-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 symptoms. Here’s a translation:
CORONAVIRUS
"Long Covid" probably due to virus remnants
"Long Covid" symptoms appear to be related to the presence of virus components in the body. This was the conclusion of a clinical study on patients with chronic intestinal diseases at the Innsbruck University Hospital.
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The study was conducted with 46 patients with chronic inflammatory bowel diseases under the leadership of Herbert Tilg, Director of Internal Medicine I at the Innsbruck University Hospital. Patients were also examined for the coronavirus in the course of gastrointestinal mirroring. In these rather younger patients - most are between 20 and 30 years old - such a reflection is regularly made.
Long Covid is not a result of a severe course
65 percent of patients with detected viral residues in the intestine would have shown "long Covid" symptoms such as fatigue and fatigue. "And where no virus residues were found, there were no 'Long Covid' symptoms," says Tilg about the main results of the study. Incidentally, the "Long Covid" symptoms would have existed regardless of the underlying disease.
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Herbert Tilg conducted the study at MedUni Innsbruck
In addition, 90 percent of those examined would have undergone mild coronavirus disease. This shows once again that it is by no means the case that "Long Covid" is the result, especially for people with a severe course of the disease.
Viruses still detected many months after infection
Tilg also came up with further remarkable findings about the study, which has just been published in the renowned journal "Gastroenterology": In 32 patients, i.e. around 70 percent, virus components or virus residues were found in the small or colon mucosa on average 7.3 months after the coronavirus infection, and the virus protein in over 50 percent.
In addition, blood tests were also carried out to measure the antibody response against the virus. "The patients in whom the most viruses have been found in the tissue have fewer antibodies," the internist illustrated.
Reasons for doctors still unclear
"All this is not yet proof, but a strong indication that the body apparently has a problem finally eliminating these virus components," emphasized the doctor. The medicine has not yet had an answer to what exactly this is and how the components can be completely erased. By the way, there are also other viral diseases where similar things are suspected, but these are much rarer, says Tilg.
Overall, it was obvious to use such a "patient group" for the study. Chronic inflammatory bowel diseases or the instrument of gastrointestinal mirroring are virtually predestined for this, as such an examination is repeatedly necessary in these patients.
Virus residues probably also in other organs
In any case, it is not possible to "enter" into every other organ area so easily - and with a proportionate, justifiable effort. There is no evidence of this, but it is also obvious that such virus residues can also be present in other organs such as lungs, kidneys or liver, emphasized Tilg.
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 symptoms. Here’s a translation:
CORONAVIRUS
"Long Covid" probably due to virus remnants
"Long Covid" symptoms appear to be related to the presence of virus components in the body. This was the conclusion of a clinical study on patients with chronic intestinal diseases at the Innsbruck University Hospital.
Online since today, 6.55 am
Divide
The study was conducted with 46 patients with chronic inflammatory bowel diseases under the leadership of Herbert Tilg, Director of Internal Medicine I at the Innsbruck University Hospital. Patients were also examined for the coronavirus in the course of gastrointestinal mirroring. In these rather younger patients - most are between 20 and 30 years old - such a reflection is regularly made.
Long Covid is not a result of a severe course
65 percent of patients with detected viral residues in the intestine would have shown "long Covid" symptoms such as fatigue and fatigue. "And where no virus residues were found, there were no 'Long Covid' symptoms," says Tilg about the main results of the study. Incidentally, the "Long Covid" symptoms would have existed regardless of the underlying disease.
Austrian Radio
Herbert Tilg conducted the study at MedUni Innsbruck
In addition, 90 percent of those examined would have undergone mild coronavirus disease. This shows once again that it is by no means the case that "Long Covid" is the result, especially for people with a severe course of the disease.
Viruses still detected many months after infection
Tilg also came up with further remarkable findings about the study, which has just been published in the renowned journal "Gastroenterology": In 32 patients, i.e. around 70 percent, virus components or virus residues were found in the small or colon mucosa on average 7.3 months after the coronavirus infection, and the virus protein in over 50 percent.
In addition, blood tests were also carried out to measure the antibody response against the virus. "The patients in whom the most viruses have been found in the tissue have fewer antibodies," the internist illustrated.
Reasons for doctors still unclear
"All this is not yet proof, but a strong indication that the body apparently has a problem finally eliminating these virus components," emphasized the doctor. The medicine has not yet had an answer to what exactly this is and how the components can be completely erased. By the way, there are also other viral diseases where similar things are suspected, but these are much rarer, says Tilg.
Overall, it was obvious to use such a "patient group" for the study. Chronic inflammatory bowel diseases or the instrument of gastrointestinal mirroring are virtually predestined for this, as such an examination is repeatedly necessary in these patients.
Virus residues probably also in other organs
In any case, it is not possible to "enter" into every other organ area so easily - and with a proportionate, justifiable effort. There is no evidence of this, but it is also obvious that such virus residues can also be present in other organs such as lungs, kidneys or liver, emphasized Tilg.
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