“A new study reveals that people who had two COVID-19 infections were more than twice as likely—and those who had three or more COVID-19 infections were almost four times more likely—to report #LongCovid as those with one infection.”
"The study involved 3,382 global survey respondents and was conducted by researchers with @patientled on #LongCovid. It was published this week on Research Square, which is the preprint service of the Nature Portfolio." cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/covid…
"They also noted that the odds of both severe fatigue and post-exertional malaise, both of which can be quite debilitating, increased with reinfections.
Fatigue severity also increased with re-infections. As did the odds of functional limitations, such as bathing and dressing"
"The researchers also noted that the number of pre-infection vaccines and boosters cut the risk of #LongCovid, but their efficacy was diminished by reinfections.."
Thank you @canoester & @CIDRAP for covering this critical research on #LongCovid
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“In U.S, about a million more working-age adults reported having serious difficulty remembering, concentrating.. compared to before the pandemic, according to a New York Times analysis”
“Studies have even found that people’s brains can shrink after having COVID-19” #LongCovid
“Vibell is currently trying to measure #LongCovid inflammation and neuronal damage.. When he began publicizing the study, he says, ‘I got so many emails from lots of people saying the same thing’: that they’d never fully bounced back after the pandemic.” time.com/7021575/covid-…
“It’s clear by now that SARS-CoV-2 is not just a respiratory virus, but also one that can affect organs throughout the body—including the brain.” #LongCovid
“Without more public or private investment, it’s unclear how research can proceed. The small corner of the private sector that has endeavored to take on #LongCovid is slowly becoming a graveyard.”
“At least 4 companies that were developing LC treatments have shut down because of.. lack of finances. Others are evaluating a shift away from #LongCovid.”
“Levy says the company tried to communicate with NIH RECOVER multiple times but never heard back” cen.acs.org/pharmaceutical…
“What I know is that nobody wants to hear about COVID. When you say the name COVID, it’s bad . . ., but #LongCovid is not going anywhere, because COVID-19 is endemic. It will stay. At some point, everyone will realize that we have to do more for it.”
“These abnormalities were through advanced imaging techniques like dual-energy CT scans & ventilation-perfusion scans. These tests revealed a non-segmental & ‘patchy’ perfusion abnormality in the upper lungs, suggesting that the problem was vascular, Price explained.” #LongCovid
“Most patients (n = 26) were treated with apixaban, potentially contributing to the observed improvement in gas transfer parameters, Price said.” #LongCovid medscape.com/viewarticle/pa…
“Our clinics in the UK and around the world are full of people with #LongCovid, persisting breathlessness, and fatigue. But it has been hard for people to put the finger on why patients experience these symptoms still,"
“Our ‘new normal’ should not include at least 11% of the population falling chronically ill with #LongCovid after each infection.”
“The narrative that we are back to normal.. is not based in reality." — @MVGutierrezMD & @dysclinic journals.lww.com/ajpmr/citation…
“It is wishful thinking at best and willful ignorance at worst.”
“Our ‘new normal’ should not include trillions of dollars in economic loss due to #LongCovid”
“Our ‘new normal’ should not include children having COVID-19 every year and risking long-term neurological and cognitive dysfunction as a result of repeated infections” #LongCovid
“New research from the University of Kentucky shows compelling evidence that the cognitive impairments observed in #LongCovid patients share striking similarities with those seen in Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.”
"EEG patterns in.. patients resemble those seen in early neurodegenerative diseases”
"These similarities may be due to shared issues such as brain inflammation, astrocyte activity, low oxygen levels and blood vessel damage" #LongCovid medicalxpress.com/news/2024-09-a…
“The idea that COVID-19 could lead to Alzheimer's-like brain changes is a significant development.”
"People don't usually connect COVID-19 with Alzheimer's disease," Jiang said. "But our review of emerging evidence suggests otherwise." #LongCovid
“This is a public health crisis for children,” Dr. Rachel Gross, at NYU Langone
“Gross said the U.S. will see the long-term impacts of experiencing #LongCovid in childhood for decades to come.”
“Dr. Dean Blumberg, chief of pediatric infectious diseases and associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of California, Davis, told Salon he agreed #LongCovid is a ‘public health crisis’ for children.” salon.com/2024/08/26/lon…
“This is one of the first large-scale national studies to do research related to #LongCovid across the entire lifespan, with a particular focus on children and understanding the differences in long COVID in different aged children,” — @RachelGrossMD