BY U. ZURICH Researchers have discovered that chronic symptoms in long COVID are, to some extent, due to a part of our immune system called the complement system. Long COVID patients have chronic symptoms such as fatigue or shortness of breath. The new study identified a pattern in the blood proteins that will improve the diagnosis...
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Probiotics reduce COVID symptoms and delay disease among unvaccinated
by Sarah Avery, Duke University a. Kaplan–Meier curves of times to event. Participants receiving LGG had prolonged time to onset of any symptoms. b. Kaplan–Meier curves of times to event. Participants receiving LGG had prolonged time to reported laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 infection. Credit: Clinical Nutrition (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2023.11.043 Probiotics, specifically lactobacillus, demonstrated significant ability to delay a...
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Viral Persistence and Serotonin Reduction Can Cause Long COVID Symptoms, Penn Medicine Research Finds
PHILADELPHIA—Patients with long COVID – the long-term symptoms like brain fog, fatigue, or memory loss in the months or years following COVID-19 – can exhibit a reduction in circulating levels of the neurotransmitter serotonin, according to new research published today in Cell. The study, led by researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the...
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Ongoing study finds history of TBI likely worsens long COVID symptoms
by Nika Anschuetz, University of Denver Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain In January 2021, Ron Miller’s life upended. The then-39-year-old, who described his health at the time as perfectly fine, contracted COVID-19. Two years later, he’s unable to work as he still suffers from extreme fatigue and brain fog—a byproduct of his battle with long COVID. Ron’s...
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Most reliable estimates to date suggest one in eight COVID-19 patients develop long COVID symptoms
by Lancet Creative rendition of SARS-CoV-2 particles (not to scale). Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH One in eight adults (12.7%) who are infected with SARS-CoV-2 experience long term symptoms due to COVID-19, suggests a large Dutch study published in The Lancet. The study provides one of the first comparisons of long-term symptoms...
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Innovative lung-imaging technique shows cause of long COVID symptoms
by Crystal Mackay, University of Western Ontario By having study participants inhale polarized xenon gas while inside the MRI, the researchers see in real-time the function of the 300-500 million tiny alveolar sacs, which are responsible for delivering oxygen to the blood. Credit: Paulina Wyszkiewicz / Western University Many who experience what is now called “long...
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One-third of Long Beach COVID-19 patients have long COVID symptoms
by Andy Fell, UC Davis Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain One-third of recovered COVID-19 patients reported new or continuing symptoms two months after their positive tests, according to a study by graduate students in epidemiology at the University of California, Davis, in collaboration with the Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services. Women, people over 39,...
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Exercise can help support recovery of patients with lasting COVID symptoms, study finds
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCH Patients with lasting symptoms of COVID-19 who completed a six week, supervised rehabilitation programme demonstrated significant improvements in exercise capacity, respiratory symptoms, fatigue and cognition, according to researchers at the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Leicester Biomedical Research Centre – a partnership between Leicester’s Hospitals, the University of Leicester...
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COVID Symptoms Often Happen In This Order, Says Report
BY, LEAH GROTH, DECEMBER 29, 2020 FACT CHECKED BY, ALEK KORAB By now, we are all well aware of the most reported COVID-19 symptoms—shortness of breath, fever, loss of sense of smell or taste, and cough included. However, many people aren’t as thoroughly educated about the order that symptoms usually appear, and what the order...
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COVID Symptoms Often Happen In This Order, Says Report
By now, we are all well aware of the most reported COVID-19 symptoms—shortness of breath, fever, loss of sense of smell or taste, and cough included. However, many people aren’t as thoroughly educated about the order that symptoms usually appear, and what the order of their symptoms can mean in terms of severity. In case you are...