Rewa: Long Covid > overview | body | mind ....................................................... * Overview: Researchers are closing in on long covid The results are alarming Long Covid; Post-covid syndrome "A sufferer typically has several at a time, with the most debilitating usually being one of three: severe breathlessness, fatigue, or 'brain fog'." 29 apr 2021 https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2021/04/29/researchers-are-closing-in-on-long-covid (paywall - use https://12ft.io) ......................... mind: Cognitive dysfunction after Covid vs uninfected controls, total N ~2,000, avg age 37 https://t.co/VfSFHk7ntf "regardless of COVID-19 symptom severity reported a significantly higher number of symptoms of executive dysfunction than their non-infected counterparts" + dose response -- Eric Topol @EricTopol Thread: brain fog, virus goes in organs, throughout body. 3 jan 2022 https://mobile.twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1478033332851994626 Covid may be an airborne pathogen but it's a vascular disease that also attacks other organs and brain and i really wish public health messaging made that more clear instead of only focusing on initial respiratory symptoms. Long thread with people's experiences. -- @dani_bloop 3 jan 2022 https://mobile.twitter.com/dani_bloop/status/1477890897916354562 Long Covid sucks https://imgur.com/gallery/UfzyJXj I know people with long COVID. It’s a fucking nightmare! https://imgur.com/gallery/aZb4t3Y Long Covid: 'I have to choose between walking and talking' '"I would love to see more consideration, debate and acknowledgement of long Covid from our policy-makers," he says. "If you only measure deaths you miss out the impact on peoples' lives. We should know better than this."' -- Charlie Jones 26 dec 2021 BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-59584146 Long-term pulmonary, cardiovascular and nervous-system problems, psychological effects lasting 1-2 years or more after initial infection. "Post-viral syndromes" occur after infections including the common cold, influenza, HIV, infectious mononucleosis, measles, and hepatitis B. "the biggest mass disabling event since the First World War." -- https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/politics/scottish-politics/3521730/sturgeon-challenged-to-act-as-figures-suggest-79000-scots-have-long-covid/ Info leaflet: https://www.longcovid.org/images/Long_Covid_Information_Leaflet.jpg . . . . . . . . . . I think a lot of people are shrugging off the risks of long Covid because they don’t understand what “fatigue” actually means here in a clinical sense. Please trust me when I say that malaise (the actual clinical name for this sort of fatigue) is not what you are picturing… Thread. -- Stephanie Tait @StephTaitWrites 21 dec 2021 https://mobile.twitter.com/StephTaitWrites/status/1473045012132732929 We calculated the impact of 'long COVID' as Australia opens up. Even without Omicron, we're worried "Such longer-term symptoms can affect multiple systems in the body. This can result in ongoing, severe fatigue plus a wide range of other symptoms, including pain, as well as breathing, neurological, sleep and mental health problems." Study, and detsiled discussion of long-term effects on people and society. 15 dec 2021 https://theconversation.com/we-calculated-the-impact-of-long-covid-as-australia-opens-up-even-without-omicron-were-worried-168662 A new study found that 34 percent of COVID-19 survivors are diagnosed with a neurological or psychological condition within six months of recovering from the initial illness: 1 may 2021 6-month neurological and psychiatric outcomes in 236 379 survivors of COVID-19: a retrospective cohort study using electronic health records The Lancet Psychiatry https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(21)00084-5/fulltext Thousands of COVID-19 Long-haulers are still sick "The disease’s “long-haulers” have endured relentless waves of debilitating symptoms -- and disbelief from doctors and friends." -- Ed Yong 4 jun 2020 The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/06/covid-19-coronavirus-longterm-symptoms-months/612679/ . . . . . . . . . . Impact of ‘Long Covid’ could outlast the pandemic 13 apr 2021 Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-13/why-impact-of-long-covid-could-outlast-the-pandemic-quicktake Good thread: https://mobile.twitter.com/maosbot/status/1467183517134118914 Can Long COVID be treated? A growing number of clinicians are on an urgent quest to find treatments for a frighteningly pervasive problem. They’ve had surprising early success. -- Meghan O'Rourke apr 2021 The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/04/unlocking-the-mysteries-of-long-covid/618076/ - 0 -