Long COVID
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Long COVID mimics other postviral conditions
“We think they are frighteningly similar, if not identical.”
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Is it COVID or long COVID? Your organs may know
COVID-19 can damage multiple organs in the body.
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COVID-19 may trigger irritable bowel syndrome
Estimates of the prevalence of gastrointestinal symptoms with COVID-19 have ranged as high as 60%.
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Long COVID case study: persistent hormone deficiencies
This is the first published case of secondary adrenal insufficiency after recovery from COVID-19.
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Diagnosing children with long COVID can be tricky: Experts
Spencer Siedlecki’s journey to better health was difficult; his regular pediatrician told the family at first that there were no treatments to...
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Sexual dysfunction, hair loss linked with long COVID
The symptoms, among others, join a list of better-known symptoms linked to long COVID.
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Long COVID’s grip will likely tighten as infections continue
“If we conservatively assume 100 million working-age adults have been infected, that implies 10 to 33 million may have long COVID.”
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How well do vaccines protect against long COVID?
“We also now have quite a lot of evidence that vaccination does reduce your risk of long COVID – probably because it reduces your risk of severe...
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Clinicians can help people with severe ME/CFS, even unseen
About a quarter of people with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome are homebound or bedbound, making medical office visits...
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Increasing data link ME/CFS, long COVID, and dysautonomia
Both ME/CFS and long COVID commonly involve numerous symptoms beyond the defining ones.
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Treatments explored to ease postviral symptoms of ME/CFS and long COVID
“There aren’t cures, but there are many management techniques to improve symptoms.”