The looming threat of Long Covid
1 year, 8 months ago

The looming threat of Long Covid

The Hindu  

Long Covid, a condition where a patient suffers from COVID-19 symptoms long after recovering from the infection, has become an issue of concern. Covid hip COVID-19 has created a lot of problems in the hip joint for a lot of young patients suffering from a blood supply block called Avascular Necrosis. Gurava ReddyOrthopaedic surgeon Dr. Reddy adds that Covid hip is mainly hurting the young male population between the age of 25 to 35 years. Dr. T. Krishna Kumar, Senior Interventional Cardiologist at Yashoda Hospitals Secunderabad, says, “The major symptom for people suffering from Long Covid is heart palpitations characterised with increased heart rate along with extreme fatigue. Even when people had the need to see a doctor, it was getting postponed due to the scare of COVID-19.” Heart failure “Recently, I have seen patients getting admitted for right heart failure.

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A study in the US has brought us closer to curing long covid
1 year, 2 months ago

A study in the US has brought us closer to curing long covid

Live Mint  

Finally, the hunt for answers about long covid is yielding clues. A new study, led by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Yale School of Medicine and published in Nature, defines some critical differences in certain biomarkers of people with long covid. Two new reports this week from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that …

Long Covid patient’s legs turning blue after 10 minutes of standing: Lancet
1 year, 4 months ago

Long Covid patient’s legs turning blue after 10 minutes of standing: Lancet

Live Mint  

A study published in The Lancet journal stated that an unusual case of long Covid patient's legs turning blue after 10 minutes of standing has been reported. Long Covid includes symptoms of fatigue, brain fog, depression and anxiety among others, heavily impacting the patients' ability to perform daily activities and their quality of life. Previous research by Sivan's team has …

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 …

Even after mild cases of COVID, long COVID symptoms can linger for a year or more
1 year, 11 months ago

Even after mild cases of COVID, long COVID symptoms can linger for a year or more

LA Times  

Barry Bwalya is helped by his wife, Barbara, at King George Hospital in London. A study of nearly 2 million patients in Israel offers new insights into the trajectory of long COVID, particularly for younger, healthier people whose COVID-19 cases were mild. “Things like cardiac arrhythmias, problems with memory, concentration — all these types of symptoms not only are problematic …

New research initiative will focus on root causes of long COVID
2 years, 3 months ago

New research initiative will focus on root causes of long COVID

LA Times  

Nancy Rose of Port Jefferson, N.Y., grappled with fatigue, memory loss and other long COVID symptoms months after coming down with the virus. A new research initiative will explore whether the persistence of coronavirus in the body plays a role in the development of long COVID, a poorly understood syndrome in which symptoms can last for months or even years …

Long Covid: 14.4 crore still grappling with symptoms. Read about worrying signs
2 years, 3 months ago

Long Covid: 14.4 crore still grappling with symptoms. Read about worrying signs

Live Mint  

As much as COVID is worrying, its long-term effects are no less agonising. Noting it to be a serious cause of concern World Health Organisation has recently cited a report to inform that over 144 million people are affected by Long Covid worldwide. And around 10-20% of people who were infected by the coronavirus, actually experience the long COVID symptoms. …

Nine in 10 people hospitalised with covid have symptoms a year later
2 years, 3 months ago

Nine in 10 people hospitalised with covid have symptoms a year later

Dutch News  

Nearly all patients admitted to hospital with Covid still suffer symptoms a year after being infected, according to new research published in The Lancet on Thursday. Erasmus MC, Rijndam Rehabilitation and care institution Laurens conducted a study of 650 patients who were admitted to a hospital in the Rijnmond region with coronavirus between July 2020 and July 2021. Earlier research …

Nine in 10 people hospitalised with covid have symptoms a year later
2 years, 3 months ago

Nine in 10 people hospitalised with covid have symptoms a year later

Dutch News  

Nearly all patients admitted to hospital with Covid still suffer symptoms a year after being infected, according to new research published in The Lancet on Thursday. Erasmus MC, Rijndam Rehabilitation and care institution Laurens conducted a study of 650 patients who were admitted to a hospital in the Rijnmond region with coronavirus between July 2020 and July 2021. Earlier research …

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 …

Fears of more long COVID, a ‘mass disabling event’ as variants rip through California
2 years, 4 months ago

Fears of more long COVID, a ‘mass disabling event’ as variants rip through California

LA Times  

Jacki Graham, a 64-year-old long COVID survivor, sits for a photo outside her home in Los Angeles on Jan. 20. Some factors that put patients at higher risk of long COVID include being overweight, high blood pressure or heart disease, said Dr. Nisha Viswanathan, director of the UCLA Health Long COVID Program. So I think anyone who says COVID only …

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 …

Mild Covid side effects: Common long Covid symptoms to watch out for
2 years, 6 months ago

Mild Covid side effects: Common long Covid symptoms to watch out for

Hindustan Times  

Covid-19 infections caused by Omicron strain is mostly causing mild symptoms like cough, cold, sore throat, fever, weakness, back pain and headache nowadays and many people may not be following Covid-appropriate behaviour like social distancing, washing hands or wearing masks thinking Covid is now a lot like flu and is no longer a threat. But experts say one should not …

At least 4 Long COVID symptoms are being reported: Check risks
2 years, 6 months ago

At least 4 Long COVID symptoms are being reported: Check risks

Live Mint  

In the last 2 years, we have witnessed several surges and declines in COVID cases, and along the road, we have also learned to deal with the infection and its symptoms. Several studies are already underway on the topic and some of them have pointed out that the post-COVID syndrome “can affect your whole body” and you may experience lots …

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 …

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 …

Shortness of breath, fatigue, other long COVID symptoms can last a year for many patients: Wuhan study
3 years, 3 months ago

Shortness of breath, fatigue, other long COVID symptoms can last a year for many patients: Wuhan study

Firstpost  

Affected women were 43 percent more likely than affected men to suffer from fatigue or persistent muscle weakness, and twice as likely to be diagnosed with anxiety or depression. Fatigue and shortness of breath still afflict many patients a year after their hospitalisation for Covid-19, according to a new Chinese study calling for a better understanding of the pandemic’s long-term …

Covid Symptoms Like Fatigue and Shortness of Breath Last A Year For Many Patients, Says Lancet Report
3 years, 3 months ago

Covid Symptoms Like Fatigue and Shortness of Breath Last A Year For Many Patients, Says Lancet Report

News 18  

Fatigue and shortness of breath still afflict many patients a year after their hospitalisation for Covid-19, according to a new Chinese study calling for a better understanding of the pandemic’s long-term health effects. Around half of patients discharged from hospital for Covid still suffer from at least one persistent symptom — most often fatigue or muscle weakness — after 12 …

Five or more symptoms in first week of infection linked to long COVID: Study
3 years, 5 months ago

Five or more symptoms in first week of infection linked to long COVID: Study

India TV News  

People who exhibit over five symptoms of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the first week are more likely to develop long COVID, irrespective of their age or gender, according to a review of studies. The researchers identified two main symptom clusters of long COVID: those comprising exclusively of fatigue, headache, and upper respiratory complaints, and those with multi-system complaints including ongoing fever …

Long Covid has more than 200 symptoms, study finds
3 years, 5 months ago

Long Covid has more than 200 symptoms, study finds

India Today  

Patients who experience long Covid report more than 200 symptoms across 10 organ systems, according to the largest global study to date of 'long-haulers' published on Thursday. The researchers created a web-based survey designed to characterise the symptom profile and time course in patients with confirmed or suspected long Covid, who experience prolonged symptoms. Read | The long Covid tale: …

What is long COVID and how it makes life difficult for patients even after recovery
3 years, 5 months ago

What is long COVID and how it makes life difficult for patients even after recovery

Firstpost  

People who had mild symptoms or no symptoms during the first COVID-19 infection can still experience symptoms later on or have long-term problems. What is long COVID According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, post-COVID conditions, also known as long COVID or long-haul COVID, are a wide range of new, returning, or ongoing health problems people can …

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 …

These Are The Most Common Long-Haul COVID-19 Symptoms
3 years, 6 months ago

These Are The Most Common Long-Haul COVID-19 Symptoms

Huff Post  

Mario Arango via Getty Images Here's what experts know about the most common long-haul COVID symptoms right now. “Anything that makes you have to work is making people feel pretty exhausted and spent afterwards,” said Putrino, who studies long-haul COVID. How doctors are helping long-haul COVID patients The common symptoms listed here are by no means the only ones people …

What Covid-19's long tail is revealing about disease
3 years, 6 months ago

What Covid-19's long tail is revealing about disease

BBC  

What Covid-19's long tail is revealing about disease Philippe Lopez/AFP/Getty Images Some studies suggest one in 10 patients experience symptoms 12 weeks after their initial infection with Sars-CoV-2 Many months after their initial infection, some Covid-19 patients are still suffering a baffling constellation of symptoms. Heightman says that two thirds of the UCLH clinic's long Covid patients admitted to hospital …

Experts now warn against long COVID which shows up after 6-12 months after first infection
3 years, 7 months ago

Experts now warn against long COVID which shows up after 6-12 months after first infection

The Hindu  

“COVID-19 is a recent disease and at times it displays symptoms which no other viral infection does. While we are developing understanding about the short and long-term impact on the body we now know that one may develop new symptoms six months to one year after recovering from COVID. Available data and research explain that not all but some people …

Doctor: My long-Covid patients’ stories of recovery sound familiar to me (Opinion)
3 years, 8 months ago

Doctor: My long-Covid patients’ stories of recovery sound familiar to me (Opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Dr. Susannah Hills is a pediatric airway surgeon at the New York Presbyterian Hospital and the Columbia University Medical Center. Dr. Susannah Hills John Abbott As I listened to these recovery stories from my doctor’s chair – the relentless fatigue, the shortness of breath, the mental fog – my own experiences as a patient started coming back to …

Coronavirus: one in 10 patients have symptoms lasting three months or more
4 years ago

Coronavirus: one in 10 patients have symptoms lasting three months or more

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. A new analysis aimed at determining the extent of the “long Covid” problem among infected …

What is Long Covid and How Can One Deal with it
4 years, 2 months ago

What is Long Covid and How Can One Deal with it

News 18  

It’s been months since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and those who have survived the infection are beginning to notice that not all the symptoms of the disease go away soon after the virus is eliminated from the body. Long COVID instead of full recovery The term long COVID is patient-made, meaning that a patient who suffered this condition …

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