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

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

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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• Re:These are symptoms of scurvy Re:These are symptoms of scurvy (Score: 4, Informative) by nishi.b on Monday October 12 2020, @07:07PM (1 child)

  by nishi.b (4243) on Monday October 12 2020, @07:07PM (#1063662)

  It seems that most severe cases have a different immune reaction that involves neutrophils producing large amounts of oxydants to attack the pathogen, which might explain antioxidants being "used up" ?
  Ref: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41577-020-0407-1 [nature.com]

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• Re:These are symptoms of scurvy (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 13 2020, @03:50AM

  by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 13 2020, @03:50AM (#1063859)

  Any source of ROS will do it, but it does seem to be more extreme in covid than usual critical illness.

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