Long Covid Symptoms

Healthy adults who contracted COVID-19 had subtle but measurable declines in memory and cognitive performance lasting up to a year.

Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) is a chronic multi-systemic illness associated with substantial reductions in quality of

Q: What is the latest research regarding children under age 18 and Long Covid? A: Children under 18 are impacted by long COVID and experience many

Northwestern Medicine doctors studying the affects of long COVID in patients have found a connection to those suffering from pulmonary fibrosis

Major biomarkers for cognitive impairment were observed in hospitalized patients with neurological symptoms.

Hundreds of thousands of people have been affected by long covid but it's still widely misunderstood

The pandemic seems like a lifetime ago to many of us. However, the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, continues to circulate, mutate, and infect people. While most who contract the virus make a full recovery, for a growing number, a mysterious set of symptoms persists with varying severity. Long COVID is an umbrella term, rather than an illness, that describes this wide-ranging list of health issues. Intrigued? Click on to learn about the signs and symptoms of Long COVID.

Nature Symptoms of the Post-COVID-19 Condition are often non-specific making it a challenge to distinguish them from symptoms due to other medical conditions. In this study, we compare the proporti…

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It's not just a respiratory disease.

Background Long term respiratory complications of Corona Virus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) are of great concern. Many studies have reported altered respiratory patterns in COVID-19 recovered individuals and most of them were from severe to critically ill patients. The association of viral load at the time of infection with symptoms of long COVID-19 specifically on pulmonary functions after months of recovery is still not known. This study was aimed to assess the impact of SARS-CoV-2 viral load during mild-moderate COVID-19 disease on pulmonary functions in middle-aged population after 6–8 months of acute infection. Methods This study included 300 (102 healthy controls and 198 COVID-19 recovered) individuals between age 30–60 of either gender. Mild-moderate COVID-19 recovered individuals were recruited between a period of 6–8 months post-acute infection. Spirometry was performed with MIR-Spirolab-III. The association of spirometry pattern was compared with SARS-CoV-2 viral loads during acute infection. Results We observed up to 70% of the participants presented with either shortness of breath (11.5%), body aches (23.5%), recurrent cough (4.4%), recurrent respiratory infections (9.5%) and/or fatigue (33.3%) at follow up. In our study, 35.5% of COVID-19 recovered individuals had abnormal respiratory patterns (33.5% had restrictive and 2% had obstructive patterns). Viral load ≤ 20 CT value was associated with restrictive respiratory patterns (p = 0.004). No association was found between viral load and disease severity (p = 0.23). Conclusion In this study, we found one third of mild-moderate COVID-19 recovered individuals have restrictive respiratory patterns after 6–8 months of recovery. These findings had a strong association with SARS-CoV-2 viral loads during acute infection which has been reported for the first time in our study. Studying the relationship between viral load and pulmonary functions can contribute to identifying potential risk factors for long COVID and developing preventive measures to mitigate the long-term impact on lung health. Clinical trial number Not applicable.

What causes COVID symptoms to persist? Renowned NYU Langone Health virologist Benjamin tenOever, PhD, delves into the origins of long COVID and discovers what drives classic symptoms, such as brain fog. Knowing that some people lose their sense of smell after a SARS-CoV-2 infection, he and his research team conducted peer-reviewed studies involving rodent models and popular breakfast cereals. They found that inflammation in the olfaction system is responsible for some of the symptoms of long COVID, even after the virus has left the body. Learn how Dr. tenOever’s team is harnessing viruses for good, with the goal of developing therapies to treat everything from flu to cancer. Discover more about this groundbreaking research: https://med.nyu.edu/research/office-science-research/ Learn more about NYU Langone Health: https://nyulangone.org Read more about Dr. tenOever: https://med.nyu.edu/faculty/benjamin-tenoever

In this Eye Health article in the 25 September issue of New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa, ophthalmology registrar Jahnvee Solanki and ophthalmologist Rachael Niederer summarise the various ways in which COVID-19 can impact ocular health

Over 200,000 Kiwis are registered in the long Covid registry. We’re out here—just struggling in silence.

Decreased aerobic activity due to multiple factors was found in 47% of children with a history of COVID-19. This study illustrates the importance of ongoing research into this phenomenon to elucidate its mechanism and assist physicians in making decisions regarding referral to specialists for furthe …

Researchers found that COVID-19 patients experienced widespread cognitive deficits one year post-hospitalization, associated with elevated brain injury markers and reduced brain volume. Cognitive recovery plateaued over time, suggesting lasting impacts.

Clinicians have recently identified peripheral neuropathy in some Long COVID patients.

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Nature Communications - In this study of more than 6500 emergency department patients, symptoms consistent with Long COVID are reported by 38.9% of SARS-CoV-2 test-positive and 20.7% of...

Teenager Libby Parker, a student at RGS Worcester student, managed to achieve top GCSE grades despite battling long covid.

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The following is a summary of “Determinants of Persistence and Recovery of Chronic COVID19 Chemosensory Dysfunction,” published in the September 2024 issue of Allergy and Immunology by Minichetti et al. Chemosensory dysfunction (CSD) following COVID-19 affects 2-4% of patients, equating to up to 4 million individuals in the US, with symptoms persisting beyond six months

A new study revealed that mild infections led to subtle memory and attention deficits lasting at least 12 months, providing further evidence of the complex relationship between COVID-19 and cognitive function.

The following is a summary of “Long COVID illness: Disparities in understanding and receipt of care in Emergency Department populations,” published in the September 2024 issue of Emergency Medicine by Rodriguez et al. Researchers conducted a retrospective study to evaluate the prevalence and impact of long COVID symptoms in a medically underserved Emergency department (ED)

Three years after hospital discharge for COVID-19, 36% of individuals still had residual lung abnormalities, according to results published in European Respiratory Journal.“This study illustrates ongoing improvement in respiratory outcomes up to 3 years after COVID-19,” Xiaoyu Han, PhD, of the department of radiology at Union Hospital of Tongji Medical College, and colleagues wrote.

Scientific Reports - Altered functional brain connectivity, efficiency, and information flow associated with brain fog after mild to moderate COVID-19 infection