THIS, more than comorbidities like cancer, makes ‘Long COVID’ extremely risky
2 years, 2 months ago

THIS, more than comorbidities like cancer, makes ‘Long COVID’ extremely risky

Live Mint  

There are severe COVID signs and symptoms that can last for months or even years, and it’s called ‘Long COVID’. Surprisingly, these stressors affected ‘Long COVID’ more than physical comorbidities like a history of high blood pressure, diabetes, high cholesterol, asthma and cancer. ‘Long COVID’ raises the issue of the significance of recognising and treating mental health problems, making it crucial to consider psychological health. Physical health disorders, which may be easier to measure or see, have a long history of receiving more severe treatment than mental health difficulties, according to Harvard University neuroepidemiology Andrea Roberts.

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Black adults with long COVID report higher levels of hopelessness and suicidal thoughts
2 days, 19 hours ago

Black adults with long COVID report higher levels of hopelessness and suicidal thoughts

Salon  

Black adults living with long COVID pointed to challenges with their physical health – rather than their mental health – when asked to describe their long-COVID symptoms. In other words, while participants clearly explained how long COVID impaired their physical health, they were less likely to attribute their recent mental health struggles to any issues stemming from their experiences of …

Long Covid risk higher in women and heart patients: Study
6 months ago

Long Covid risk higher in women and heart patients: Study

India Today  

Early in the pandemic, many people infected with SARS-CoV-2 or Covid-19 reported persistent symptoms lasting a month or more, much longer than typical for an upper respiratory viral infection, or developed new, lingering symptoms after recovery. "Our study highlights the crucial role of Covid vaccination, not just in reducing infection severity but also in lowering the risk of long Covid," …

Another report minimizes long COVID risk. Long haulers say the threat is being ignored
1 year, 2 months ago

Another report minimizes long COVID risk. Long haulers say the threat is being ignored

Salon  

When Erica Hayes was infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus in November 2020, her symptoms were mild and she didn’t even have a cough. “No one’s telling me I will regain a quality of life that would let me get back to work.” Some in the long COVID space say it’s one of many recent attempts to minimize long COVID, which …

Long COVID link to mental health conditions prompts federal advisory
1 year, 6 months ago

Long COVID link to mental health conditions prompts federal advisory

LA Times  

Federal health officials have identified a number of mental health conditions associated with long COVID, prompting them to issue an advisory to help doctors treat patients suffering from the syndrome. Pittman said he’s seen patients who have long COVID but feel as though their other doctors haven’t listened to them — “they don’t feel like they’ve been taken seriously.” Other …

Health of long Covid patients worse than Stage-4 lung cancer patients: Study
1 year, 6 months ago

Health of long Covid patients worse than Stage-4 lung cancer patients: Study

Live Mint  

The impact of long Covid has devastating effects on patient's health, according to a new study. Patients who were infected from a long Covid-19 infection are witnessing a drastic change in their health which is more dangerous than a fatal illness such as stage-4 lung cancer, anemia, or stroke. The research, published in BMJ Open and funded by the National …

Long COVID linked with self-perceived cognitive deficits
1 year, 7 months ago

Long COVID linked with self-perceived cognitive deficits

The Hindu  

Symptomatic long COVID may be associated with self-perceived cognitive difficulties such as memory problems, according to a study. Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles in the US noted that over one in three people experiencing long COVID symptoms perceived such cognitive deficits, which have been found to be related to anxiety and depression. "This perception of cognitive deficits …

The Most Common Long COVID Symptoms Doctors Are Seeing Right Now
1 year, 9 months ago

The Most Common Long COVID Symptoms Doctors Are Seeing Right Now

Huff Post  

Charday Penn via Getty Images Millions of people are experiencing a post-COVID illness known as long COVID. Brain Fog Gorman said some people don’t like the term “brain fog,” but this cognitive symptom is another sign of long COVID. Stomach Issues “There’s also a small segment that have stomach issues, too,” said Dr. William Lago, the medical director of Cleveland …

Scientists hope viruses hiding out in patients hold answers to long COVID
1 year, 9 months ago

Scientists hope viruses hiding out in patients hold answers to long COVID

LA Times  

Tracking microbes through a malodorous network of sewer lines led virologist Marc Johnson to the source of unusual coronavirus mutants. And during that time, the mutations showed the virus was “running like hell,” trying to evade the person’s immune system, Johnson said. The coronavirus may also be hiding out in long-lived nerve cells and heart muscle, where it may drive …

Long Covid symptoms now include erectile dysfunction and hair loss
1 year, 10 months ago

Long Covid symptoms now include erectile dysfunction and hair loss

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Hair loss and erectile dysfunction have joined the list of long …

Anxiety, depression more likely in first wave COVID-19 patients: Study
2 years ago

Anxiety, depression more likely in first wave COVID-19 patients: Study

Hindustan Times  

When compared to people who avoided COVID-19 in the same time period, individuals who reported having COVID in early 2020 were also 1.67 times more likely to have clinically significant levels of anxiety after 13 months. Anxiety, depression more likely in first wave COVID-19 patients: Study More than 3,000 UK individuals, representing a cross-section of the general public, were polled …

Long-term Covid symptoms can get worsened by stressful circumstances: Study
2 years, 1 month ago

Long-term Covid symptoms can get worsened by stressful circumstances: Study

Hindustan Times  

A new study reveals that the death of a loved one, financial or food poverty, or the development of a new disability were some of the best indicators of whether a patient hospitalised for COVID-19 will suffer signs of long COVID a year later. Long term Covid symptoms can get worsened by stressful circumstances: Study Led by researchers from NYU …

The mental health effects of living with long COVID
2 years, 3 months ago

The mental health effects of living with long COVID

LA Times  

Sandhya Kambhampati, a data reporter on the Los Angeles Times Data Desk, holds a painting she did while coping with long COVID. There were days when I had to make calls to get the earliest available appointments, do interviews, go to one or two doctor’s appointments and analyze data, as well as manage my day-to-day life. Rest is crucial after …

What moves us ‘closer to the unfortunate finish line of getting long Covid’
2 years, 3 months ago

What moves us ‘closer to the unfortunate finish line of getting long Covid’

CNN  

CNN — You may have up to a 50% higher risk of developing long Covid-19 if you suffer from common psychiatric issues such as anxiety or depression, a recent study found. “We found participants with two or more types of psychological distress before infection had a 50% higher risk of getting long Covid,” said study coauthor Dr. Siwen Wang, a …

Stress, anxiety boost chances of getting long Covid: Study
2 years, 3 months ago

Stress, anxiety boost chances of getting long Covid: Study

Hindustan Times  

Depression, anxiety, worries about the pandemic and other sources of distress prior to getting Covid-19 may increase the chance of developing persistent “long-haul” symptoms, a Harvard University study found. What Experts Know About ‘Long Covid’ and Who Gets It Psychological distress has been linked to longer and more severe illness after respiratory tract infections, and it might drive the kind …

Stress, anxiety increase chances of getting long Covid: What new study says
2 years, 3 months ago

Stress, anxiety increase chances of getting long Covid: What new study says

Live Mint  

A Harvard University study has found that depression, anxiety, worries about the pandemic and other sources of distress prior to getting Covid-19 may increase the chance of developing persistent “long-haul” symptoms. What experts know about ‘long Covid’ and who is at risk of getting it: The Harvard researchers in the study published Wednesday in the journal JAMA Psychiatry Psychological informed …

One in eight Covid patients have long-term symptoms
2 years, 4 months ago

One in eight Covid patients have long-term symptoms

NL Times  

One in eight people who had the coronavirus developed Long Covid, according to a large-scale population survey in the Netherlands. That means they struggle with long-term symptoms like chest pain, loss of smell and taste, shortness of breath, fatigue, or muscle pain after infection. “For example, because of the change of seasons, because people developed new diseases, or because living …

Long Covid symptoms: New research identifies hair loss and lower libido as risk
2 years, 4 months ago

Long Covid symptoms: New research identifies hair loss and lower libido as risk

Hindustan Times  

About 2 million people in the UK have persistent symptoms after Covid infection, termed long Covid. We found that people who had been diagnosed with Covid were significantly more likely to report 62 symptoms, only 20 of which are included in the World Health Organisation’s clinical case definition for long Covid. Exploring how long Covid symptoms are different in different …

USC researchers identify symptoms associated with increased risk for long COVID
2 years, 5 months ago

USC researchers identify symptoms associated with increased risk for long COVID

LA Times  

Medical workers tend to a COVID-19 patient at a hospital in eastern France in 2020. Science & Medicine Cases of ‘long COVID’ frustrate patients, puzzle scientists Researchers are getting serious about understanding a disease patients call “long COVID.” Its symptoms include aches, fatigue, sleep problems and brain fog. “Even people who have relatively few symptoms to start with can end …

'Half of COVID-19 survivors show one symptom even two years after infection'
2 years, 7 months ago

'Half of COVID-19 survivors show one symptom even two years after infection'

Firstpost  

According to a Lancet study, fatigue or muscle weakness were the symptoms most often reported and fell from 52 per cent at six months to 30 per cent at two years Beijing: More than half of people hospitalised with COVID-19 still have at least one symptom two years after they were first infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, according to the …

This is SERIOUS! 50 per cent hospitalised COVID patients continue to suffer after 2 years
2 years, 7 months ago

This is SERIOUS! 50 per cent hospitalised COVID patients continue to suffer after 2 years

India TV News  

Two years after infection with Covid-19, half of the patients who were admitted to the hospital still have at least one symptom, according to the study published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine. This is especially the case for participants with long Covid, who typically still have at least one symptom including fatigue, shortness of breath, and sleep difficulties two years …

Suffering from ‘Long Covid’? How would you know it: Experts explain all symptoms
2 years, 8 months ago

Suffering from ‘Long Covid’? How would you know it: Experts explain all symptoms

Live Mint  

Most people who suffer from Covid-19 fully recover. But another large study published in November, using data from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, estimated that about 7% of people had at least one symptom of long Covid six months after their infection. It’s possible, though there’s not been enough data collected and analyzed yet to know for sure, especially …

Long-Term Mental Health Outcomes Linked To Severe Covid: First-Of-A-Kind Study In Lancet
2 years, 9 months ago

Long-Term Mental Health Outcomes Linked To Severe Covid: First-Of-A-Kind Study In Lancet

ABP News  

New Delhi: Severe Covid-19 is linked to an increase in the risk of long-term adverse mental health effects, according to a new study published in The Lancet Public Health. The researchers of the study observed symptom-prevalence of depression, anxiety, Covid-19 related distress, and poor sleep quality among people with and without a diagnosis of Covid-19 from zero to 16 months, …

Your Risk Of A Mental Health Disorder Increases After COVID
2 years, 10 months ago

Your Risk Of A Mental Health Disorder Increases After COVID

Huff Post  

Jackyenjoyphotography via Getty Images New research published this week shines a light on another group of people whose mental health and well-being have been hit particularly hard over the past two years: people infected with COVID-19. “We need to acknowledge this reality and address these conditions now before they balloon into a much larger mental health crisis.” The connection between …

Long Covid, Post-Virus Trauma Affecting Sex Life, Says Latest Study
2 years, 10 months ago

Long Covid, Post-Virus Trauma Affecting Sex Life, Says Latest Study

News 18  

Long Covid has a serious impact not just on physical but mental health too. People suffering from long Covid symptoms are facing issues like anxiety, stress, trauma, or post-traumatic stress disorder while indulging in a physical relationship. Moreover, sudden development of trauma or stress is Dr Omprakash says that it is also being seen in some patients that while having …

COVID-19 infection doubles the risk of psychiatric diagnoses
3 years, 1 month ago

COVID-19 infection doubles the risk of psychiatric diagnoses

Daily Mail  

COVID-19 infection leads to increased risk of fatigue, sleep problems and psychiatric issues long after patients are diagnosed with their initial illness, a new study finds. A Covid infection can lead to long-term fatigue, sleep issues, and psychiatric conditions such as anxiety and depression, a new study finds Patients who tested positive for Covid were more likely to be diagnosed …

Half of COVID-19 survivors experience lingering symptoms six months after recovery, finds study
3 years, 2 months ago

Half of COVID-19 survivors experience lingering symptoms six months after recovery, finds study

Firstpost  

The study, published in the journal JAMA Network Open, reviewed 57 reports that included data from 250,351 unvaccinated adults and children who were diagnosed with COVID-19 from December 2019 through March 2021 Washington: More than half number of people diagnosed with COVID-19 experience post-COVID symptoms, known as long COVID, up to six months after recovering, according to a study. The …

One in Three Covid Patients Get at Least One Long-Covid Symptom, Finds Study
3 years, 2 months ago

One in Three Covid Patients Get at Least One Long-Covid Symptom, Finds Study

News 18  

Around 37 per cent or one in three COVID-19 patients had at least one long-COVID symptom diagnosed in the three to six month period after a coronavirus infection, a new UK study reports on Wednesday. The research from the University of Oxford and the National Institute for Health Research Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre investigated long-COVID in over 270,000 people …

Almost 400,000 have had long Covid symptoms for over a year
3 years, 5 months ago

Almost 400,000 have had long Covid symptoms for over a year

The Telegraph  

Nearly 400,000 people have suffered long Covid symptoms for more than 12 months, the latest data from the Office for National Statistics shows. Based on a survey of private households in the UK, the ONS estimated that around 962,000 people have experienced persistent symptoms such as fatigue, shortness of breath, muscle aches and difficulty concentrating since contracting the virus. Two-thirds …

Decoding Long Covid: Mental Health Issues Like Depression, Substance Abuse Can Manifest Post Recovery
3 years, 6 months ago

Decoding Long Covid: Mental Health Issues Like Depression, Substance Abuse Can Manifest Post Recovery

News 18  

In today’s column Dr Preeti Parakh, psychiatrist and head at Mpower – The Centre in Kolkata, explains how Covid-19 patients develop neuropsychiatric conditions after Covid and why their pre-existing mental health issues can worsen during the infection and in the recovery phase. “Recent research has shown that around one-third of long Covid patients develop neuropsychiatric conditions within six months of …

From panic attacks to obsessive compulsive disorders, how COVID-19 has taken a toll on mental health
3 years, 6 months ago

From panic attacks to obsessive compulsive disorders, how COVID-19 has taken a toll on mental health

Firstpost  

In the second wave, many people have been struggling to cope with the loss of loved ones, not being able to perform their final rites, the helplessness of not finding oxygen or beds, etc At the start of the pandemic in 2020, the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, started a national helpline for COVID-related mental health issues. …

Long Covid a new threat? All your FAQs answered at Doctors' Roundtable
3 years, 6 months ago

Long Covid a new threat? All your FAQs answered at Doctors' Roundtable

India Today  

Is long Covid a new threat? DR. BORNALI DATTA, DIRECTOR, RESPIRATORY DEPARTMENT, MEDANTA THE MEDICITY, GURUGRAM: We’re suffering from a huge burden of long Covid or post-Covid syndrome. READ: The long Covid tale: If you are recovering from coronavirus, this is normal Q: How can people fight negative thoughts like death post Covid? Q: There is one fear of long …

Mental health in Covid times: Top doctors offer ways to deal with depression, anxiety
3 years, 7 months ago

Mental health in Covid times: Top doctors offer ways to deal with depression, anxiety

India Today  

At Doctors’ Roundtable on mental health, top experts tell India Today TV Consulting Editor Rajdeep Sardesai how people can deal with depression and anxiety in Covid times. DR. SAMIR PARIKH, DIRECTOR, FORTIS NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM, GURUGRAM: Any problem, especially when so unprecedented and mammoth, will give you anxiety. DR. ANJALI CHHABRIA, PSYCHIATRIST AND PSYCHOTHERAPIST, MUMBAI: When you’re going through …

Neurological or mental disorders affect a third of Covid-19 survivors: Study
3 years, 8 months ago

Neurological or mental disorders affect a third of Covid-19 survivors: Study

India Today  

One in three Covid-19 survivors in a study of more than 230,000, mostly American patients, were diagnosed with a brain or psychiatric disorder within six months, suggesting the pandemic could lead to a wave of mental and neurological problems, scientists said on Tuesday. 20% of survivors diagnosed with psychiatric disorder within 3 months last year Health experts are increasingly concerned …

High levels of stress, weight gain among people trying to cope with COVID situation
3 years, 9 months ago

High levels of stress, weight gain among people trying to cope with COVID situation

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Weight gain, increase in stress levels and a feeling of helplessness are noticed among people trying to cope with the pandemic situation during the Covid times, mental health specialists say, quoting a nationwide study. Dr Minhaj Zafar Nasirabadi, convener of media and mental health at Indian Psychiatric Society explains, “Covid-19 conditions aggravated the situations of those who suffered from …

New Study Shows COVID-19 May Also Lead To Mental Health Disorders
4 years, 1 month ago

New Study Shows COVID-19 May Also Lead To Mental Health Disorders

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING COVID-19 already has been linked to an assortment of alarming long-term physical health effects, and now a new study illuminates what the virus can also do to a person’s brain. Other research has found that COVID-19 could age the brain and lead to other cognitive issues; patients have also anecdotally reported experiencing mental health side effects like …

One in five COVID-19 survivors develop mental illness: Study
4 years, 1 month ago

One in five COVID-19 survivors develop mental illness: Study

Al Jazeera  

Research finds 20 percent of those infected with COVID-19 diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder within 90 days. Many COVID-19 survivors are likely to be at greater risk of developing mental illness, psychiatrists said, after a large study found 20 percent of those infected with the coronavirus are diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder within 90 days. Anxiety, depression and insomnia were …

One in five Covid survivors diagnosed with mental illness within 90 days, finds study
4 years, 1 month ago

One in five Covid survivors diagnosed with mental illness within 90 days, finds study

India Today  

Psychiatrists have said coronavirus survivors are at a greater risk of developing mental illness after a study found that 20 per cent of covid patients are diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder within 90 days. Anxiety, depression and insomnia were most common among recovered Covid-19 patients in the study who developed mental health problems, and the researchers also found significantly higher …

From breathlessness to 'brain fog', Indian doctors are now up against effects of "long COVID"
4 years, 1 month ago

From breathlessness to 'brain fog', Indian doctors are now up against effects of "long COVID"

Firstpost  

To say that we live in strange times would be the understatement of the year. In a recent study, known as the COVID Symptom Study, which looked at more than 4 million people in the US, UK and Sweden after a COVID-19 diagnosis, they defined post-acute COVID-19 as the presence of symptoms, lasting more than 3 weeks from the initial …

Long Covid: Women, older patients and those with range of symptoms most at risk, paper suggests
4 years, 2 months ago

Long Covid: Women, older patients and those with range of symptoms most at risk, paper suggests

CNN  

London CNN — Older people, women and those with a wide range of symptoms in the first week of their illness appear to be most likely to develop “long Covid,” according to a preprint paper posted online by researchers at King’s College London on Wednesday. The paper defines “long Covid” as having symptoms persist for more than four weeks, while …

Covid-19: Underlying Health Condition Poses Higher Risk of Death
4 years, 2 months ago

Covid-19: Underlying Health Condition Poses Higher Risk of Death

News 18  

An analysis from multiple studies have found that people with certain underlying medical conditions have a higher risk for severe illness on Covid-19 infected patients. Patients with an underlying medical condition like cardiovascular disease, asthma, diabetes, congestive heart failure, hypertension, chronic kidney disease, stroke, liver disease, HIV/AIDS and cancer can escalate the risk of dying from Covid-19. Patients with cardiovascular …

Coronavirus vaccine update: Mild Covid-19 induces prolonged immune response; psychiatric risk revealed
4 years, 4 months ago

Coronavirus vaccine update: Mild Covid-19 induces prolonged immune response; psychiatric risk revealed

India Today  

In patients with mild COVID-19, immune responses last months and possibly longer, researchers found. But a study from China last month on 349 COVID-19 patients, which has not yet undergone peer review, found similar immune response patterns at six months regardless of symptom severity. And in a study published on Saturday ahead of peer review, U.S. researchers performed blood tests …

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