Long Covid Doctors Find Antibody Signature for Patients Most at Risk for Long Covid
The Guardian
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https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jan/25/doctors-find-antibody-signature-long-covid
Long Covid Doctors Find Antibody Signature for Patients Most at Risk for Long Covid
The Guardian
See link below
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jan/25/doctors-find-antibody-signature-long-covid
Could microclots be causing Long Covid?
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jan/05/long-covid-research-microclots
One of the biggest failures during the Covid-19 pandemic is our slow response in diagnosing and treating long Covid. As many as 100 million people worldwide already suffer from long Covid. That staggering number will eventually be much higher, if we take into account that diagnoses are still inadequate, and that we still do not know what the impact of Omicron and future variants will be.
Patients with long Covid complain of numerous symptoms, the main ones being recurring fatigue and brain fog, muscle weakness, being out of breath and having low oxygen levels, sleep difficulties and anxiety or depression. Some patients are so sick that they cannot work or even walk a few steps. There is possibly also an elevated risk of stroke and heart attacks. One of the biggest sources of concern is that even mild and sometimes asymptomatic initial Covid-19 infection may lead to debilitating, long-term disability.
Since early 2020, we and other researchers have pointed out that acute Covid-19 is not only a lung disease, but actually significantly affects the vascular (blood flow) and coagulation (blood clotting) systems.
A recent study in my lab revealed that there is significant microclot formation in the blood of both acute Covid-19 and long Covid patients. With healthy physiology, clots may form (for instance, when you cut yourself). However, the body breaks down the clots efficiently by a process called fibrinolysis.
In blood from patients with long Covid, persistent microclots are resistant to the body’s own fibrinolytic processes. We found high levels of various inflammatory molecules trapped in the persistent microclots, including clotting proteins like plasminogen, fibrinogen and Von Willebrand factor (VWF), and also Alpha-2 antiplasmin (a molecule that prevents the breakdown of microclots).
How Athletes with Long Covid are Adjusting their Exercise Routines
Jess Scolieri, 37, is reinventing herself as she battles long COVID.
https://www.verywellhealth.com/exercise-long-covid-athletes-5195661
Got my Moderna Booster this week.
Last time I was vaccinated was Feb 11 2021 (Moderna twice)
I got COVID on July 22
Have had both Covid and Long Covid ever since.
So how did that booster go? you ask.
I feel mighty MEH all week...nauseous...mild stomach ache...low energy...headaches.
I am unsurprised.
Let's hope it passes soon.
I want to get ahead of Omicron like everyone else however so yes I wanted that booster.
In the wake of COVID-19, the medical community has begun to acknowledge a subgroup of patients presenting with "long hauler" or persistent symptoms after an initial COVID-19 infection. The team at Mount Sinai Health System first identified this novel symptom presentation, and named it Post Acute COVID-19 Syndrome or "PACS". To address the needs of individuals experiencing PACS, the Department of Rehabilitation and Human Performance, along with Mount Sinai’s Center for Post-COVID Care, has developed a novel rehabilitation program. We are one of very few Centers in the country providing these services to patients of all ages. To learn more about this program, please email us at PRcovid@mountsinai.org.
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For more information on post-COVID conditions, refer to the personal stories of COVID-19 survivors.
This is a broadcast from yesterday on NPR.
A helpful talk on Long Covid.
"Living with Long Covid from NPR"
https://www.npr.org/2021/11/19/1057241501/living-with-long-covid
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