“The evidence is clear that by having COVID numerous times, patients became more at-risk for developing #LongCovid”
“He adds that after adjusting for relevant demographic, lifestyle, and clinical variables, the findings reveal a statistically significant association between experiencing multiple COVID-19 infections and the risk of experiencing #LongCovid.” medicalxpress.com/news/2025-01-p…
“The patients were identified from a group of more than 2,500 first responders who previously had COVID and are prospectively monitored for infection complications by the Stony Brook WTC Health and Wellness Program”
“There are some possible pathogenic mechanisms that cause #LongCovid, but the entire spectrum of risk factors remains unknown. This is why our study & future ones are so important.. Identifying specific risk factors such as re-infection or lack of vaccination”
“The authors point out that the safest way to avoid contracting #LongCovid is to prevent the infection in the first place. However, they emphasize that the role of vaccination in the risk of developing long COVID cannot be underestimated.“
“Their study reveals that the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein can persist in the brain’s protective layers (the meninges) and skull’s bone marrow for up to four years after infection.”
This.. may drive chronic inflammation and heighten the risk of neurodegenerative diseases” #LongCovid
“A novel AI-powered imaging technique developed.. provides new insights into how the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein affects the brain.. Using this technology, the researchers uncovered previously undetectable distributions of spike protein in tissue samples” scitechdaily.com/long-covid-bre…
“The study, published in..Cell Host & Microbe, revealed significantly elevated concentrations of spike protein in skull’s bone marrow & meninges, even years after infection. The spike protein binds to so-called ACE2 receptors, which are particularly abundant in these regions.”
I turn 35 today. It's been 1/2 decade & my entire thirties with #LongCovid essentially trapped in my house. I'm so fking sick of living with this condition, & tired of the rest of the world pretending it doesn't exist, yet wondering why they have all these new health problems🧵
In years past this came up occasionally — but the amount of people talking about new mysterious health problems with no concept or thought of #LongCovid has skyrocketed in my orbit online & off. It is almost comical. So much denial, avoidance & propaganda.
There are still zero approved treatments for #LongCovid — but you can try a lot of things. I'd love to see even an informal but comprehensive list of "Try these 15 meds for LC". Wonder if more people would accept the illness if they knew there were things to try to get better?
“Next time you think of dismissing COVID as just another.. common cold it may pay to visualise what you see so starkly in this paper, the virus moving freely around your body & finding long-term home.. where it can really cause trouble, including the brain & heart.” #LongCovid
“This paper shows that the virus.. can persist around the brain for a long period of time, driving a pathological inflammatory response. This is proposed as a likely cause of the neurological symptoms people with acute and #LongCovid.” 7news.com.au/news/new-imagi…
“Using optical clearing and imaging, we observed the accumulation of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein in the skull-meninges-brain axis of human COVID-19 patients, persisting long after viral clearance,” the study authors reported in leading biomedical journal Cell Host and Microbe.
"We found #LongCovid.. increased likelihood of facing financial hardships, such as food insecurity, inability to pay bills, and threat of losing services.. partially explained by employment loss or reduced work hours." onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/14…
"This, coupled with the fact that lower income groups had a disproportionately high share of #LongCovid cases indicate the need for targeted assistance programs aimed at protecting the poorest groups from long COVID-related hardships and thereby improving health equity."
"At the same time, since the adverse financial impacts of #LongCovid are evident across all SES groups, some generalized policy-options are also needed to help individuals and families better cope with these adversities."
"The cost of breaking [denial] is high & it’s hard. Even for someone like me, who is relatively well-resourced financially.. #LongCovid has been by far hardest thing I’ve ever done. So I understand why that denial is so strong" — @MattMcGorry @thesicktimes thesicktimes.org/2024/12/09/its…
"Breaking the denial comes with high cost — especially in beginning. I empathize with that, because I understood that for myself too. As social animals, we often assess risk by looking at what others are doing. If everyone else is doing it, maybe its not so bad right?" #LongCovid
"I just finished reading @SFdirewolf’s 'Disability Intimacy' & she talks so much about this..There’s really a beauty of being able to see & understand what another person needs. & understand to some degree the psychological impacts of being in this very isolating & lonely place."
"NIH recently received approval to reallocate $147M to support ongoing efforts of RECOVER. This allocation is in addition to $515 million NIH announced earlier this year, bringing total new funding to $662 million." nih.gov/about-nih/who-…
"To date, the program is.. large.. with more than 40,000 participants. The adult cohort has donated more than 822,000 biospecimens, & pediatric has donated more than 85,000 biospecimens – all accessible through RECOVER biorepository for further studies within & beyond RECOVER"
"In addition, RECOVER supports 40 existing pathobiology studies to understand the biological mechanism of disease, ongoing studies evaluating 60 million electronic health records, and eight existing phase 2 clinical trials"