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#LongCOVID19 thread.
Even only #chronicSmellingLoss #Anosmia can be devastating emotionally:
Affected people loose any enjoyment in domains like food, ignore bad smelling warnings of many hazards, can become anxieux about body odours or house odours they aren't aware of ect.1/
Even only #chronicSmellingLoss #Anosmia can be devastating emotionally:
Affected people loose any enjoyment in domains like food, ignore bad smelling warnings of many hazards, can become anxieux about body odours or house odours they aren't aware of ect.1/
Besides, a #MaxPlanKInstitute team got data suggesting #chronicSmellingLoss means brain access: " #SARSCoV2 can enter the nervous system by crossing the neural–mucosal interface in olfactory mucosa..penetrating defined neuroanatomical areas.."2/ #LongCOVID https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-020-00758-5
NB: Authors also suggest the existence of "other mechanisms or routes of viral entry into the brain " As we were able to detect #SARSCoV2 RNA in some individuals in CNS regions that have no direct connection to the olfactory mucosa..." #LongCOVID 3/ https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-020-00758-5
Those were autopsy findings therefore but even if you are a fit youth suffering from the social and economic costs of #COVID19pandemic social distancing with lockdown periods, it is unwise to convince yourself that youth puts you above any risk of #longCOVID.4/
One certitude only in December 2020:
"best way to prevent #longCOVID(LC)..is to prevent #COVID19."
Experts still ignore:
-how long LC can last
-the absolute risk for previously fit young people to suffer from LC after any #SARScoV2 infection.5/ https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/long-term-effects.html
"best way to prevent #longCOVID(LC)..is to prevent #COVID19."
Experts still ignore:
-how long LC can last
-the absolute risk for previously fit young people to suffer from LC after any #SARScoV2 infection.5/ https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/long-term-effects.html
Healthy young people expect only mild acute #COVID19 symptoms if any but
"Surprisingly, people with mild cases..are more likely to have a variety of “strange” symptoms that come and go over a longer period, according to #PrTimSpector KCL" #LongCOVID 6/ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-11-09/coronavirus-long-haulers-tell-us-their-symptoms-and-the-aftereffects-of-disease
"Surprisingly, people with mild cases..are more likely to have a variety of “strange” symptoms that come and go over a longer period, according to #PrTimSpector KCL" #LongCOVID 6/ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-11-09/coronavirus-long-haulers-tell-us-their-symptoms-and-the-aftereffects-of-disease
USA #DrAnthonyFauci has speculated..many in the 2nd group will develop a condition called #myalgicEncephalomyelitis(ME) #chronicFatigueSyndrome(CFS)
#MECFS can be triggered by other infectious illnesses..mononucleosis,LymeDisease, #SARSCoV2"
#LongCOVID 7/ https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/the-tragedy-of-the-post-covid-long-haulers-2020101521173
#MECFS can be triggered by other infectious illnesses..mononucleosis,LymeDisease, #SARSCoV2"
#LongCOVID 7/ https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/the-tragedy-of-the-post-covid-long-haulers-2020101521173
#LongCOVID19 is also taken very seriously in England:
-NHS announced plans to establish a network of more than 40 #longCovidSpecialistClinics..to help patients with long term symptoms of infection"
-Prospective #CoverscanStudy 8/ https://www.bmj.com/content/371/bmj.m4470
-NHS announced plans to establish a network of more than 40 #longCovidSpecialistClinics..to help patients with long term symptoms of infection"
-Prospective #CoverscanStudy 8/ https://www.bmj.com/content/371/bmj.m4470
Even Acute medicine doctors like Dr.KenScheppke worry about #LongCOVID at least in the USA https://www.emsworld.com/article/1225291/long-haulers-continuing-casualties-covid-19
“Now is the time for medicine to turn its collective eye toward this #postviralSyndrome& figure out what’s going on so we can help these poor people suffering..”9/
“Now is the time for medicine to turn its collective eye toward this #postviralSyndrome& figure out what’s going on so we can help these poor people suffering..”9/
"we may be seeing massive numbers of patients with #MECFS/other lingering symptoms that could place an immense burden on healthcare&financial systems, not to mention stress on people’s personal lives—their families, careers,& mental health."10/ #LongCovid https://www.emsworld.com/article/1225291/long-haulers-continuing-casualties-covid-19
It seems clear that even for the fit and young "catching this virus isn’t a way to get it over with, because even if it doesn’t kill you, it may leave you disabled, potentially for months, if not years" as Dr Scheppke says; not so with #longCOVID. 11/ https://www.emsworld.com/article/1225291/long-haulers-continuing-casualties-covid-19
Back in June 2020 #longCOVID19patients had already felt abandonned:
"Even though the world is consumed by concern over #COVID19, the long-haulers have been largely left out of the narrative and excluded from the figures that define the pandemic."12/ https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/06/covid-19-coronavirus-longterm-symptoms-months/612679/
"Even though the world is consumed by concern over #COVID19, the long-haulers have been largely left out of the narrative and excluded from the figures that define the pandemic."12/ https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/06/covid-19-coronavirus-longterm-symptoms-months/612679/
In Aug. 2020 #LongCOVID19 patients still felt:
"...precariously perched on a physiological precipice-a difficult position from which to fight for their future.“A lot of people who don’t have the energy to educate the world are educating the world”13/ https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/08/long-haulers-covid-19-recognition-support-groups-symptoms/615382/
"...precariously perched on a physiological precipice-a difficult position from which to fight for their future.“A lot of people who don’t have the energy to educate the world are educating the world”13/ https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/08/long-haulers-covid-19-recognition-support-groups-symptoms/615382/
Vocabulary point: #longCovid19 is more often used than #COVIDLongHauleurs and both differs from #COVID19Survivors the chosen name of self-described grass roots movement fighting the #COVID19pandemic in the USA:
"BE A #SUPERHERO – #SAVELIVES"
. 14/ https://www.survivorcorps.com
"BE A #SUPERHERO – #SAVELIVES"
. 14/ https://www.survivorcorps.com
"Every cloud has a silver lining". (Milton)
The silver lining in #longCOVID should be for the medically neglected sufferers of #post-viral #ME to benefit from the extraordinary research efforts fighting the #COVID19pandemic to escape health gurus & "All In Your Head" denial. /15
The silver lining in #longCOVID should be for the medically neglected sufferers of #post-viral #ME to benefit from the extraordinary research efforts fighting the #COVID19pandemic to escape health gurus & "All In Your Head" denial. /15
