Long Covid & ME/CFS Weekly

Today, we’re launching research studies with Imperial College London! 🚀 Our mission is to increase our understanding of invisible illnesses like #LongCovid & #MECFS. Now you can be part of this by sharing your Visible data directly with researchers: 🧵 makevisible.com/join-research

@IsabelRamirezRD How would the last two be quantified?

Key points summary - Ron Davis : Susceptibility factors: Immuno genetics /dysregulation Micronutrient deficiency Viruses Microbiome (virome mycobiome, archaeome, etc) Mitochondrial

Long COVID is primarily a Spike protein Induced Thrombotic Vasculitis we describe our perspective that Long COVID is a continuation of acute COVID-19 pathology, whereby coagulopathy is the main driver of disease and can cause or exacerbate other pathologies common in Long COVID, such as mast cell activation syndrome and dysautonomia. researchsquare.com/article/rs-293…

This seems like it could be a really important discovery for Long Covid! SARS-CoV-2 awakens ancient retroviral genes and the expression of proinflammatory HERV-W envelope protein in COVID-19 patients Human Endogenous Retroviruses (HERVs) are sequences in the human genome that are derived from ancient viral infections of germ cells in our primate ancestors. HERV-W ENV was also found in postmortem tissues of lungs, heart, gastrointestinal tract, brain olfactory bulb, and nasal mucosa from COVID-19 patients. cell.com/iscience/fullt…

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I think people have this misconceived notion that we are closer than ever to resolving some of the world’s largest medical plights. Myalgic Encephalomyelitis is proof we are not even close. The amount of suffering this illness can cause is hard to believe. It still does not have a biomarker! Here’s to hoping this changes soon. #WorldMEDay

Hot off the press: 'Our study indicates that, along with SARS-CoV-2, a dysbiotic gut microbial community may also play an important role in COVID-19 severity through modulation of host immune responses.' gutpathogens.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

RT @biotechbuzznews: Woah, this Long Covi study looks like it could be a BIG deal. This study found that people with neuroPASC had a weake…

Sad story. Long Covid can not only ruin your health but leave you in financial ruin.

Could this explain why people post-Covid get high cholesterol? Pro-inflammatory cytokines mediating senescence of vascular endothelial cells in atherosclerosis onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/fc…

How Primary Care Physicians Can Recognize and Treat Long COVID Full Article: jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

Brain Injuries are insanely scary Almost half of people with concussion still show symptoms of brain injury six months later cam.ac.uk/research/news/…

'Prevention of endothelial injury can prevent COVID-19 progression, and reduce ICU admission, mortality and long COVID.' #Sec21" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Virus Deep Dive Pt. 3: HHV-6, Human Herpesvirus 6 Here are illnesses that HHV-6 may be implicated in!

Growing body of evidence of cytokines in the early stages of Long Covid: 'This study showed that increased IL-6 correlates with long COVID-19... suggests IL-6 as a basic determinant to predict long COVID-19 or ... the "early stage" of long COVID-19.' pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37095536/

1/5 Biggest Long Covid stories of the last week 🧵 Topics covered: NIH spending, @BhupeshPrusty Long Covid & ME/CFS theory, Covid linked with some cancers?, & is covid linked with Diabetes?

'Long COVID is costing the Australian economy at least $5.7 billion a year as tens of thousands are left unable to work by the debilitating disease.' smh.com.au/national/it-ca…

Epstein Barr Virus seems to cause cancer by driving DNA breakage nature.com/articles/s4158…

If I start include summaries on videos in the newsletter, I can provide transcriptions for those who prefer that.

Yikes. A new paper finds that Covid messes up autophagy in the brain (clean-up process) and caused a buildup of some stuff that is linked to neurodegenerative disease. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37071464/