Category: Clinical Considerations
How COVID-19 Messes Up Your Gut Health
Time When you reach for a COVID-19 test, it’s probably because you’ve got a scratchy throat, runny nose, or cough. But those are far from the only symptoms that make Dr. Rohit Jain, an internal medicine doctor at PennState Health, suspect the virus. These days, when someone complains of nausea, diarrhea, or vomiting, “I always get […]
Oct 2, 2024
Post-COVID-19 condition symptoms among emergency department patients tested for SARS-CoV-2 infection
Nature Symptoms of the Post-COVID-19 Condition are often non-specific making it a challenge to distinguish them from symptoms due to other medical conditions. In this study, we compare the proportion of emergency department patients who developed symptoms consistent with the World Health Organization’s Post-COVID-19 Condition clinical case definition between those who tested positive for Severe […]
Oct 2, 2024
When Nerve Pain and Numbness Are Linked to Long COVID
Yale Medicine Our nerves help us sense, react to, and change our surroundings. Simply put, our nerves are our connection to the world. This connection is disrupted, however, when peripheral neuropathy strikes. The peripheral nervous system starts when nerves leave the spinal cord and ends when the nerves reach our tissues. Peripheral neuropathy, defined as […]
Oct 2, 2024
Research Shows Severe COVID-19 Contributes to Long-Lasting Cognitive Impairment
University of Miami In a study that followed COVID-19 patients for two years or more, researchers at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine showed the disease contributes to long-lasting brain fog and other cognitive issues. These results could be especially concerning for Hispanic, Black and other underrepresented communities, which are already at higher […]
Sep 18, 2024
Internal Tremors: Adding to the List of Long COVID Symptoms
Contagion Long COVID has a laundry list of symptoms — and a lesser-known but troubling one is the sensation of having internal tremors, often with no outward evidence that this is happening. In a new, Yale-based Long COVID study, over one-third of participants report experiencing this strange symptom, which feels as if tremors are occurring inside their […]
Sep 10, 2024
Covid associated with increased risk for hearing loss in young adults
Washington Post The incidences of hearing loss and sudden deafness were higher for people who had covid than those who did not, a new study reports. Covid can lead to the loss of smell and taste, but another sense may also be at risk. A recent study published in the Lancet’s eClinicalMedicine journal reported that a positive coronavirus diagnosis […]
Sep 4, 2024
COVID Vax Myocarditis Stays Mild With Good Prognosis Over a Year Later
MedPageToday People with postvaccine myocarditis did not share the typical mid-term complications associated with conventional myocarditis, based on a population-based study from France. With 18-month follow-up of people who had been hospitalized for myocarditis during the COVID-19 pandemic, it appeared that composite clinical outcomes were more favorable if people had developed myocarditis soon after COVID-19 […]
Aug 27, 2024
How SARS-CoV-2 might cause dangerous inflammation in children
NIH Children infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can develop a rare, life-threatening complication called multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C). In MIS‑C, aberrant immune responses cause inflammation throughout the body. But it’s not clear how SARS-CoV-2 infection leads to MIS-C. To gain more insight, a team of researchers led by Drs. Aaron […]
Aug 27, 2024
Nature Patients recovering from COVID-19 commonly exhibit cognitive and brain alterations, yet the specific neuropathological mechanisms and risk factors underlying these alterations remain elusive. Given the significant global incidence of COVID-19, identifying factors that can distinguish individuals at risk of developing brain alterations is crucial for prioritizing follow-up care. Here, we report findings from a […]
Aug 21, 2024
NYT The treatment can help prevent mild or moderate cases of Covid-19 from becoming more severe. Here’s what to know. Most adults in the United States have one condition or another that makes them a candidate for Paxlovid, which can cut the risk of a severe case of Covid. Obesity, diabetes, depression, heart conditions and dozens […]
Aug 20, 2024