1/ Unmasked exposures & Long Covid 🧵
— Abraar Karan (@AbraarKaran) February 20, 2022
There is potentially a relationship between inoculum dose (amount of virus you are exposed to when you get infected) & development of #LongCovid
Having higher early viral load may increase risk of Long Covidhttps://t.co/zDqAbkNF6B pic.twitter.com/Ux2I7KP79t
If you’re talking about COVID and not including conversations about Long COVID, you are ignoring a HUGE part of the conversation about COVID. I am out on DISABILITY right now. You’re talking about cases & mortality. There are even some people who survived this that wish they died
— Dr. Raven the Science Maven is healing ❤️‍🩹 (@ravenscimaven) February 20, 2022
I have been experiencing exhaustion and brain fog since I got Covid in January 2021.
— Josh Keller (@joshkellerjosh) February 19, 2022
Trying to figure out what was happening inspired me to write this piece, which visualizes the physical evidence for long Covid.https://t.co/KAwalKyXmS
Why is there so much complacency about #LongCovid?https://t.co/GziHCWlsZE @nature by @lfspinney pic.twitter.com/9SdDBkxoBk
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) February 16, 2022
"Normally, a patient should be able to extract 75% of the oxygen from their blood, but the #LongCovid patients are able to extract only 50%" – Dr. Joseph @Yale https://t.co/NO7CZR5cwG
— charlos (@loscharlos) February 18, 2022
🧵I wrote about #longCOVID and chronic illness for @sciam's pandemic anniversary package: "It is time for medical researchers to investigate these long-contested illnesses with the full force of science’s power…" https://t.co/hreAG7PfNA
— Meghan O'Rourke (@meghanor) February 17, 2022
just a glimpse into how my life has changed since getting covid: the chair I now use to shower. lifting my arms above my shoulders while standing is so strenuous I nearly pass out which is dangerous since I live alone. this at least makes it so I can get thru a shower pic.twitter.com/DyB0TP8XVe
— Gene Park Souls 2: Scholar of the 1st Sin (@GenePark) February 18, 2022
There's a company, CytoDyn, that is conducting a clinical trial for long-haulers. Check it out. The drug is leronlimab.
— ombowstring (@ombowstring) January 2, 2021
NY Times’ Mara Gay recounts her long-term Covid-19 symptoms https://t.co/2bO0sL7drc via @msnbc
Five months post-covid, Nicole Murphy’s heart rate is still doing strange things https://t.co/9n86YdCfXN
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) February 21, 2022
via @NYTimes Having long Covid, Joel said, is like a bit like driving someone else's car, but with determination and help, he is making it around the course, every night. https://t.co/axxtY4D34h
— Sharon Otterman (@sharonNYT) February 24, 2022
Many COVID long-haulers are young people who were told they faced little serious risk from the virus if they didn’t have preexisting conditions. That wasn’t true, and LC is upending countless young people’s lives. Great post by @fortesalatifi https://t.co/tl92zY4ydK
— Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz) March 2, 2022
Small study finds nerve damage in 60% of its cohort of #LongCovid patients – specifically small fiber neuropathy, which can be tested for in a nerve biopsy. https://t.co/rlHGLKBYw7
— Hannah Davis (@ahandvanish) March 2, 2022
“Men infected with the virus are three to six times as likely as others to develop erectile dysfunction, believed to be an indicator of so-called long Covid.”@NYTimes https://t.co/vMFDkAvx5o
— Abraar Karan (@AbraarKaran) March 2, 2022
During at least the first few months following a coronavirus infection, even mild cases are associated with subtle tissue damage and accelerated losses in brain regions tied to the sense of smell, a new study finds. https://t.co/BCjw3amMXP
— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 7, 2022
🚨: If not for the war in Europe, the story below might’ve been one of world’s biggest today. The largest-ever study comparing those who got COVID-19 and recovered and those who never got infected reveals major lasting health problems for the former group. https://t.co/1ihdgyEpno
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) March 5, 2022
Sad! 