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Considering Covid can cause brain cells to fuse together causing cognitive impairment, that seems a more likely cause of issues: https://nitter.net/_CatintheHat/status/1668577909836075008
For the vast majority of cases, a long COVID diagnosis is extremely short on rigor. The best evidence available suggests most cases of "long COVID" are misattribution: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullar...
Not necessarily the best or the latest evidence... See: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41579-022-00846-2
Long covid is still not properly defined and is more of a blanket term of feeling like shit after virus infection
List includes https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/covid-19/long-term-effects-of-...
* extreme tiredness (fatigue) * feeling short of breath * loss of smell * muscle aches
OR.
* problems with your memory and concentration ("brain fog") * chest pain or tightness * difficulty sleeping (insomnia) * heart palpitations * dizziness * pins and needles * joint pain * depression and anxiety * tinnitus, earaches * feeling sick, diarrhoea, stomach aches, loss of appetite * a high temperature, cough, headaches, sore throat, changes to sense of smell or taste * rashes
Many of these symptoms are simply post viral fatigue https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/326619#what-is-it. Post-viral syndrome may cause additional symptoms, such as:
* confusion * trouble concentrating * headaches * aches and pains in the muscles * stiff joints * a sore throat * swollen lymph nodes Which was considered perfectly normal before the big C.
Maybe long covid is a thing, but it really needs proper definition then.
How sick I am of the Covid nutters. If you want research money for something it seems to be just enough to slap some covid label or other and a cheque will be written no questions asked.
Also nature is falling from grace as a top notch elite non-partisan publisher as they have definitely turned partisan in the last few years, they still had the courage to publish the devastating outcome of their political agenda though
I had a globus / lump in throat sensation that was my first symptom of COVID and persisted months after. It went away somehow after I started going to the gym. Obviously can’t say if it’s connected or not, but wouldn’t be surprised if it was.
It probably was c-19. I had a nasty flu back in 2017. I coughed so much I thought I had broken a rib. It took months to recover.
I had a globus / lump in throat sensation that was my first symptom of COVID and persisted months after. It went away somehow after I started going to the gym. Obviously can’t say if it’s connected or not, but wouldn’t be surprised if it was.
So basically most long covid is a form of depression. It makes sense given the fact that most self reported long covid was white middle aged females over any other demographic
Even if we accept it as truth there's so many reasons why you might only be seeing that demographic. Starting with the people you surround yourself with to the possibility that anyone else needs to get by and can't show weakness without worrying about losing their income. What other demographics are you missing?
Are they all also stay at home mothers who don't need to appease a boss for instance? I don't have a better example as I don't really buy your initial claim, but things like that
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not necessarily the best or the latest evidence... See: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41579-022-00846-2
With a totally straight face, “With significant proportions of individuals with long COVID unable to return to work7, the scale of newly disabled individuals is contributing to labour shortages” And I thought it was the Fed!
Elder friend of mine got the fatigue two weeks after covid. after everything else was ruled out she was given ssris for anxiety, and indeed she could walk again a few weeks later. If this turns out to be as interesting as it sounds, well buy SSRI maker stocks
I don't take an SSRI but perhaps it could indeed help.
My gut reaction (pun intended) or guess on what causes Long Covid is a viral reservoir, possibly in the gut, that the immune system cannot fully clear. Low serotonin is then a downstream effect from the chronic stress on the body. Approx. 90% of serotonin found in the human body is located in the (GI) tract. So people and doctors will throw SSRIs at the problem, and maybe that will relieve some symptoms, but will not…