Category: Clinical Considerations
How smallpox and monkeypox viruses affect the nervous system
Medical News.Net – Several pandemics have emerged over the past few decades due to the emergence of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), as well as Dengue, Zika, Ebola, and West Nile viruses. Most recently, the emergence of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) led to the coronavirus […]
Sep 26, 2022
Some kids, teens have long-term lung damage after COVID-19
CIDRAP – Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) reveals lung damage in nonhospitalized children and teens who either had COVID-19 up to a year earlier or have long-COVID symptoms, according to a single-center clinical trial published this week in Radiology. Researchers in Germany evaluated changes in lung structure and function in 54 pediatric COVID-19 survivors and nine healthy controls aged […]
Sep 23, 2022
Signs of autoimmune disease, difficulty exercising noted 1 year after COVID
CIDRAP – Two studies published today in the European Respiratory Journal describe long-COVID findings, one revealing signs of autoimmune disease in 41% of blood samples taken 1 year after recovery, and the other showing that 23% of patients still had exercise intolerance a year after hospital release. Related Study in the European Respiratory Journal
Sep 23, 2022
SciTech Daily – If you’ve had COVID-19, it may still be messing with your brain. According to new research, those who have been infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus are at increased risk of developing a range of neurological conditions in the first year after the infection. A comprehensive analysis of federal health data reveals that such complications include […]
Sep 23, 2022
One of Long COVID’s Worst Symptoms Is Also Its Most Misunderstood
The Atlantic – Brain fog isn’t like a hangover or depression. It’s a disorder of executive function that makes basic cognitive tasks absurdly hard. Long-haulers with brain fog say that it’s like none of the things that people—including many medical professionals compare it to. It is more profound than the clouded thinking that accompanies hangovers, […]
Sep 22, 2022
Risk for Developing Alzheimer’s Disease Increases by 50-80% In Older Adults Who Caught COVID-19
Neuroscience News – Older people who were infected with COVID-19 show a substantially higher risk—as much as 50% to 80% higher than a control group—of developing Alzheimer’s disease within a year, according to a study of more than 6 million patients 65 and older.
Sep 22, 2022