The NIH seems to drag their feet even when congress literally hands them a huge pile of money. It really makes me wonder if it would even matter if our disease got huge amounts of funds , as even if congress allocated it, the NIH has to care enough enough spend it well... this is really...
Mast cells are found throughout the body and play a complex and critical role in immune response and keeping people healthy. However, when these cells become altered or activate inappropriately to specific triggers, they can create symptoms throughout the body. While mast cell activation...
https://openletteropenmedicinefoundation.com/brave-me-cfs-patients-protest-and-are-arrested-at-the-nih/
I wish I knew the full names of the patients to help publicize. I think one of them was whitney something.
This is inspiring. I do wish it had more views though.
Abstract
Severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is characterized by systemic inflammation and can result in protracted symptoms. Robust systemic inflammation may trigger persistent changes in hematopoietic cells and innate immune memory through epigenetic mechanisms. We reveal that rare...
https://atomicchesterton.blogspot.com/2022/02/hellmouth.html?m=1
This was previously published in lit mag softcartel. It's based on composites of dreams and real experiences that come from the truly hellish experience of severe ME/CFS
I think it's a pretty good story and maybe a realistic...
Abstract
Background: Long COVID is a condition characterized by long-term sequelae persisting after the typical convalescence period of COVID-19. Previous reports have suggested the role of an unsatisfactory immune response and impaired viral clearance in the pathogenesis of long COVID...
Abstract
Scientists all around the world are working to investigate new ways to prevent and treat COVID-19, and recent research has been focusing on the effects of a syndrome commonly called "long COVID." People affected by this syndrome usually suffer from symptoms like the ones observed in...
https://www.pnas.org/content/118/34/e2024358118
I found this interesting because I got ME/CFS after doing those dumb Wim Hoff breathing exercises. I had mono a few months prior, and always assumed it was the mono that caused my illness…
Abstract
Following acute infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) a significant proportion of individuals develop prolonged symptoms, a serious condition termed post-acute coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) syndrome (PACS) or long COVID. Predictors of PACS...
In a small study with 32 adults, comprising 22 with cognitive symptoms and 10 control participants without, researchers from UC San Francisco and Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, analyzed the cerebrospinal fluid of 17 of the participants who consented to lumbar puncture. All participants had...
Abstract
Long COVID refers to patients with symptoms as fatigue, “brain fog,” pain, suggesting the chronic involvement of the central nervous system (CNS) in COVID-19. The supplementation with probiotic (OB) would have a positive effect on metabolic homeostasis, negatively impacting the...
Persistence of SARS CoV-2 S1 Protein in CD16+ Monocytes in Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) up to 15 Months Post-Infection (Patterson et al., 2022)
https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2021.746021
A publication by Bruce Patterson and colleagues, regarding findings in the blood from Long Covid...
I need to figure out how to answer the question of if the existing vaccines side effects are worse than long covid sequelae from omicron... and whether the vaccine even protects against long covid in breakthrough cases
I also want to see if there are any treatments for long or acute covid that...
Use of Cardiopulmonary Stress Testing for Patients With Unexplained Dyspnea Post–Coronavirus Disease (Mancini et al., 2021)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchf.2021.10.002
A study by Ben Natelson and colleagues that confirmed the key findings from David Systrom's iCPET study on Long Covid patients...
Interestingly, many patients with Long Covid report that they never tested positive on any antibody tests.
The following CDC study tried to determine why some people don't seem to develop antibodies after a SARS-CoV-2 infection, even though they tested positive on a PCR test. (a phenomenon...
It looks like there might be a problem with the $1.15 billion that the US Congress gave to the NIH to study Long Covid...
ONE:
Late in 2020, the US Congress passed a bill providing $1.15 billion to study Long Covid. The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has used this money to undertake the...
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/datasets/alldatarelatingtoprevalenceofongoingsymptomsfollowingcoronaviruscovid19infectionintheuk
A quick summary of some numbers:
And 1.2 million currently suffering total in the country with 426,000...
Authors: Fogarty et al
Published: 10th Aug 2021
DOI: 10.1111/jth.15490
Full Text: J Thromb Haemostat (open access PDF)
ABSTRACT
ESSENTIALS
Ongoing endotheliopathy is a common finding in convalescent COVID-19 patients and is independent of the acute phase response.
Plasma FVIII:C levels and...
Central Sensitization Phenotypes in Post Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection (PASC): Defining the Post COVID Syndrome
Dennis M. Bierle, Christopher A Aakre, Stephanie L. Grach, ...
First Published July 7, 2021 Research Article
https://doi.org/10.1177/21501327211030826
Objective
To develop...
I wanted to share a really interesting protocol I found by Dr. Charles Ben, Ph.D.
You can read it here: Help for Covid-19 Long Haulers: Dr. Bens' Cellular Repair Program. Here is a rough outline:
Reduce the viral presence / boost immune system:
Vitamin C, Vitamin D, Olive Leaf Extract, Zinc...
"“We ran Epstein-Barr virus serological tests on COVID-19 patients at least 90 days after testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 infection, comparing EBV reactivation rates of those with long COVID symptoms to those who never experienced long COVID symptoms,” says lead study author Jeffrey E. Gold of...
The STIMULATE-ICP (https://www.stimulate-icp.org/) will be a 2-year study, starting on the fall, investigating causes and treatments for Long Covid.
It seems they are looking into three different treatments to trial:
* anticoagulant rivaroxaban;
* anti-inflammatory drug colchicine;
*...
I noticed that Dr. David Systrom published a paper that resonates a lot with what I have been experiencing.
Persistent Exertional Intolerance after COVID-19: Insights from Invasive Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing.
https://journal.chestnet.org/article/S0012-3692(21)03635-7/fulltext
They...
This is pretty exciting news...almost earthshaking...revolutionary if they succeed.......
from the American Medical Association...June 16, 2021
https://www.ama-assn.org/press-center/press-releases/ama-adopts-new-policy-better-diagnose-and-treat-long-haul-covid-19
CHICAGO — With millions of...