Covid-19 appears to be one of many infections, from Ebola to strep throat, that can give rise to stubborn symptoms in an unlucky subset of patients. “It is more typical than not that a virus infection leads to long-lasting symptoms in some fraction of individuals,” Iwasaki said.
In this week’s episode of Unexplainable, we dive into what we know about long Covid and what other viruses can teach us about the condition, including the leading hypotheses for what might be driving symptoms in Covid long-haulers.
Vox
I suspect that Long Haul is a syndrome like most sufferers understand Meniere’s to be; a group of symptoms that have divergent causes. It is the only way to explain the varied treatment outcomes. The people who don’t find relief from being vaccinated for SARS-Cov2 probably do have an immune system problem and not reservoirs of the virus. It is entirely likely that both causes are simultaneously true for different sufferers.
Meniere’s treatments that I find give me relief do cause worse symptoms for other sufferers. Different causes is the most likely explanation for these results.
From a letter to Vox
More than half of the 236 million people who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 worldwide since December 2019 will experience post-COVID symptoms — more commonly known as “long COVID” — up to six months after recovering, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers. The research team said that governments, health care organizations and public health professionals should prepare for the large number of COVID-19 survivors who will need care for a variety of psychological and physical symptoms.
sciencedaily h/t to SGU #849
