Long Covid Archives - Page 10 of 22

Long Covid: Lung abnormalities found in patients with breathlessness

Researchers have identified abnormalities in the lungs of long COVID patients with breathlessness but whose other tests are normal. More...

January 29, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Coronavirus, England, Health, Hospitalization, Long Covid, Symptoms, Testing, UK

Preprint: 75% of Covid ICU patients report symptoms after one year

Of 246 patients who were alive 1 year following ICU treatment for COVID-19, 74.3% reported physical symptoms, 26.2% reported mental symptoms, and 16.2% reported cognitive symptoms. More...

January 25, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Coronavirus, Health, Healthcare, Hospitalization, Infection, Long Covid, Mental Heath, Side Effects, Symptoms, Treatment

Science Magazine: Covid vaccines may cause Long Covid–like symptoms

In November 2021, in the New England Journal of Medicine, William Murphy, an immunologist at the University of California, Davis proposed that an autoimmune mechanism triggered by the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein might explain both Long Covid symptoms and some rare vaccine side effects. More...

January 21, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Astrazeneca, Health, Hospitalization, Infection, Janssen, Long Covid, Mental Heath, Moderna, Pfizer/Biontech, Side Effects, Sinopharm, Sinovac, Sputnik V, Symptoms, Vaccine

UK: 1,129 Covid deaths in three days

There have been 1,129 Covid deaths in the last 3 days in the UK. More...

January 20, 2022January 20, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com BA.1, BA.2, Coronavirus, Deaths, England, Herd Immunity, Hospitalization, Infection, London, Long Covid, Northern Ireland, Omicron, Reinfection, Scotland, Transmission, UK, Vaccine, Vaccine Breakthrough, Vaccine Waning, Wales

Research: Probiotic improves symptomatic and viral clearance in Covid19 outpatients

Primary outcome of complete remission on day 30 was achieved by 78 (53.1%) in the probiotic group compared to 41 (28.1%) in placebo. More...

January 18, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Coronavirus, Deaths, Diet, Health, Healthcare, Hospitalization, Infection, Long Covid, Symptoms, Treatment

Long COVID patients lack naive T and B cells

Nature article: “Patients with long COVID had highly activated innate immune cells, lacked naive T and B cells and showed elevated expression of type I IFN (IFN-β) and type III IFN (IFN-λ1) that remained persistently high at 8 months after infection”

“T cell activation (indicated by CD38 and HLA-DR), T cell exhaustion and increases in B cell plasmablasts occur during severe COVID-19”

Full Nature article: Immunological dysfunction persists for 8 months following initial mild-to-moderate SARS-CoV-2 infection

Dear people, please understand: the crux of these assumptions lie on prior t cell immunity, and the virus is one step ahead in this regard; it kills cd8+ t cells.

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January 13, 2022January 14, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Africa, America, Asia, Australasia, Coronavirus, Deaths, Europe, Health, Hospitalization, Infection, Long Covid, Reinfection, Symptoms

Long COVID in 2009: Mental Morbidities and Chronic Fatigue in SARS Survivors

From 2009, Long COVID in SARS survivors: Over 40% of the respondents had active psychiatric illnesses, 40.3% reported a chronic fatigue problem, and 27.1% met the modified 1994 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention criteria for chronic fatigue syndrome. More...