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John Hess MD on Twitter
John Hess MD on Twitter

Case Study: 62 healthy, HIV neg. COVID 3/28/23 fully vaccinated, mild symptoms which resolved within a week. Since then 2 cases of shingles, sinusitis and periorbital cellulitis. CD4 297. <200 is AIDS It's not every patient or every infection but it's more common than people want to believe

#Immune system#opportunistic infections#T-cells
·twitter.com·
John Hess MD on Twitter
Accelerated T-Cell Immunosenescence in Cytomegalovirus-Seropositive Individuals After Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection
Accelerated T-Cell Immunosenescence in Cytomegalovirus-Seropositive Individuals After Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection
Accelerated T-Cell Immunosenescence in Cytomegalovirus-Seropositive Individuals After Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection
#T-cells#opportunistic infections#Immune system
·academic.oup.com·
Accelerated T-Cell Immunosenescence in Cytomegalovirus-Seropositive Individuals After Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection
I've had COVID and am constantly getting colds. Did COVID harm my immune system? Am I now at risk of other infectious diseases?
I've had COVID and am constantly getting colds. Did COVID harm my immune system? Am I now at risk of other infectious diseases?

From Sept. 2022: "...what impacts has COVID had on your overall immune system?

It’s early days yet. But growing evidence suggests there are changes to your immune system that may put you at risk of other infectious diseases.

Here’s what we know so far:

#Immune system#reinfection#opportunistic infections
·theconversation.com·
I've had COVID and am constantly getting colds. Did COVID harm my immune system? Am I now at risk of other infectious diseases?
Had one infection after another this year? There are good reasons why many of us keep getting sick
Had one infection after another this year? There are good reasons why many of us keep getting sick

Australian immunologists discuss the impact of COVID-19 on the immune system, and how this could worsen future risk for other infections.

It has to do with altered function or reprogramming of immune cells, rather than depleted numbers.

#opportunistic infections#Immune system#reinfection
·abc.net.au·
Had one infection after another this year? There are good reasons why many of us keep getting sick
Colin Furness MISt PhD MPH on Twitter
Colin Furness MISt PhD MPH on Twitter

Detailed analysis thread on Twitter: What do we have today? A ton of unexplained child illness in the first cold/flu season since we let COVID rip. Hmm.

We have known since 2020 that COVID harms interferon production, a protein that your cells release to call the immune system for help when they are attacked.

#Immune system#Kids#reinfection#opportunistic infections
·twitter.com·
Colin Furness MISt PhD MPH on Twitter
Viral infections like RSV, the flu, and COVID have one Southern California county declaring a pediatric health emergency. It’s far from alone
Viral infections like RSV, the flu, and COVID have one Southern California county declaring a pediatric health emergency. It’s far from alone
“Most kids have had COVID, and there could really be something about COVID affecting children’s immune systems that we haven’t been able to fully understand at this time,” she said.
#Immune system#Kids#reinfection#opportunistic infections
·fortune.com·
Viral infections like RSV, the flu, and COVID have one Southern California county declaring a pediatric health emergency. It’s far from alone
Beneficial Immune Regulation by Biological Response Modifier Glucans in COVID-19 and Their Envisaged Potentials in the Management of Sepsis
Beneficial Immune Regulation by Biological Response Modifier Glucans in COVID-19 and Their Envisaged Potentials in the Management of Sepsis
".. COVID-19-induced organ damage and death are due to immunosuppression, especially CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell lymphopenia. This lymphopenia is.. leading to increased secondary infections.. it is clear that COVID-19 closely resembles sepsis.."
#Immune system#opportunistic infections
·frontiersin.org·
Beneficial Immune Regulation by Biological Response Modifier Glucans in COVID-19 and Their Envisaged Potentials in the Management of Sepsis