by University of Otago Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Researchers have uncovered how post-viral fatigue syndromes, including Long COVID, become life-changing diseases and why patients suffer frequent relapses. Arising commonly from a viral infection, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS), is known to cause brain-centered symptoms of neuroinflammation, loss of homeostasis, brain fog, lack of refreshing sleep,...
Nancy A. Melville May 31, 2022 NEW ORLEANS – Patients experiencing brain fog and other persistent symptoms of long COVID show significant deficits on neuropsychiatric testing that correspond with prior acute COVID-19 infection, adding to mounting evidence of the significant toll the chronic condition can have on mental health. “Many clinicians have observed the symptoms...
by Sharon Theimer, Mayo Clinic Credit: Shutterstock Long COVID syndrome, also known as post-COVID, is more than fatigue and shortness of breath. Symptoms such as headaches, brain fog and ringing in the ears have been reported, and recently, physicians are seeing more patients with gastrointestinal problems. Greg Vanichkachorn, M.D., director of Mayo Clinic’s COVID Activity...
JUNE 20, 2022 by Jocelyn Solis-Moreira People continue to experience neurological problems six months after recovering from a COVID-19 infection, finds a recent study from the University of California San Diego. In fact, scientists say most coronavirus long-haulers battle brain-related issues. The findings are part of a long-term study tracking the progression of neurological symptoms...
They span three continents, but a trio of researchers who’ve never met share a singular focus made vital by the still-raging pandemic: deciphering the causes of Long Covid and figuring out how to treat it. Almost 2 years ago in Italy, pediatric infectious disease doctor Danilo Buonsenso, who works at Gemelli University Hospital, started to...
by La Trobe University Output from amyloid assembly prediction software for SARS-CoV-2 ORF6 and ORF10 sequences. a, b Outputs from amyloid predicting algorithm ZIPPER identifying hexapeptide fragments predicted to form steric zippers nucleating the assembly of amyloid fibrils. Hexapeptides with Rosetta energies below −23 kcal mol−1 are predicted to be highly amyloidogenic and are shown with...
Nancy A. Melville May 31, 2022 NEW ORLEANS – Patients experiencing brain fog and other persistent symptoms of long COVID show significant deficits on neuropsychiatric testing that correspond with prior acute COVID-19 infection, adding to mounting evidence of the significant toll the chronic condition can have on mental health. “Many clinicians have observed the symptoms...
by Trish Greenhalgh, Brendan Delaney and Manoj Sivan, The Conversation Credit: bbernard/Shutterstock Graham was a healthy 34-year-old until he developed COVID in July 2020. Along with his wife and children, he had a fever, a cough, breathlessness, profound fatigue and he lost his sense of smell. But instead of getting better like the rest of his...
Bridget M. Kuehn April 27, 2022 Even mundane tasks like making a meal can be exhausting for Louise Salant. “I’m totally wiped out,” said the 71-year-old former private music instructor with asthma who lives in New York City and has been coping with debilitating symptoms of fatigue, shortness of breath, and gastrointestinal symptoms since recovering from a...
COVID-19 may be primarily a respiratory illness, but its reach extends beyond the lungs. Since the pandemic’s onset, neurologists have realized that the pervasive disease can impact even our most precious organ—the brain. The neurologic and psychiatric complications of COVID-19 are incredibly diverse and sometimes persist long after patients recover from their initial infections. Studying...
