, but there is a lack of diagnostic or therapeutic tools. A new study published in Science found that patients experiencing long COVID symptoms six months after […]

Clinical trial aims to find out if low-dose lithium could treat long COVID

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By ELLEN GOLDBAUM Published January 11, 2023  “I just kept hearing the same story: that within days they were noticing satisfactory benefit. ” Thomas J. Guttuso Jr., professor, Department of Neurology, University of Buffalo Adults experiencing long COVID may be interested in a new University at Buffalo clinical trial that is testing low-dose lithium as a potential treatment. […]

Efficacy and Safety of Lithium Treatment in SARS-CoV-2 Infected Patients

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Carlos Spuch, 1 ,* † Marta López-García, 1 , 2 , † Tania Rivera-Baltanás, 1 ,  , et.al. Front Pharmacol. 2022; 13: 850583. Published online 2022 Apr 14. doi:  10.3389/fphar.2022.850583PMCID: PMC9046673PMID: 35496309 Abstract At the beginning of the pandemic, we observed that lithium carbonate had a positive effect on the recovery of severely ill patients with COVID-19. Lithium is able to inhibit the replication of several types of […]

Long COVID’s Unique Neural Impact

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Co-authors are Jonas A. Hosp, M.D., Nils Schroter, M.D., Marco Reisert, Ph.D., Horst Urbach, M.D., Cornelius Weiller, M.D., and Elias Kellner, Ph.D Neurology Neuroscience, November 22, 2023 Summary: A new study reveals distinct brain changes in long COVID patients compared to those fully recovered from COVID-19 and healthy controls. The research employed Diffusion Microstructure Imaging (DMI) […]

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

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The causes of long COVID, which disables millions, may come together in the brain and nervous system BY STEPHANI SUTHERLAND, MARCH 1, 2023 March 2023 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 […]

Long COVID: major findings, mechanisms and recommendations

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Hannah E. Davis, Lisa McCorkell, Julia Moore Vogel & Eric J. Topol  Nature Reviews Microbiology volume 21, pages133–146 (2023) Abstract Long COVID is an often debilitating illness that occurs in at least 10% of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections. More than 200 symptoms have been identified with impacts on multiple organ systems. At least 65 million individuals worldwide are estimated […]

Study identifies risk factors for long-haul COVID disease in adults

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Lynda De Widt, September 13, 2023 Mayo Clinic researchers have identified risk factors that can cause adult COVID-19 patients to suffer symptoms that linger for months or years. The condition is often referred to as long-haul COVID. The findings are reported in the Journal of Investigative Medicine. Researchers surveyed more than 3,000 adults over the age of 18 who […]

COVID-19 vaccine update: vaccine effectiveness, SARS-CoV-2 variants, boosters, adverse effects, and immune correlates of protection

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Wei-Yu Chi, Yen-Der Li, et. al Journal of Biomedical Science volume 29, Article number: 82 (2022) Cite this articl Abstract Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been the most severe public health challenge in this century. Two years after its emergence, the rapid development and deployment of effective COVID-19 vaccines have successfully controlled this pandemic and greatly reduced the risk of severe illness and […]

Long Covid explanation in new study possibly paves way for tests and treatments

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Scientists say that drugs that calm a key part of the immune system should be studied in clinical trials as potential long Covid treatments. Long Covid impacts some adults’ blood biomarkers, new study finds Jan. 18, 2024, By Barbara Mantel, Science Scientists have identified a persistent change in a handful of blood proteins in people with […]

The long haul: When COVID-19 symptoms don’t go away

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 Long COVID symptoms can include brain fog, shortness of breath, and fatigue. *This article is an update to the original article, published on July 6, 2021. It was updated in July 2022 to reflect new information. While most people who get COVID-19 bounce back after a few weeks, some struggle with symptoms and health problems […]