167 - Reclaiming Health and Hope with Dr. Teitelbaum
Long Covid/PASC (general)
Five years later, Long COVID patients still battle life-altering impacts
Analysis of risk factors for long COVID after mild COVID-19 during the Omicron wave in Japan
“Study of mild COVID-19 during Omicron in Japan found 35.5% had LONG COVID at 12 WEEKS. Age ≥40 yrs increased respiratory, neurological symptoms”
Covid’s Long-Term Effects on the Lungs, Gut, Brain and More - The New…
Marco With LC – My Long Covid Journey
Have US scientists found the key to long COVID treatment? – DW – 03/06/2025
“COVID-19 disrupts the ability of lung tissue to repair itself and can lead to debilitating long COVID. Researchers have found a drug that could reverse the damage, offering hope for millions of people worldwide.”
COVID-19 disrupts the ability of lung tissue to repair itself and can lead to debilitating long COVID. Researchers have found a drug that could reverse the damage, offering hope for millions of people worldwide.
Iron dysregulation linked to long COVID development
“Iron dysregulation linked to long COVID development”
Problems with iron levels in the blood and the body's ability to regulate this important nutrient as a result of SARS-CoV-2 infection could be a key trigger for long COVID, new research has discovered
Long Covid warning: 'Silent organ damage is a real problem'
Long Covid warning: 'Silent organ damage is a real problem'
Long Covid warning: 'Silent organ damage is a real problem'
The briefing also says Long Covid can also lead to a 'substantially increased' risk of sudden death and 'silent' damage to cells and organs which can lead to later illness.
"Certainly the silent organ damage is a real problem, we think, for future development of disease. When you're young and healthy, you can take a certain amount of damage to the system without it showing up.
"But as people age, their capacity to buffer against that particular set of damage might decline and we might see increased risk of other symptoms, particularly heart, lung, brain, emerging in people's fifties and sixties."
Thread by @1goodtern on Thread Reader App
“So I did what the journalist should have done. I went looking for some data. We all know that doctors and nurses and everyone else in healthcare are sicker now than five years ago, right? I mean, you do, don't you? That across all the massive workforce of the NHS, sickness absence rates are now 25% higher than the pre-pandemic average? Right?”
So I did what the journalist should have done.
I went looking for some data.
We all know that doctors and nurses and everyone else in healthcare are *sicker now than five years ago*, right?
I mean, you do, don't you?
That across all the massive workforce of the NHS, sickness absence rates are now 25% higher than the pre-pandemic average?
Right?
‘We’re losing decades of our life to this illness’: long Covid patients on the fear of being forgotten
“‘We sometimes will see someone who’s had Covid one, two or three times without problems, and then on the fourth time, suddenly they’ve got long Covid, and that makes them ill for a long time.’ The fact there is no lasting immunity to covid should have redefined public health”
Bbl nvs
“Research into rehabilitation models, treatment and integrated care is needed, and should take into account biological underpinnings as well as possible psychological mechanisms and the patient perspective.”
Long Covid in Aotearoa NZ: Risk assessment and preventive action urgently needed | PHCC
Long Covid Defined | NEJM
Update on my protocol. I spent approx. 2 weeks with a special ChatGPT prompt to create my individual Long Covid & ME/CFS treatment plan. It’s a massive plan with a 4 week introduction phase. After that first real benefits should be visible after 3 months and long lasting benefits…— Marco 🇩🇪🇪🇺🇺🇦 (@Gmwetz) February 26, 2025
“Update on my protocol. I spent approx. 2 weeks with a special ChatGPT prompt to create my individual Long Covid & ME/CFS treatment plan. It’s a massive plan with a 4 week introduction phase. After that first real benefits should be visible after 3 months and long lasting benefits after around 12 months. Maybe it’s risky - but I am declining slowly anyway. So, I will give it a try. My last attempt - if this is not successful, so be it.
But as I said, I see already changes (10 days in) My Lunalae is coming back on my thumbs, my wound healing is faster, less cold hands and my skin / scalp is less itchy and better heart rate while standing.
But there are also things what I would call “side effects” like pain and additional exhaustion. But I will hang in there.
I don’t know what it will bring. But why should I wait ? For what ? When ? We are loosing our lives NOW.
I will update you regularly.”
Perioperative and Anesthetic Considerations for Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID (PASC)/ Long COVID
Perioperative and Anesthetic Considerations for Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID (PASC)/ Long COVID
Perioperative and Anesthetic Considerations for Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID (PASC)/ Long COVID
SARS-CoV-2 triggers the production of the antiviral protein IFN-γ, which is associated with fatigue, muscle ache & depression. Recent study shows that in #LongCOVID, IFN-y production persists until symptoms improve, highlighting a potential biomarker & a target for therapies 1/ pic.twitter.com/l6Hoaxefsz— Vipin M. Vashishtha (@vipintukur) February 24, 2025
“SARS-CoV-2 triggers the production of the antiviral protein IFN-γ, which is associated with fatigue, muscle ache & depression. Recent study shows that in #LongCOVID, IFN-y production persists until symptoms improve, highlighting a potential biomarker & a target for therapies”
I hate how much #LongCovid has messed up my brain, and particularly my short-term memory. This evening, I needed to go to the toilet. So, I dragged myself to the bathroom. Once I got there, I forgot why I was there. Since I was there, I went in and washed my hands. /1— Dan the LC Kiwi 🇳🇿 (@LongCovidKiwi) February 22, 2025
“I hate how much #LongCovid has messed up my brain, and particularly my short-term memory.
This evening, I needed to go to the toilet. So, I dragged myself to the bathroom. Once I got there, I forgot why I was there.
Since I was there, I went in and washed my hands…Then I stumbled back to the couch. 5 minutes later I find that I am now urgently needing the toilet. Dragged myself back to the bathroom.
Now I’m really confused. I remember that I’d just washed my hands, so I assume I had also gone to the toilet. I hadn’t. FFS.”
Thread by @justaneighsayer on Thread Reader App
“I’m going to share a cautionary story of what happens when you don’t take the ongoing pandemic seriously. Come trot with me on the journey of a high profile, anti masker who has long C. In early ‘22 this person was transparent about having memory loss issues after having C19.”
On Tilda Swindon:
I’m going to share a cautionary story of what happens when you don’t take the ongoing pandemic seriously. Come trot with me on the journey of a high profile, anti masker who has long C.
In early ‘22 this person was transparent about having memory loss issues after having C19.
The majority assume LC only comes in the form of fatigue etc, which is demonstrably untrue. This is just one way in which the disease can present itself. This causes many to believe the number of LC cases to be far lower than reality & even believe they don’t have it themselves.— James Throt MBBS, MD, PhD, FRCPath (@JamesThrot) February 19, 2025
“The majority assume LC only comes in the form of fatigue etc, which is demonstrably untrue. This is just one way in which the disease can present itself.
This causes many to believe the number of LC cases to be far lower than reality & even believe they don’t have it themselves.”
Differences in Long COVID severity by duration of illness, symptom evolution, and vaccination: a longitudinal cohort study from the INSPIRE group
study in The Lancet - of those who had had C19, 29% had developed Long COVID. ONLY 2% of these had recovered from Long COVID
Madonna Rehabilitation patient explains her journey with long COVID
🚨PRESS RELEASE🚨 Long COVID-suffering performers sounded the alarm on the Long COVID emergency in the arts outside #EEBAFTAs. One protestor chanted “Silence=Death” echoing the estimated 27m people who have died from COVID. Share/tag news + big accounts to get the word out⬇️⬇️ pic.twitter.com/kimV6CWHMy— Protect the Heart of the Arts 💕😷🎗️🌈 (@HeartOfThe_Arts) February 16, 2025
“PRESS RELEASE🚨
Long COVID-suffering performers sounded the alarm on the Long COVID emergency in the arts outside #EEBAFTAs.
One protestor chanted ‘Silence=Death’ echoing the estimated 27m people who have died from COVID.”
Effects of an 8‐week high‐dose vitamin D supplementation on fatigue and neuropsychiatric manifestations in post‐COVID syndrome: A randomized controlled trial
A positive early course Long Covid trial: Effects of an 8-week high-dose vitamin D supplementation on fatigue and neuropsychiatric manifestations in post-COVID syndrome: A randomized controlled trial
Now offline: Government resources about Long COVID as a disability - The Sick Times
Gaslit and forgotten: The silent struggle of Long Covid sufferers whom the world has ignored - DFA
Long Covid patients in South Africa face lacking treatment and gaslighting:
“It’s so painful to be dismissed as mentally ill when you physically just can’t function.”
Thread by @spoonfulofhan on Thread Reader App
“Hi, I’m Hannah. This is my story about COVID changing my life. This will be a thread, so here we go:
I got COVID in 2020 (during the first wave, months and months before the vaccine was released) at the age of 23. I am now 28 years old, and I spend every day in a bed.”
Hi, I’m Hannah. This is my story about COVID changing my life. This will be a thread, so here we go:
I got COVID in 2020 (during the first wave, months and months before the vaccine was released) at the age of 23. I am now 28 years old, and I spend every day in a bed.
Correlation of Interferons and Autoimmune Aspects in Long COVID-19 Patients | International Immunology | Oxford Academic
study of 39 Long COVID patients found elevated interferon activity and autoimmune markers, including anti-dsDNA and anti-Sm antibodies, similar to lupus.
Researchers propose an interferon-driven autoimmune mechanism for Long COVID.
NIH must address the twin crises of long Covid and ME/CFS — together
Vaccination prior to SARS-CoV-2 infection does not affect the neurologic manifestations of long COVID
“Vaccination prior to SARS-CoV-2 infection does not affect the neurologic manifestations of long COVID”
Long COVID appears to be driven by ‘long infection’. Here’s what the science says