By Pooja Toshniwal Paharia Jun 28 2023 Reviewed by Benedette Cuffari, M.Sc. In a recent study published in the journal Scientific Reports, researchers assess neuropsychological deficits among individuals with persistent symptoms of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. Study: Neuropsychological deficits in patients with persistent COVID-19 symptoms: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Image Credit: Creative...
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO MEDICAL CENTER While some patients recover from the effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection, others have experienced the aftereffects of COVID-19 long after the initial infection. One of these long COVID symptoms is reduced exercise capacity. But questions remain about the mechanisms underlying why some COVID patients continue to experience diminished exercise...
Hallie Levine April 04, 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 the term,” she...
by Isabella Backman, Yale University Schematic illustration of how the α2A-AR agonist, guanfacine, and the anti-oxidant NAC, can have therapeutic effects in treating the symptoms of TBI and long-COVID by strengthening PFC neurotransmission and synaptic connections and reducing neuroinflammation. Layer III dlPFC microcircuits depend on NMDAR synapses on dendritic spines to produce the persistent neuronal...
by European Lung Foundation Portrait of researcher Dr Manali Mukherjee. Credit: Dr Manali Mukherjee / European Respiratory Society Blood samples drawn from patients with long COVID who are still suffering from fatigue and shortness of breath after a year show signs of autoimmune disease in those patients, according to a study published today in the European...
by British Medical Journal Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Thousands of people experiencing the debilitating symptoms of long COVID are traveling abroad to seek costly but unproven treatments such as “blood washing,” according to an investigation carried out by The BMJ and ITV News and released today. Patients are traveling to private clinics in Cyprus, Germany and Switzerland...
Composite: The Guardian/Getty Images Few of the 23 million Americans with lingering symptoms are getting answers – in this dangerous void, alternative providers and wellness companies have created a cottage industry Katie ThorntonThu 2 Jun 2022 02.00 EDT Robert McCann, a 44-year-old political strategist from Lansing, Michigan, sleeps for 15 hours – and when he...
MARCH 18, 2022 by Study Finds CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom — The vast majority of people dealing with “long COVID” are experiencing memory and concentration problems — months after their actual coronavirus infection, a new study warns. Researchers at the University of Cambridge say seven in 10 people experiencing the lingering effects of COVID are now struggling...
by The Physiological Society Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain New research presented at The Physiological Society’s conference Long COVID: Mechanisms, Risk Factors, and Recovery held February 22–23 shows that a small handheld breathing device helped reduced breathlessness and improved physical fitness of people with long COVID. The low cost, home-based rehabilitation program increased the strength of respiratory...
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY In a small study of long COVID-19 patients, those with and without coronary artery disease demonstrated improvement of a variety of symptoms, including fatigue, breathing difficulties and chest discomfort, after undergoing 15-35 hours of enhanced external counterpulsation (EECP) therapy. The study is being presented at the American College of Cardiology’s Cardiovascular Summit virtual...
