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A section specially dedicated to Long COVID or PASC ie Post-acute Sequelae of COVID-19. The section on Long COVID will cover all the latest research and developments about Long COVID or PASC and also provide guidelines to all long haulers about the new treatment protocols and therapeutics available for long COVID or Post-acute Sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC). Long COVID is expected to become a major h...
Long COVID News - Hematological Changes Up To 985 Days Mar 03, 2023 2 years ago
Long COVID News: While some half-baked studies conducted by garbage researchers from Israel and published in trashy British journals claim that Long COVID issues resolves within less than a year, hundreds of other studies show that this is not the case. (Kindly refer to archives at Thailand Medica News site)
An ongoing Long COVID study led by researchers from State University of Par&aacut...
Long COVID News - Epigenetic Changes Mar 02, 2023 2 years ago
Long COVID News: A new study by researchers from Linköping University-Sweden has shockingly found that SARS-CoV-2 infections can lead to epigenetic changes in the human host that contributes to various medical and health conditions seen in Long COVID.
Long COVID or post-acute COVID-19 syndrome (PACS) has been defined as symptoms persisting after clearance of a COVID-19 infection.
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Long COVID News - Brain Hypoxia - Neuropsychiatric Issues Mar 02, 2023 2 years ago
Long COVID News: A new study by Canadian and American researchers has found that many Long COVID individuals tend to suffer from brain hypoxia that can result in various neuropsychiatric issues and also cognitive issues!
The study team examined the neuropsychiatric aspects of symptomatic COVID-19 in a laboratory study using cognitive tasks reflecting decision making, executive function an...
SARS-CoV-2 And Cancer: Researchers are warning that as a result of increased neuropilin-1 (NRP1) expression due to COVID-19 infections, besides various neurological issues arising…the increase of the NRP-1 proteins can also lead to progression of primary brain tumors!
Past studies have already demonstrated that an increase in NRP1 expression leads to the progression of pediatric br...
Long COVID News - Neuropathic Pain Feb 22, 2023 2 years ago
Long COVID News: A study by researcher from University of Sheffield-UK, University of Cyprus-Cyprus and Kapodistrian University of Athens-Greece has found that the prevalence of neuropathic pain among Long COVID individuals is about 34.3 percent!
To date, it has already been established that the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that is responsible for the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, may impact other...
Long COVID News : Microvasculature Alterations Feb 17, 2023 2 years ago
Long COVID News: News: A new German study has found that capillary alterations, distinct transcriptomic signatures in skeletal muscle and macrophage infiltration are features of Long COVID!
The German study team was led by researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Berlin Institute of Health and al...
Long COVID-19 News - T Cell Dysregulation - Dysfunctional Immune Response Feb 17, 2023 2 years ago
Long COVID News: A new study by researchers from University of California, San Francisco-USA and Ulm University Medical Center-Germany has found that Long COVID typically manifest T cell dysregulation, inflammation and a dysfunctional adaptive immune response to persistent SARS-CoV-2!
According to their study abstract,” Long COVID (LC), a type of post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 in...
COVID-19 News : Damaged Liver Functions Up To 20 Months Feb 16, 2023 2 years ago
COVID-19 News: A study by researchers from the State University of Pará, (UEPA)-Brazil and São Paulo University-Brazil has shown that liver function in patients up to 20 Months of Long COVID still manifest abnormalities indicating liver injury.
To date, the long-term laboratory aspects of the effects of COVID-19 on liver function are still not well understood.
The stu...
Long COVID News: A new American study review led by researchers from the Patient-Led Research Collaborative, New York-USA and Scripps Research Translational Institute, California-USA has found that suggests long COVID may last indefinitely for some individuals and mimic other ailments!
The American review contradicts earlier Israeli claims covered in various Long COVID-19 News coverages t...
Long COVID News - Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) Feb 07, 2023 2 years ago
Long COVID News: A new clinical update by researchers from Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm-Sweden and Lund University, Malmö-Sweden reports that autonomic dysfunction and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) are common occurrences in Long COVID.
Typically, autonomic dysfunction develops when the nerves of the ANS (autonomic nervous system) are damaged. This...
COVID-19 News - Monocytes - Dendritic Cells Alterations Feb 04, 2023 2 years ago
COVID-19 News: A new study by Swedish researchers from Linköping University - Sweden and Ryhov County Hospital, Jönköping – Sweden has that SARS-CoV-2 infections especially in those that were hospitalized, caused major alterations to key components of the immune system such as the monocytes and dendritic cells for up to six months after recovery!
According to the stud...
COVID-19 News - Compartmentalized SARS-CoV-2 Infection In The Human Body Feb 03, 2023 2 years ago
COVID-19 News: A new study by researchers from Harvard University has revealed compartmentalized SARS-CoV-2 infection in the human body according to cell and tissue types and with the virus itself evolving and mutating to sustain its existence in these sub-micro environments! The study findings besides showing the existence of viral reservoirs and also validating viral persistence, also has ...
Long COVID News - Dysregulated Metabolism And Inflammation In Long COVID Jan 30, 2023 2 years ago
Long COVID-19 News: A new study by German researchers have found that that dysregulated metabolism and Inflammation contributes to many ongoing symptoms found in individuals with Long COVID.
The study team comprised scientists from University of Tübingen--Germany and the University Hospital Tübingen-Germany.
Numerous past studies and Long COVID-19 News coverages indicate ...
COVID-19 News - Post COVID - Autoimmune Diseases Jan 28, 2023 2 years ago
COVID-19 News: A news German study has found that people who have been exposed to the SARS-CoV-2 virus have a 42.6 percent higher likelihood of acquiring autoimmunity and various autoimmune diseases!
While different respiratory, cardiovascular, neurological and mental diseases as well as various symptoms in the context of long/post-COVID have been studied with routine health care data, th...
COVID-19 News - Alterations Of Circulating Peptidome Jan 23, 2023 2 years ago
COVID-19 News: A new study by researchers from the University of Piemonte Orientale – Italy and Sant’Andrea Hospital – Italy has found that SARS-CoV-2 infections leads to alterations of the circulating peptidome.
Circulating peptides are involved and play a critical role in many cellular and physiological functions and passively diffuse through cell membranes and epithelial ba...
Long COVID-19 News - Immune Dysfunction Jan 16, 2023 2 years ago
Long COVID News: A new study by researchers from The Kirby Institute at the University of New South Wales-Australia, St Vincent’s Hospital, Darlinghurst, New South Wales-Australia, University of Melbourne-Australia and Monash University-Australia has found that immune dysfunction persists for up to 8 months after initial mild or moderate SARS-CoV-2 infection!
There has been growing ...
Long COVID News - Post COVID Chronic Coughs- Cure Jan 15, 2023 2 years ago
Long COVID News: Chronic coughs is a constant issue seen in many post-COVID individuals and unknown to many, the reason behind this is a secondary upper respiratory tract infection (URTI) known as Chronic Epipharyngitis caused as a result of exposure to the SARS-CoV-2 virus causing the epipharyngeal mucosa to become inflamed.
Chronic epipharyngitis is considered a residual immune response...
COVID-19 News - hypoalbuminemia Jan 14, 2023 2 years ago
COVID-19 News: A new meta-analysis study by researchers from Department of Hepatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou-China and Mei-Zhu Hong, Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Mengchao Hepatobiliary Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou-China on the liver chemistries of severe or non-severe patients of COVID-19 has revealed interesting in...
Medical News - Post COVID Hypokalemia Dec 25, 2022 2 years ago
Medical News: Experiencing tiredness, weakness, muscle cramps, tingling or numbness, muscle cramps, occasional constipation, random bouts of confusion, occasional increase in urination, headaches and even light chest pains or discomfort? If you are.... then you are among the millions of individuals who are suffering from mild or moderate Hypokalemia, which is low levels of potassium in the blood.
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COVID-19 News - SARS-CoV-2 Structural Proteins Affects Oral Health Dec 21, 2022 2 years ago
COVID-19 News: A new study by researchers from the University of Plymouth-UK has alarmingly found that SARS-CoV-2 structural proteins affects oral health by causing periodontal fibrosis via deregulating mitochondrial b-oxidation.
Worryingly, the study findings revealed that the SARS-CoV-2 membrane and envelope proteins alter fatty acid degradation pathways in the mitochondria that are ess...
COVID-19 News - SARS-CoV-2 Viral Persistence Dec 15, 2022 2 years ago
COVID-19 News: After yet another autopsy study, this time involving 44 patients who died from COVID-19 and Long COVID, the study team from the U.S. NIH and U.S. NIAID who found active SARS-CoV-2 RNA is various anatomic sites including the brain and various organs, have issued a warning that SARS-CoV-2 is more serious than thought and urgent research is needed to develop treatment protocols to addr...
Medical News - Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Dec 06, 2022 2 years ago
A new study by researchers rom Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg-Germany, HHV-6 Foundation-United States and the Ohio State University-United States has found that reactivation of dormant HHV-6 and EBV viruses is associated with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS).
The study findings also have implications in the aspect that many Long -COVID-19 patients...
COVID-19 News -SARS-CoV-2 Dysregulates Endocrine Genes Nov 30, 2022 2 years ago
COVID-19 News: Disturbing findings from a study conducted by Italian researchers reveal that the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus causes transcriptional alterations of endocrine-specific genes leading to a variety of endocrine issues as result of many of these genes being dysregulated while some are upregulated or downregulated compared to normal healthy settings.
The study team comprised of Italia...
COVID-19 News - SARS-CoV-2 Induced Silent Stroke Nov 28, 2022 2 years ago
COVID-19 News: New emerging reports from various physicians around the world are reporting that the incidence of ‘silent strokes’ is greatly rising and the worse is that many who have been affected are not even aware of it or about the damage that these ‘silent strokes’ causes to their brains and other parts of their bodies.
The growing incidence to such silent str...
COVID-19 News - SARS-CoV-2 Induced Isolated Diastolic Hypertension -IDH Nov 26, 2022 2 years ago
COVID-19 News: In the last few months, based on data that we have been collating from various Long COVID clinics and also small research groups involved in Post COVID medical issues, it has been found that many post-COVID patients tend to be displaying a unique condition that is termed as Isolated Diastolic Hypertension or IDH.
Isolated diastolic hypertension (IDH) is defined as diastolic...
Long COVID News - Persistent Interferon Gamma Release Nov 22, 2022 2 years ago
Long COVID News: A new study by researchers from University of Cambridge - UK, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - UK, Cambridge National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) - UK, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research - UK and Addenbrooke's Hospital – UK has found that most individuals with Long COVID tend to have persistent T-cell dependent Interferon Gamma (IFN-&g...
Source: COVID-19 News - neuroPASC - Immunologic Imprinting Nov 15, 2022 2 years ago
COVID-19 News: A new study lead by researchers from Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard Medical School, Cambridge – USA has found that NeuroCOVID manifestations in post infections are determined by immunologic imprinting from previous coronaviruses!
The study also involved medical researchers from the Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of V...
Source: Long COVID Treatments - Melatonin Nov 10, 2022 2 years ago
Long COVID Treatments: A new multinational study involving researchers from Pontificia Universidad Católica - Argentina, University of Toronto - Canada and Saveetha University, Chennai – India has found that melatonin supplements can aid in relieving and treating certain Long COVID symptoms. Being a cheap generic supplement that is easily available, the study team suggested that melat...
Source: Medical News - COVID-19 Research - Cystitis Nov 08, 2022 2 years ago
A cohort study by medical researchers from the Department of Urology, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Beaumont Hospital-Royal Oak, Michigan – USA has found that COVID-19 increases the incidence of cystitis, overactive bladder and other urinary issues!
Shockingly, the research findings showed that symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection was associated with a three ti...
COVID-19 News - Long COVID - Viral Persistence Nov 04, 2022 2 years ago
COVID-19 News: Researchers from the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB) at the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (ASTAR) - Singapore, Long Covid Autonomous Comm unities Together Spain (Research Group) Madrid -Spain, Vetcare Hospital Veterinario Madrid -Spain, Singapore General Hospital, Cancer Science Institute of Singapore and the Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN) presented...
Source: Long COVID - Thyroid Dysfunction Nov 01, 2022 2 years ago
Long COVID: In the early part of 2022, Thailand Medical News covered a report by a British lab that there an on uptick in the number of patients being diagnosed with thyroid issues and that it was speculated that the Omicron variants and its sub-lineages could be responsible for these.
https://www.thailandmedical.news/news/breaking-cso-from-london-medical-laboratory-warns-that-thyroid-issues-escal...
Source: COVID-19 News - Risk Of Venous Thromboembolism Oct 28, 2022 2 years ago
COVID-19 News: A new study by researchers from Queen Mary University of London – United Kingdom has found that even those who simply contracted mild SARS-CoV-2 infections had a higher risk of developing venous thromboembolism (VTE).
Venous thromboembolism (VTE), a term referring to blood clots in the veins, is an underdiagnosed and serious, yet preventable medical condition that can...
Source: Thailand Medical - Long COVID Erectile Dysfunction Oct 27, 2022 2 years ago
Long COVID Erectile Dysfunction: It seems that for Thais, sex is an important component of their life considering what the country’s night life is famous for and what social media is basically being used for in the country and the volume of pornography that is associated with Thais (just visit the porn sites and add Thai in the search functions for any category or go to sites like Only Fans)...
Long COVID News: A new study conducted by researchers from Stellenbosch University-South Africa has found that the increased levels of six different inflammatory molecules in most post-COVID individuals known to be key drivers of endothelial and clotting pathology, causes thrombotic endotheliitis, a contributing factor to Long COVID.
These six inflammatory molecules were:
-1) Von Willebra...
A new study by researchers from University of Birmingham-UK has found that SARS-CoV-2 infections can also trigger a variety of immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDS) especially type 1 diabetes mellitus, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and psoriasis.
The aim of the study was to assess whether there is an association between SARS CoV-2 infection and the incidence of immune mediated ...
A study by Harvard researchers involving humoral immune profiling has discovered that immunity to non-COVID-19 endemic coronaviruses may play a role in who develops PASC (Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19) commonly known as Long COVID!
The study team comprised scientists from Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard-USA, Brigham and Women’s Hospital-Boston, Massachusetts General Hospi...
Source: Long COVID - Premature Aging Of Lungs Oct 04, 2022 2 years ago
Long COVID: A study by researchers from University of Oxford- United Kingdom involving a new computational technique has shockingly revealed that the lungs of Post COVID-19 individuals displayed premature aging of more than 15 years along with other lung dysfunctions!
To date, the long-term effects of COVID-19 on lung physiology remain poorly understood.
The study team utilized a n...
Source: Medical News - Long COVID Fatigue Sep 24, 2022 2 years ago
A new study by Dutch researchers from Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam-Netherlands And Rijndam Rehabilitation, Rotterdam-Netherlands has found that post-COVID fatigue is associated with increased expression of inflammatory genes in monocytes, increased serum pro-inflammatory cytokines and increased CD8+ lymphocytes.
It is already a common occurrence that a significant propo...
Source: Medical News - NEUROCOVID Sep 23, 2022 2 years ago
NeuroCOVID: A new study by researchers from Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis-USA and the Clinical Epidemiology Center at VA St. Louis Health Care System, St. Louis-USA has found that SARS-CoV-2 infections increases risk of various neurological issues including strokes, cognitive disorders and encephalopathy!
To date, the neurologic manifestations...
Source: Medical News - Autoimmune -Long COVID Sep 23, 2022 2 years ago
A new study by researchers from McMaster University-Canada and the University of British Columbia-Canada along with medical scientist from the Research Institute of St. Joes, St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton-Canada has found that even after a year, up to 41 percent of Post-COVID individuals still have autoantibodies that causes autoimmune issues!
At 3 and 6 months, nearly 80% of the C...
Source: Medical News - SARS-CoV-2 Mpro Cleaves Human Proteins Sep 09, 2022 2 years ago
A new study led by researchers from the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory at Stanford University and the National Virtual Biotechnology Laboratory at the US Department of Energy-Washington has found the SARS-CoV-2 main protease Mpro also called 3CLpro (3-chymotrypsin like protease ) is able to cleave a key human immune signaling protein called NEMO (NF-κB Essential Modulator) in the ...
Source- Medical News - COVID-19 Research - Impaired Pain Modulation Sep 08, 2022 2 years ago
A new study by American researchers from the University of Florida and the University of Oklahoma has found that symptomatic COVID-19 infections lead to impaired pain modulation in young adults!
According to the research team in their study abstract, “Pain is a common symptom reported in COVID-19 patients. Impaired endogenous pain-modulatory mechanisms such as conditioned pain modul...
Source: Medical News - Long COVID Research Sep 04, 2022 2 years ago
Long COVID Research: Alarming study findings from a new research conducted by medical scientist from the Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad in Mexico has found that almost a third of Post-COVID patients who initially only developed mild symptoms upon infection displayed impaired lung function!
To date, only a few studies have assessed lung function in Hispanic subjects recovering from...
Source: Medical News - Long COVID Diagnostics Sep 02, 2022 2 years ago
Long COVID Diagnostics: IncellDx, a company based in California-USA specializing in a precision medicine and an array of advanced novel diagnostics and prognostics for the treatment of various infectious disease and cancer is officially launching the world’s first diagnostic test for Long COVID in Europe this month after securing the CE-IVD marking in Europe.
The company’s uti...
Source: Medical News - Long COVID-19 Research - IBS Aug 20, 2022 2 years ago
Long COVID Research: Researchers Dr Walter Chan, MD, MPH, an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School in Cambridge-USA and Dr Madhusudan Grover, MBBS, an associate professor of medicine and physiology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota have in a new meta study found that COVID-19 infections can also cause disorders of gut-brain interaction, including post-infection or Post COVID irritable...
Source: Medical News -Long COVID- Microvascular Issues Aug 19, 2022 2 years ago
A new study by researchers from the Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center at Houston Methodist Hospital has demonstrated that SARS-CoV-2 infections results in decreased myocardial blood flow which can impact cardiovascular health and also cause a variety of other heart related issues especially in Long COVID patients.
According to the study team, their research findings su...
Source: Medical News - Long COVID - Viral Persistence Aug 16, 2022 2 years ago
Long COVID-19 Research: A new study by researchers from the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at University of Kansas-USA has revealed that many Long COVID-19 patients have higher levels of circulating SARS-CoV-2 Viral RNA compared to individuals with acute COVID-19 infection!
For a long time already, Thailand Medical News has been warning that SARS-CoV-2 viral persistence ...
Source: Medical News - Long COVID -Epstein-Barr Virus Reactivation Aug 14, 2022 2 years ago
A new Long COVID study lead by Yale Immunology Professor Dr Akiko Iwasaki, PhD that involved 215 individuals from Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City and Yale New Haven Hospital in Connecticut has interesting found that Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) reactivation and low cortisol levels are common in many Long COVID patients. The study which also had many other interesting findings is the first study ...
Source: Medical News - Long COVID Research Aug 13, 2022 2 years ago
Long COVID Research: A new study lead by researchers from the University of Birmingham-UK has found that sexual dysfunction and hair loss is joining fatigue and brain fog as leading Long COVID issues.
SARS-CoV-2 infections are associated with a range of persistent symptoms impacting everyday functioning, known as post-COVID-19 condition or long COVID.
The Long COVID Research study ...
Source: Medical News - COVID-19 Research Aug 12, 2022 2 years ago
COVID-19 Research: A new study by German researchers from University Hospital Münster has alarmingly found that that SARS-CoV-2 virus leaves a persistent capillary rarefication (a reduction in vascular density) even 18 months after infection!
Capillary rarefaction is a hallmark of fibrotic disease and reduces blood perfusion and oxygen delivery. Alterations in intracellular pO2 have ...
Source: Medical News - Pediatric Long COVID Aug 11, 2022 2 years ago
Pediatric Long COVID: A new study by researchers from The University of Texas (UT) Health Science Center at Houston-USA has found that children who contracted mild COVID-19 can still develop Long COVID symptoms after ‘recovery’.
The Pediatric Long COVID study findings serve as warnings to parents, teachers and also physicians that children who had contracted COVID-19 irrespect...
Source: Long COVID - ACTH Secretion Impairment Aug 10, 2022 2 years ago
Long COVID: Unknown to many, SARS-CoV-2 infections can also cause a variety of disruptions or dysregulation of the endocrine system causing the impairment of various hormones critical for life sustenance. Some of the Long COVID symptom manifestations are actually due to impairment of certain hormone secretions.
In this documented case study, researchers from Division of Diabetes and Endoc...
NeuroCOVID: Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital-USA and Meso Scale Diagnostics, LLC. (MSD), Maryland-USA have identified two biomarkers ie GFAP (Glial fibrillary astrocytic protein) and NF-L (Neurofilament light chain) of which their elevated levels typically indicate the presence of NeuroCOVID or neurological sequelae in Long COVID patients.
It has been found that individua...
Source: Medical News- Long COVID Peripheral Neuropathy Jul 22, 2022 2 years ago
A new study by researchers from the People’s Hospital, Hebei Province-China, the Peking University, Beijing-China, North China University of Science and Technology, Hebei Province- China and the Hebei University of Chinese Medicine-China has alarmingly found that many Post COVID individuals will suffer from long term peripheral nerve demyelination and axonal loss and the risk of such damage ...
Source: Long COVID Research Jul 15, 2022 2 years ago
Long COVID Research: A new multi-omics study by researchers from the Medical University of Vienna-Austria, the University of Applied Sciences FH Campus Wien-Austria and the University of Vienna -Austria has discovered a unique anti-inflammatory immune signature and metabolic alterations in individuals with Long COVID.
The Long COVID Research findings showed that the proportions of cytokin...