Category: Clinical Considerations
Beyond breathing: How COVID-19 affects your heart, brain and other organs
AMA It’s easy to be complacent about COVID-19. Most people experience only mild issues – fever and coughing, maybe congestion and shortness of breath. But the coronavirus is capable of causing much more than a simple respiratory illness, affecting organs throughout the body, experts say. “We see people have symptoms from almost head to toe […]
Jan 16, 2024
Avoiding COVID was about more than just keeping 2 metres apart, study finds
Euronews A new Oxford University study found that the duration of an encounter with a person sick with COVID was as important as the distance kept from them. How likely is it to get COVID-19 after being exposed to someone infected? It’s been a question on many people’s minds during the pandemic, and one that a group […]
Jan 2, 2024
Post-COVID ‘heart failure pandemic’ possible: Japan researchers
Mainichi Japan After contracting COVID-19, patients may have higher risk of heart failure from persistent viral infection in their hearts, even without developing notable heart disease, according to study results announced by Japanese researchers on Dec. 23. The team including researchers from Riken, Japan’s largest scientific institute, pointed out the possibility of a “heart failure […]
Dec 26, 2023
The Real Story Behind ‘White Lung Pneumonia’
Scientific American Experts say a pneumonia outbreak among children in Ohio and a cluster of pneumonia cases in China are unrelated, despite some social media posts and tabloid articles that have ambiguously linked the two. The usual respiratory pathogens are making their rounds this cold and flu season, yet the specter of the pandemic has left many on alert […]
Dec 19, 2023
Nature The severity of chest X-ray (CXR) findings is a prognostic factor in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We investigated the clinical and genetic characteristics and prognosis of patients with worsening CXR findings during early hospitalization. We retrospectively included 1656 consecutive Japanese patients with COVID-19 recruited through the Japan COVID-19 Task Force. Rapid deterioration […]
Dec 12, 2023
Prone Positioning Falls Flat for Weaning COVID Patients Off ECMO
MedPage Today Early application of prone positioning did not help patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) — mostly from COVID — get off venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV-ECMO) any faster compared to supine positioning, a randomized trial found. Among ARDS patients receiving ECMO, an identical 44% of patients were successfully weaned off ECMO […]
Dec 5, 2023
How to Protect Your Gut After COVID, According to a Gastroenterologist
Eating Well COVID can cause gastrointestinal symptoms and harm your gut microbiome. Learn what foods to eat to help your gut bounce back quickly after COVID. When you think of COVID, you may think of a cough, respiratory issues and a loss of taste and smell, but COVID can also impact your gut. We’re not […]
Dec 5, 2023
The neurobiology of SARS-CoV-2 infection
Nature Affected premises include two broiler farms in Arkansas; more turkey farms in Ohio, Minnesota, and South Dakota; and a duck farm and a layer farm in California. Colorado and North Dakota also reported more outbreaks at commercial farms. Also, the virus hit backyard poultry in seven states, including Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Montana, […]
Dec 5, 2023
‘Long Covid triggered our MCAS, but doctors didn’t believe us’
BBC People with long Covid feel “forgotten, unheard, disbelieved, isolated”, barrister Anthony Metzer KC told the Covid-19 Inquiry last month on behalf of advocacy groups for people with the condition. A growing number of people who have secondary illnesses thought to be triggered by long Covid – including an immune disorder called mast cell activation syndrome […]
Nov 28, 2023
COVID Tied to Changes in Brain Microstructure
MedPage Today lterations seen in both long COVID patients and those who recovered from infection. People who had SARS-CoV-2 infection showed brain changes on diffusion microstructure imaging (DMI), cross-sectional data suggested. Widespread microstructural alterations were seen in people with long COVID neurologic symptoms and in people who had COVID but recovered, reported Alexander Rau, MD, […]
Nov 28, 2023