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...
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...
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...
My lab has found significant microclot formation in long Covid patients. Unfortunately, these are missed in routine blood tests ‘We urgently need to invest in more research and clinical trials to better understand and further confirm the link between abnormal blood clotting, hypoxia, and vascular dysfunction in patients with long Covid.’ Photograph: Science Photo Library/AlamyWed...
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A large-scale French study suggesting symptoms of so-called long COVID may be more due to psychological factors than to infection with the virus has sparked debate among patients and scientists. The report that appeared earlier this week in the Journal of the American Medical Associationfocused on nearly 27,000 participants across France who...
by Susan Davies, Julie Walsh-Messinger, The Conversation Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Children who get COVID-19 typically recover quickly and will not require special support upon return to school. However, some people who contract the disease experience persistent symptoms and post-viral complications. These complications can include fatigue, shortness of breath, brain fog, changes in taste and smell,...
THE MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL / MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE Patients experiencing post-acute COVID syndrome (PACS, also known as “long COVID”) may have symptoms for at least 12 months after initial COVID-19 infection, significantly and negatively impacting their cognition, ability to work, participation in physical activity, interaction with others, and overall quality of life, according...
STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY IMAGE: FLUORESCENT IMAGE OF HEALTHY BLOOD PLASMA (LEFT) COMPARED TO THE MICRO CLOTS IN THE PLASMA FROM AN INDIVIDUAL WITH LONG-COVID ON THE RIGHT. CREDIT: RESIA PRETORIUS New research indicates that an overload of various inflammatory molecules, literally “trapped” inside insoluble microscopic blood clots (micro clots), might be the cause of some of...
by University of Otago Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain As more about the effects of long COVID is learnt, it is apparent that cardio-respiratory physiotherapists have an essential role in helping people recover from the virus, a University of Otago physiotherapy specialist says. Dr. Sarah Rhodes is a cardio-respiratory physiotherapist, a Lecturer at the University of...
by King’s College London Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Fewer than one in 20 children with symptomatic COVID-19 experienced symptoms lasting longer than 4 weeks, and almost all children have fully recovered by 8 weeks, a new study has found. In a study published today in Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, researchers at King’s College London looked at daily health...
