Long Covid course is 'exploiting people', says ex-GB rower
Dr. Camilla Nord disputes claims about the Lightning Process and emphasizes the importance of acknowledging the brain's role in creating symptoms. [ more ]
COVID Patient's Infection Lasts Record 613 Daysand Accumulated Over 50 Mutations
A patient with a weakened immune system harbored a highly mutated Covid-19 strain for over 600 days, showcasing the risk of prolonged infections in immunocompromised individuals. [ more ]
Long Covid course is 'exploiting people', says ex-GB rower
Dr. Camilla Nord disputes claims about the Lightning Process and emphasizes the importance of acknowledging the brain's role in creating symptoms. [ more ]
COVID Patient's Infection Lasts Record 613 Daysand Accumulated Over 50 Mutations
A patient with a weakened immune system harbored a highly mutated Covid-19 strain for over 600 days, showcasing the risk of prolonged infections in immunocompromised individuals. [ more ]
Receiving multiple doses of the COVID vaccine before an initial infection can dramatically reduce the risk of long-term symptoms.
One study found that people who had three doses of the COVID vaccine were 68.7 percent less likely to develop long COVID compared to the unvaccinated. [ more ]
Long flu': study finds flu patients at higher risk of longer-term illness
Data suggests that people who have been hospitalized with flu are at an increased risk of longer-term health problems, similar to those with long Covid.
Both flu and Covid infections carry a significant risk of ongoing disability and disease, with more than half of death and disability occurring in the months after infection. [ more ]
'Long Covid triggered our MCAS, but doctors didn't believe us'
Advocacy groups for people with long Covid and secondary illnesses feel that they are forgotten and poorly treated by doctors.
Some individuals with long Covid and mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS) have experienced anger and disbelief from doctors.
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence defines long Covid as symptoms that persist for more than 12 weeks and are not explained by another diagnosis. [ more ]