Long COVID involves a range of symptoms that persist or develop about a month after initial infection. These symptoms are associated with significant morbidity or reduced quality of life. The study involved 1,741 participants—two-thirds of them female—who sought COVID testing at eight major hea...
Reinfections usually appear to be mild in otherwise healthy people, doctors say. But some reinfections are serious, and it’s not clear what the risk of long Covid might be. People who had a milder first infection with a lower viral load were at higher risk of being reinfected, the U....
Children and adolescents appear to be less likely to get long COVID than adults and many will recover with time. But still,up to one in 50 childrenmay get long COVID. While vaccination protects children andyoung peoplefrom COVID, we don't yet know if those kids who get breakthrough COV...
Even people who have had COVID-19 receive long-lasting benefits from a full course of vaccination, according to three recent studies1–3. What's more, one of the studies3 found that the ‘hybrid’ immunity caused by vaccination and infection is long-lasting, conferring highly effective ...
years following infection and to severe infections affecting all organs in the body in the late stage, when the immune system is at its weakest (progression to AIDS). There is no cure for HIV infection, but current antiviral medications are effective at keeping the virus inactive in the body...
From these genomes the scientists have discovered three types of COVID-19, but the crucial information - if these types have different symptoms - is still unknown. "One key question will be to gain a proper sample base and then to see if we can link the vi...
1 However, in the wake of the pandemic, post-acute sequelae of COVID-19, or long COVID, has emerged: a chronic illness in people who have ongoing multidimensional symptomatology and disability weeks to years after the initial infection.2 Early reports of long COVID prevalence, summarised in ...
Gender differences in COVID-19 infection. The estrogen effect on upper and lower airways. Can it help to figure out a treatment?Di Stadio, A.Volpe, A. DellaRalli, M.Ricci, G.European Review for Medical & Pharmacological Sciences
Evidence of long-term infection Early in the pandemic, COVID-19 was thought to be a transient illness. But a growing number of patients, even those who had previously been healthy, continued having symptoms, such as, brain fog, digestive problems and vascular issues, for months or even years...
You may wonder if COVID-19 is still a thing or how long an infection lasts, especially if you're having symptoms. For most people with mild infections, COVID goes away after a few weeks. But for others, the symptoms can linger for weeks or months. ...