Long COVID
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Researchers seek to understand post-COVID autoimmune disease risk
Three large studies link past SARS-CoV-2 infection to new-onset autoimmune disease, but it is not yet clear what drives this relationship.
From the Journals
Is cellular senescence related to post–COVID-19 syndrome?
Patients with a diagnosis of clinical aspects associated with PASC at 6 months were characterized by certain predisposing factors.
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Inflammation and immunity troubles top long-COVID suspect list
“I think that it’s a much more complex picture than just inflammation, or just autoimmunity, or just immune dysregulation,” says expert.
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I’m a physician battling long COVID. I can assure you it’s real
“I’ve also seen, firsthand, the frustration of navigating diagnosis and treatment. It’s given me a taste of what millions of other patients are...
From the Journals
Previous endemic coronavirus encounters linked with long COVID
Long COVID may be an unusual response to previously encountered non–SARS-CoV-2 coronaviruses, researchers report.
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How do you live with COVID? One doctor’s personal experience
Early in 2020, Anne Peters, MD, caught COVID-19. The author of Medscape’s “Peters on Diabetes” column was sick in March 2020 before state-mandated...
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Long COVID mimics other postviral conditions
“We think they are frighteningly similar, if not identical.”
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Is it COVID or long COVID? Your organs may know
COVID-19 can damage multiple organs in the body.
From the Journals
Sexual dysfunction, hair loss linked with long COVID
The symptoms, among others, join a list of better-known symptoms linked to long COVID.
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Long COVID’s grip will likely tighten as infections continue
“If we conservatively assume 100 million working-age adults have been infected, that implies 10 to 33 million may have long COVID.”
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Treatments explored to ease postviral symptoms of ME/CFS and long COVID
“There aren’t cures, but there are many management techniques to improve symptoms.”