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@PaulGarnerWoof: #LongCovid was way long than the 2 weeks
blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2020/06/23…
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#LongCovid - often has a wide range of symptoms: body ache, chest pressure, tiredness, rash. The symptoms do not completely go - relapsing and remitting. #BMJCovid
Read her article here: blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2020/07/28…
Let's not get too caught up with this - we weren't testing at the beginning of the pandemic. #BMJCovid
How do we manage #LongCovid. Great patient resources here: bmj.com/content/370/bm…
10% of people who had #Covid19 had symptoms > 1 month
Over 60000 people in the UK had symptoms > 3 months #LongCovid
medrxiv.org/content/10.110…
We aren't thinking about the time for convalescence - recovery may be longer than we think. #BMJCovid
Research may take time people don't have.
blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2020/05/19…
Those who get persistent cough, hoarse voice, headache, diarrhoea, loss of appetite, breathlessness in their 1st week of acute illness are more likely to get #LongCovid
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Agree that fatigue is the predominant symptom in #LongCovid but some differences in prevalence of headache, cough, breathlessness, chest pain, etc which may be cohort dependent
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escardio.org/Education/COVI…
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Stopping ACE inhibitors and beta blockers for those patients with heart failure and #COVID19 was associated with worse all-cause mortality. #BMJCovid
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ej…
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How might cardiac complications of #LongCovid occur?
The mechanism seems to be different to the acute illness. #BMJCovid
escardio.org/Education/COVI…
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@dr_mattmorgan previously on a panel with me said that antibody tests may be a way of patients making sense of their #LongCovid journey. #BMJCovid
When it comes to antibody tests (immunity), #LongCovid... Are we good enough at communicating uncertainty in science/research to the public? #BMJCovid
blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2020/07/22…
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If you are suffering lots of help online: bmj.com/content/370/bm…
I would add @AbScentUK for loss of smell: abscent.org/covid-19/covid…
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