— More severe post-COVID gastrointestinal symptoms also increased the risk for anxiety and sadness by Zaina Hamza Mental health symptoms in people who recovered from COVID-19 were associated with post-infection gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms, a survey-based study...
Researcher Turned COVID Long-Hauler
— A story of knowledge and recovery by Paul Gardener, MD I'm 65, and I'm fit and well. When COVID struck, I was enjoying life. I was doing lots of running and cycling. I felt I was titanium-plated in some ways. The disease was traveling very rapidly through the U.K. I...
COVID SCIENCE-Breakthrough infections can lead to long COVID; genes may explain critical illness in young, healthy adults
By Nancy Lapid Oct 27 (Reuters) - The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that have yet to be certified by peer review. Breakthrough infections can lead to long...
Long Covid Now Has an Official Definition From the World Health Organization
Lingering fatigue, shortness of breath, and brain fog are among the symptoms people may experience months after infection, the WHO says. By Ed Cara This week, the World Health Organization released diagnostic criteria for long covid, a perplexing condition that...
Heart Damage Racks Covid Survivors a Year After Infection, study shows
By Jason Gale Heart damage from Covid-19 extends well beyond the disease’s initial stages, according to a study that found even people who were never sick enough to need hospitalization are in danger of developing heart failure and deadly blood clots a year later....
Mast cell activation symptoms are prevalent in Long-COVID
By Leonard B. Weinstock, M.D. FACG et al. Article in Press ~ International Journal of Infectious Diseases Highlights •Mast cell activation symptoms (MCAS) were increased in Long-COVID patients•Long-COVID patients had similar severity of numerous MCAS symptoms•Aberrant...
The Most Alarming Problem about Long COVID
With Commentary by Mark Bricca, ND This is an excellent article on long-Covid syndrome from the amazing Tomas Pueyo.Not to minimize the stark points he makes, I would suggest that we actually do have some good tools for treating chronic fatigue syndrome and myalgic...
For Many, ‘Long COVID’ Becoming Chronic Fatigue
— Study finds little reason for optimism about long-term outlook By John Gever New studies confirm that fatigue remains the most common feature of so-called long COVID-19, and in a substantial fraction it is the most stubborn. In fact, researchers are finding that a...
Breakthrough Infections Less Likely to Cause Long Covid, Large Study Finds
People who experience breakthrough infections of the coronavirus after being fully vaccinated are about 50 percent less likely to experience long Covid than are unvaccinated people who catch the virus, researchers said in a large new report on British adults. The...
Can the Vaccinated Develop Long Covid After a Breakthrough Infection?
While the vaccines are effective at preventing serious illness and death, the risk of developing post-Covid health problems after a breakthrough infection isn’t known. By Tara Parker-Pope While some breakthrough cases among those who are fully vaccinated against...
‘This Is Really Scary’: Kids Struggle With Long Covid
Lingering physical, mental and neurological symptoms are affecting children as well as adults, including many who had mild reactions to the initial coronavirus infection. By Pam Belluck Will Grogan stared blankly at his ninth-grade biology classwork. It was material...
COVID Consumer Headache
By John Mauldin ~ Thoughts from the Frontline If you look just at 2021, it seems the US economy is tearing higher. Real GDP grew an annualized +6.5% in the second quarter, the Commerce Department estimated last week. This follows a similar +6.3% first quarter, and a...
New Long-Haul COVID Clinics Treat Mysterious and Ongoing Symptoms
Coordinating care among different specialties could help patients with many problems and no proved therapies By Melba Newsome Since testing positive for COVID on December 10, 2020, 47-year-old Sherry Flynn of Goldsboro, N.C., has been plagued by a long list of...
‘Your body just stops’: long Covid sufferers face new ordeals as sick pay runs out
June 24, 2021 ~ The Guardian ~ Joanna Partridge ‘Your body just stops’: long Covid sufferers face new ordeals as sick pay runs out Nurses, teachers and shopworkers who have lost their health and their jobs talk about their struggle for support Working seven days a...
I rested my way to recovery from long Covid. I urge others to do the same
June 21, 2021 ~ The Guardian ~ by Fiona Lowenstein I rested my way to recovery from long Covid. I urge others to do the same Rest and pacing, rather than graded exercise, seem the most effective treatments to prescribe widely to long Covid patients Within a few days...