The condition may be common, but issues like fever, shortness of breath, and fatigue can also be signs of other illnesses. By GRACE HUCKINS This points to the infinite complexity of what is Long Covid, what is a pre existing condition exacerbated or triggered by...
Biden Administration Escalates Battle Against Long COVID
— Action plan has merit, but condition needs its own Operation Warp Speed, advocates say by Shannon Firth More than 2 years after patients started reporting long-lasting symptoms after acute SARS-CoV-2 infection, the U.S. announced its national long COVID plan....
Risk of ‘brain fog’ and other conditions persists up to two years after Covid infection
By Elizabeth Cooney Among the many worrying consequences of Covid-19, neuropsychiatric conditions rank high. A year ago researchers from Oxford University reported that 1 in 3 patients experienced mood disorders, strokes, or dementia six months after Covid...
Blood abnormalities found in people with Long Covid
Study implicates lack of key hormone, battle-weary immune cells, and reawakened viruses BY JENNIFER COUZIN-FRANKEL An ambitious study of people with Long Covid, the mysterious, disabling symptoms that can trail a SARS-CoV-2 infection, has turned up a host of...
‘Left to rot’: The lonely plight of long Covid sufferers
Some studies suggest long Covid could affect as much as 30 percent of people who are infected. By DANIEL PAYNE Thousands of long Covid patients across the globe are urging their governments to provide more help for the growing number of people facing lingering...
Physician Group Releases Guidance on Cardiovascular Issues in Long COVID
— AAPM&R calls for greater awareness of post-COVID cardiovascular complications among clinicians by Michael DePeau-Wilson Risks for cardiovascular complications, including pulmonary embolism, arterial and venous thromboses, myocardial infarction, and stroke, are...
As the pandemic ebbs, long-haul Covid still drains patients and confounds doctors
Researchers still don’t know precisely how many get long Covid, what causes it or how best to treat it By Eric Berger Many long haulers report fatigue, brain fog, and a range of other symptoms for months after their infection. Photograph: VioletaStoimenova/Getty...
In Long COVID, Blood Markers Are Linked to Neuropsychiatric Symptoms
In a new study of long COVID published March 13, 2022, in the Annals of Neurology, UC San Francisco researchers identified biomarkers present at elevated levels that may persist for many months in the blood of study participants who had long COVID with...
More than 1 in 5 adult Covid survivors in the U.S. may develop long Covid, a C.D.C. study suggests.
Researchers identified lasting health problems in many different organ systems, including the heart, lungs and kidneys. By Pam Belluck One in five adult Covid survivors under the age of 65 in the United States has experienced at least one health condition that could...
What We Know About Long Covid So Far
There is no universal definition of the complex condition, but clues about causes and potential treatments are beginning to emerge. By Knvul Sheikh and Pam Belluck Among the many confounding aspects of the coronavirus is the spectrum of possible symptoms, as well...
Over 75 percent of long Covid patients were not hospitalized for an initial illness, a study finds.
By Pam Belluck More than three-quarters of Americans diagnosed with long Covid were not sick enough to be hospitalized for their initial infection, a new analysis of tens of thousands of private insurance claims reported on Wednesday. The researchers...
Gut microbiota dynamics in a prospective cohort of patients with post-acute COVID-19 syndrome
By Qin Liu, et al. originally published January 26, 2022 in BMJ Gut. Abstract Background Long-term complications after COVID-19 are common, but the potential cause for persistent symptoms after viral clearance remains unclear. Objective To investigate...
A Randomised, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial Evaluating Concentrated Phytochemical-Rich Nutritional Capsule in Addition to a Probiotic Capsule on Clinical Outcomes among Individuals with COVID-19—The UK Phyto-V Study
by Robert Thomas et al. Originally published March 16, 2022 Download PDF Browse Figures Citation Export Abstract Gut microflora dysbiosis affects the majority of individuals after COVID-19, contributing to both gastro-intestinal (GI) and non-GI symptoms. Natural...
‘Another Unequal Burden’: Working with Long Covid
Some research has shown that lingering Covid symptoms are more prevalent in people in their 30s and 40s — when workers are often in the prime of their careers. How will companies support employees with debilitating symptoms that can linger for months or even years...
Experts perplexed over number of people getting long COVID
BY JOSEPH CHOI Public health experts are divided over how many people are getting long COVID-19, a potentially debilitating condition that comes after a patient has recovered from the coronavirus. Ill effects from the condition can include fatigue, pain, neurological...