Long COVID
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Long COVID patients turn to doctors for help with disability claims
With no definitive blood tests or scans for long COVID that could confirm a diagnosis, some say doctors may feel uncomfortable in this role.
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Long COVID ‘brain fog’ confounds doctors, but new research offers hope
Brain fog is among the most common symptoms of long COVID, and also one of the most poorly understood.
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New guidance on neurological complications of long COVID
The most common neurological symptoms are headache, weakness, muscular pain, nerve pain, tremors, peripheral nerve issues, sleep issues, and...
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Researchers seek to understand post-COVID autoimmune disease risk
Three large studies link past SARS-CoV-2 infection to new-onset autoimmune disease, but it is not yet clear what drives this relationship.
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Explanation proposed for long-COVID symptoms in the CNS
In the case of persistent neurologic symptoms after COVID, antibodies produced for previously encountered coronaviruses rather than for SARS-CoV2...
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Even mild COVID is hard on the brain
New study results suggest a severe pattern of changes in how the brain communicates as well as its structure in people with anxiety and depression...
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Inflammation and immunity troubles top long-COVID suspect list
“I think that it’s a much more complex picture than just inflammation, or just autoimmunity, or just immune dysregulation,” says expert.
From the Journals
Long COVID comes into focus, showing older patients fare worse
The findings of new research help define long COVID, according to the investigators.
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Is it long COVID, or dementia, or both?
Older patients who have had COVID-19 have a higher risk of getting dementia or, if they already have mental confusion, the illness may worsen...
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Major life stressors ‘strongly predictive’ of long COVID symptoms
Therapies that lessen the trauma of the most stress-inducing life events need to be a central part of treatment for long COVID, with more research...
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‘A huge deal’: Millions have long COVID, and more are expected
More than a quarter say their condition is severe enough to significantly limit their day-to-day activities.