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Re: Long Covid brain fog may be due to damaged blood vessels in the brain

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Post by SOLAR_FIELDS » Fri, Mar 22, 2024, 4:10 AM UTC

notabee wrote: post #123

borkt wrote: post #54

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Precisely what happened to me. Doctor botched the disgnosis, my department in local government did everything in their power to push me out immediately upon sharing an honest assesment of how I was feeling, asserting that I was voluntarily resigning rather than genuinely ill - which came across as retaliation for some of them having to return to the office in my stead, as prior to catching covid-19 and suffering the…

Don't mention health issues in an interview, ever. It's unfortunate and really should be illegal to discriminate (not to mention passing up on people who have learned a lot of resilience traits and recovered function) but it's pretty much the kiss of death to mention any kind of sickness or chronic issue.

Yeah. But because it’s not explicitly illegal it is a very easy rejection from the employer. A chronic illness is zero upside and only downside from the employers perspective, so if they aren’t legally obligated to ignore it it’s a very easy no from their perspective. So as the candidate there is basically no reason to ever share that information up front because all it will do is get you basically instantly rejected

Re: Long Covid brain fog may be due to damaged blood vessels in the brain

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Post by sakian » Sun, Mar 24, 2024, 5:15 PM UTC

werdnapk wrote: post #91

EMM_386 wrote: post #77

I was affected by this "brain fog" after getting Covid, but I didn't put two and two together. I called my doctor's office to schedule an appointment and when the receptionist asked what the appointment was for, I simply said "brain fog". I had no other way to describe it. It was intense and disturbing. I often couldn't put cohererent thoughts together, I was constantly forgetting what I was doing, forgetting where I…

I've been getting this since having kids and I called it brain fog too because I didn't know how else to describe it as well. Tests all came back negative. I now just attribute it to exhaustion and lack of sleep, but I find as I get older the symptoms come fast if I don't sleep enough or I get sick and my body isn't 100%.

I had this as well and was diagnosed with sleep apnea. Sleep with a CPAP machine now and it has made a huge difference in my life.

Re: Long Covid brain fog may be due to damaged blood vessels in the brain

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Post by graeme » Tue, Mar 26, 2024, 5:57 PM UTC

SammyStacks wrote: post #110

graeme wrote: post #43

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That might make a case for replacing the name but not eliminating it. Eliminating it would be akin to removing the name "stomach cancer" because other cells can also become cancerous. You need a name for things. And long flu might have different etiology than long covid despite similar symptoms, so it doesn't make sense to lump them together as "long virus".

I think replacing it is the way to go. It's important to differentiate between the acute symptoms of COVID and the chronic, persistent long-term symptoms, even if they both emanate from the effects of the SARS-CoV-2 virus on the body. It will be helpful for research, treatment, and the general understanding of physicians, mental health practitioners in the general public. I think there's precedent for such a decision…

>post-concussion syndrome

Isn't that akin to "long covid"? No one mistakes post-concussion syndrome for a concussion, and no one mistakes long covid for an acute infection.

We do have a formal name for long covid: PASC (Post-Acute-Sequaelae of Covid)

It won't catch on a regular name because it's unpronounceable, but it there for the scientific literature and those who wish to speak formally.

I'm open to there being a better way, but ultimately you need something people can refer to, as it is a common phenomenon.