but also an autoimmune reaction “unmasked” by the virus itself, perhaps due to molecular mimicry with some components of our body, could be responsible for the symptoms of Long COVID5. The autoimmune hypothesis could justify the higher incidence of this syndrome in women. In fact, the immune...
Long-COVID occurs in 60% of cancer patients and may persist up to 14 months after acute illness. The most common symptoms are fatigue, sleep disturbance, myalgia and gastro-intestinal symptoms. DISCLOSURES. Fareed Khawaja, MBBS, Eurofins Viracor (Research Grant or Support)...
In people who survived,viral RNA was foundfour months after infection within intestinal tissues obtained through colonoscopy, when a thin tube is used to take tissue from the large intestine. These patients had asymptomatic COVID and were PCR-negative from swabs of the nose and throat at four m...
COVID-19 posed a major challenge to the healthcare system and resources worldwide. The popularization of vaccines and the adoption of numerous prevention and control measures enabled the gradual end of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, successive occurrenc
Most people infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus recover after the acute illness. However, a significant proportion of infected individuals develop long-lasting symptoms with a wide range of manifestations. Long COVID's causes and disease mechanisms are still unknown, and there are no diagnostic tes...
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) affects infected patients even after the acute phase and impairs their health and quality of life by causing a wide variety of symptoms, referred to as long COVID. Although the evidence is still insufficient, hypertension is suspected to be a potential ...
One issue is the lack of a reliable estimate of the prevalence of post viral symptoms for other viruses, let alone for COVID-19. Even a 1% chance of long-term problems amongst survivors would suggest 2500 with a need for extra support, but experience with post-viral syndrome generally sugge...
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection has resulted in a serious public health burden worldwide. In addition to respiratory, heart, and gastrointestinal symptoms,
"Listening to and validating the experiences of children and young people with long COVID is vital." The researchers would especially like to thank all the children,young peopleand parents who took part in interviews, especially as many were still very affected by their long COVID symptoms and...
“It’s a challenge,long Covid,” says Dr Toby Hillman, a consultant in respiratory and general medicine at University College London Hospitals (UCLH). “It is barely defined, and different groups of people have very different symptoms.” How best to treat those sufferers, of whom there are...