‘Gaslighted by the Medical System’: The Covid-19 Patients Left Behind
When there’s only so much care to go around, the medical system leans too hard on test results — and prejudice
Immunity: Theory & Treatment
Long Covid/ME/CFS
Long-Haul COVID Cases Could Bring New Understanding of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Both long-haul COVID and chronic fatigue syndrome are linked to viral infections in ways that are still unclear.
Clues to a better understanding of chronic fatigue syndrome emerge from a major study
After seven years of research, the findings shed light on the long-neglected illness. Scientists say the results could lead to future trials for potential treatments.
Long COVID Has Forced a Reckoning for One of Medicine’s Most Neglected Diseases
Only a couple dozen doctors specialize in chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). Now their knowledge could be crucial to treating millions more patients.
One of Long COVID’s Worst Symptoms Is Also Its Most Misunderstood
Brain fog isn’t like a hangover or depression. It’s a disorder of executive function that makes basic cognitive tasks absurdly hard.
Long COVID: How low iron levels may affect symptoms
New research suggests that low iron levels following infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, may play an important role in the development of long COVID
Medscape: What’s Behind Wild State-by-State Variations in Long COVID?
New data show significant state and regional variations in long COVID rates, and experts think they know why.
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What Does a COVID-19 Rash Mean?
A rash from COVID-19 may or may not itch. They occur in places all over the body. Learn about the link between long COVID and rash.
LIL_Science on Substack
Out now: The Metabolic Impact of Long COVID. In this substack I provide an overview of the role mitochondria play in Long COVID. This is a long series so subscribe if you’re interested in following along and learning more about the many faces of Long COVID. Next up is an overview of Immune System Dysfunction and post-COVID Neurological Issues.
Can Zinc Really Shorten a Cold? - Drugs.com MedNews
Every cold and flu season, folks are flooded with ads for zinc lozenges, sprays and syrups that promise to shorten their sniffles. Zinc might indeed reduce the
Common Treatment Tips
We Finally Know What Drives Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (and Long-Covid)
The most convincing breakthrough yet in the key pathomechanisms (patho- means disease) involved.
Cat in the Hat 🐈⬛ 🎩 🇬🇧 on Twitter / X
COVID + THE BRAIN 🧠 There’s been a flurry of new studies published in recent weeks about Covid’s detrimental impact on the brain.This is the aspect of Covid which concerns me most, but which many people seem to be blissfully unaware of.So let’s dig into what we know… 🧵 pic.twitter.com/RnUfGFCImt— Cat in the Hat 🐈⬛ 🎩 🇬🇧 (@_CatintheHat) March 2, 2024
Key Cause of Long COVID Fatigue Revealed in New Study
A new study may now provide a greater explanation for why many experience prolonged fatigue following COVID-19 infection.