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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: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 13 2020, @06:00AM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 13 2020, @06:00AM (#1063896)

    So if I eat vitamin C gummies, I can also start smoking again? Can we start a petition for Albanese to make vitamin C gummy worms?

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 13 2020, @01:28PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 13 2020, @01:28PM (#1063967)

    Vitamin c gummies are probably worthless because the glucose competes for absorption via GLUT transporters. I think those gummies are like 40:1 molar glucose to ascorbate ratio iirc.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 14 2020, @02:21PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 14 2020, @02:21PM (#1064452)

    +1 for Albanese gummy worms

  • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday October 15 2020, @02:51PM

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Thursday October 15 2020, @02:51PM (#1064988) Homepage Journal

    If they're sugar free, you should live stream the next few days.

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