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'Long Covid': Why are Some People not Recovering?

posted by Fnord666 on Monday October 12 2020, @02:59PM   Printer-friendly

takyon writes:

'Long Covid': Why are some people not recovering?

For most people, Covid-19 is a brief and mild disease but some are left struggling with symptoms including lasting fatigue, persistent pain and breathlessness for months.

The condition known as "long Covid" is having a debilitating effect on people's lives, and stories of being left exhausted after even a short walk are now common.

So far, the focus has been on saving lives during the pandemic, but there is now a growing recognition that people are facing long-term consequences of a Covid infection.

Yet even basic questions - such as why people get long Covid or whether everyone will fully recover - are riddled with uncertainty.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by JoeMerchant on Monday October 12 2020, @03:56PM (3 children)

    by JoeMerchant (3937) on Monday October 12 2020, @03:56PM (#1063586)

    If it is depletion, then supplements upon diagnosis are much more urgent.

    If it is pre-existing, the odds of non-causal correlation are much higher.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 12 2020, @04:01PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 12 2020, @04:01PM (#1063588)

    Do you think someone with covid who also has scurvy is better off than a covid patient without scurvy? How would that happen?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 12 2020, @06:33PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 12 2020, @06:33PM (#1063649)

      I think the serum concentration definition level of Scurvy may be a poor correlation for COVID survival rates, but the jury is still out on that one.

      Take some chloroquinine while you're at it.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 12 2020, @06:42PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 12 2020, @06:42PM (#1063651)

        I think the serum concentration definition level of Scurvy may be a poor correlation for COVID survival rates, but the jury is still out on that one.

        Based on what? There is one study published on that. The deaths had levels of 15 uM and survivors 30 uM, when healthy is 50 uM. Seems like a pretty clear correlation to me.