The wide-ranging effects of Long COVID and the associated issues for healthcare providers have been revealed in a new review of the major studies into the condition, which specifically highlights the impact of Long COVID impact on the cardiovascular system. The review, published in the European Heart Journal, was conducted by researchers from the University of Oxford, the...
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Pilot study suggests long COVID could be linked to the effects of SARS-CoV-2 on the vagus nerve
EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES New research to be presented at this year’s European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID 2022, Lisbon, 23-26 April) suggests that many of the symptoms connected to post-COVID syndrome (PCC, also known as long COVID) could be linked to the effect of the virus on...
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Brain stimulation rapidly improves cognitive deficits in long-COVID
by IOS Press Recovery of 75-degree Oculus visual field of each eye in patient K.H. following NIBS treatment. Dark areas represent regions of vision loss. They are located in the nasal part of the visual field in both eyes and improve following treatment, with additional recovery at follow-up. (MD = mean deviation; positive values indicate...
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Omicron amps up concerns about long COVID and its causes
by Laura Ungar and Lindsey Tanner Nancy Rose, center in mirror, speaks with her mother, Amy Russell, right, who both contracted COVID-19 in 2021, in their dining room surrounded by pictures of relatives and family, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022, in Port Jefferson, N.Y. More than a third of COVID-19 survivors by some estimates develop lingering...
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In ‘chemo brain,’ researchers see clues to unravel long Covid’s brain fog
By Elizabeth Cooney Jan. 28, 2022 Stanford neuro-oncologist Michelle Monje is studying the link between “chemo brain” and long Covid’s brain fog. STANFORD Back in the pandemic’s first wave, Michelle Monje was worried about Covid-19’s power to muddle the brain. Seeing the massive inflammatory response to the virus and early signs of what became known...
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Long COVID Linked to Unbalanced Gut Microbiome: What to Know Now
Miodrag Ignjatovic/Getty Images Long COVID is a condition that involves persistent symptoms for weeks or months after initial infection with SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. People with a less diverse microbiome in their intestines were more likely to have lingering symptoms after coronavirus infection. The exact cause of long COVID — and why some...
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A possible tool for predicting who will experience long COVID
by Bob Yirka, Medical Xpress 3D print of a spike protein of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19—in front of a 3D print of a SARS-CoV-2 virus particle. The spike protein (foreground) enables the virus to enter and infect human cells. On the virus model, the virus surface (blue) is covered with spike proteins (red)...
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Predicting long COVID at initial point of COVID-19 diagnosis
by Institute for Systems Biology Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A significant portion of people who contract the SARS-CoV-2 virus—some estimates suggest more than 40 percent—suffer chronic effects known as Post Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC), commonly referred to as long COVID. PASC symptoms include fatigue, brain fog, the loss of taste and smell, shortness of...
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Long COVID: Could antiplatelet therapy help?
New research suggests that antiplatelet therapy and anticoagulants may help treat people with long COVID. Tara Moore/Getty Images Scientists know little about the underlying mechanisms of long COVID despite widespread reports about it since near the start of the pandemic, This lack of knowledge has made diagnosing and developing treatments for this condition challenging. COVID-19...
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Long COVID may not be gone even after one year
There is a phenomenon called long COVID. Some people, especially ones who suffered through more severe cases, experience unpleasant symptoms months after the infection is gone. Now scientists at the University of Leicester and Loughborough University have revealed that long COVID patients who were hospitalized face limited recovery after one year. Scientists from 53 institutions and...