long covid

My daughter was diagnosed with ME/CFS as a teenager. She spent several years mostly bedbound (dark room, headphones, etc) doing virtual school to the extent possible. She is now a young adult. She figured out how to have a job and go part time to college remote - has lived with it for many...

Long-COVID post-viral chronic fatigue and affective symptoms are associated with oxidative damage, lowered antioxidant defenses and inflammation: a proof of concept and mechanism study Abstract The immune-inflammatory response during the acute phase of COVID-19, as assessed using peak body...

Orthostatic Intolerance in Long-Haul COVID after SARS-CoV-2: A Case-Control Comparison with Post-EBV and Insidious-Onset Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Patients Abstract Background: As complaints of long-haul COVID patients are similar to those of ME/CFS patients and as...

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2022/09/mecfs-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-doctors-long-covid/671518/ An article by Ed Yong, about how long covid is forcing people to address the situation with me/cfs. I'm not sure he's right about that but it's worth a read and he is getting our...

The US Congress awarded $1.15 billion in funding over four years to the NIH for research into long COVID (ref: here). So that's about $250 million per year of long COVID research funding. Whereas at present, the NIH only gives $17 million a year for research funding in ME/CFS. $17m is a very...

I'm surprised to see this hasn't been discussed more. And I'm disappointed to see so little coverage. These protestors risked major crashes and arrest to do this. And they weren't rewarded with great media coverage or even a lot of support from those of us who couldn't make it, on social media...

Lowered Quality of Life in Long COVID Is Predicted by Affective Symptoms, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Inflammation and Neuroimmunotoxic Pathways Abstract The physio-affective phenome of Long COVID-19 is predicted by (a) immune-inflammatory biomarkers of the acute infectious phase, including...

Persistent capillary rarefication in long COVID syndrome Osiaevi, I., Schulze, A., Evers, G., Harmening, K., Vink, H., Kümpers, P., Mohr, M., Rovas, A. Background: Recent studies have highlighted Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) as a multisystemic vascular disease. Up to 60% of the patients...

https://www.statnews.com/2022/03/29/nih-long-covid-sluggish-study/

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy improves neurocognitive functions and symptoms of post-COVID condition: randomized controlled trial Abstract Post-COVID-19 condition refers to a range of persisting physical, neurocognitive, and neuropsychological symptoms after SARS-CoV-2 infection. The mechanism can...

Multi-omics provide evidence for an anti-inflammatory immune signature and metabolic alterations in patients with Long COVID Syndrome; an exploratory study Abstract Despite the increasing prevalence of patients with Long Covid Syndrome (LCS), to date the pathophysiology of the disease is still...

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.06.21.22276660v1 The full article is not available and it has yet to be peer-reviewed. Nonetheless, I thought people might find it interesting. Evidence of recent Epstein-Barr virus reactivation in individuals experiencing Long COVID Abstract...

SARS-CoV-2 infection in hamsters and humans results in lasting and unique systemic perturbations post recovery Justin J. Frere, Randal A. Serafini, Kerri D. Pryce, Marianna Zazhytska, Kohei Oishi, Ilona Golynker, Maryline Panis, Jeffrey Zimering, Shu Horiuchi, Daisy A. Hoagland, Rasmus Møller...

Abstract Long Covid, now also reported in children, has become increasingly alarming. Perhaps a third of those who develop MIS-C go on to experience Long Covid. Etiology is elusive. The role of vitamin D in bone and immune health has been recognized but magnesium deficiency has escaped...

I find the video very interesting, especially the findings of the first presenter Dr Carlo Brogna, who found toxin like peptides in the blood of LC patients. The gut is playing a central role in the in the theories presented.

Amyloidogenesis of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Sofie Nyström, Per Hammarström Abstract SARS-CoV-2 infection is associated with a surprising number of morbidities. Uncanny similarities with amyloid-disease associated blood coagulation and fibrinolytic disturbances together with neurologic and...

https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1096/fasebj.2022.36.S1.R2167 Abstract Post-acute sequelae of COVID-19, commonly known as long-COVID, is defined as a persistent symptom(s) that is unexplainable by alternative diagnosis and lasts beyond three months after the onset of COVID-19...

Hey folks, As we know, there's a lot of chatter about links between ME/CFS and long COVID. However, today I was surprised to read that a research team in QLD are looking into whether their ME/CFS diagnostic test (yes, diagnostic test) and treatment (double yes) will also work for long COVID...

-Edit: link to study in English https://www.gastrojournal.org/article/S0016-5085(22)00450-4/pdf- https://tirol.orf.at/stories/3154338/ The article is in german. Most important fact is the patients with viral debris in the gut had long covid symptoms, all without reservoirs didn’t have any LC...

Preprint: Neural Dysregulation in Post-Covid Fatigue (Baker et al, 2022) Abstract Following infection from SARS-CoV-2, a substantial minority of people develop lingering after-effects known as ′long COVID′. Fatigue is a common complaint with substantial impact on daily life, but the neural...

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…