The COVID-19 pandemic: How to maintain a healthy immune system during the lockdown - A multidisciplinary approach with special focus on athletesdoi:10.5114/BIOLSPORT.2020.95125Narimen YousfiNicola Luigi BragazziWalid BrikiPiotr ZmijewskiKarim Chamari...
With every first day of school, I knew what was coming. Any time we changed schools for a move, promotion or educational need, I knew what was coming. And after a year of virtual school during the COVID-19 pandemic, when we finally went back to in person school, I knew what was ...
Yes, I know “Covid-19” is the name of the disease, not the virus, but it’s easier to say than “SARS-CoV-2”. Over the past 10 days, I’ve been addicted to theMedCramchannel on YouTube, on which Dr. Roger Seheult (internist and pulmonologist, name is pronounced “SHOE-uhlt...
How do we study the immune response? The serum of COVID-19 infected individuals was of interest as it is the part of our blood that contains crucial information about our immune system. Analysis of the serum made it possible to create a detailed timeline of the level of ‘neutralizing anti...
About 80% of cases with mild symptoms can recover without special treatment, but not all covid-19 patients show signs and symptoms, this is thought to be influenced by the strength of the individual's immune system. Patients who have comorbidities such as diabetes, heart disease, hypertension,...
Australian scientists researching how our immune system responds to COVID-19 have revealed that those infected by early variants in 2020 produced sustained antibodies, however, these antibodies are not as effective against contemporary variants of the vi
After 3 weeks 66% of patients were back to their normal health. How long are you contagious with COVID-19? You are contagious and may spread the virus that causes COVID-19, at least 2 days before you show symptoms and for up to 10 days from the day you have your first symptom. ...
Can you become immune to COVID-19? Patients who recover from COVID-19 make antibodies to the virus that may impart immunity for at least 6 months; however, breakthrough infections do occur and may be more likely with newly circulating variants of the virus. Immunizing with the latest recomm...
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 viral...
It kick-starts your immune system and helps your body fight off an infection by torching bacteria and viruses. Doctors no longer suggest you try to lower it, except for people who are very young or old, and those with certain medical conditions such as heart disease or lung disease. If ...