Not only does a mild Covid infection cause vascular degeneration and arterial stiffness, but it also appears that both of these conditions are degenerative.
"The longer the period from COVID-19 infection the worse the vascular impairment...."
From 2022--largely ignored/unknown by clinicians: “There are also manifestations of people having an increased risk of blood clots during and after COVID-19..."
ENDOTHELIAL dysfunction in COVID-19 infections may lead to CARDIOVASCULAR COMPLICATIONS. "Cardiovascular-related proteomic changes in ECFCs exposed to the serum of COVID-19 patients" https://ijbs.com/v19p1664.htm *ECFC (endothelial colony forming cells)
Analysis thread on Twitter Acute to post-acute COVID-19 thromboinflammation persistence: Mechanisms and potential consequences
Even mild Covid can increase your chance of blood clots after the initial infection. *all images available as editable, printable files, DM for info.
"I hope to god I'm wrong. I've never wanted to be more wrong in my life.... Worst case scenario... we are going to see a tsunami of cardiovascular disease over the next few decades." #LongCOVID
COVID-19 Demonstrates That Inflammation Is a Hyperviscous State "complications of COVID-19 are caused by blood hyperviscosity driven by marked hyperfibrinogenemia. This results in a distinctive hyperviscosity syndrome...A change in blood viscosity causes a threefold inverse change in blood flow..."
From 2020: "COVID-19 can be considered a vascular disease with regards to serious complications and causes of mortality...blood clots have emerged as the common factor unifying many of the symptoms initially attributed without an explanation to COVID-19."
Role of endothelial dysfunction in the severity of COVID‑19 infection (Review) (Oct 2022)
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