The disease’s “long-haulers” have endured relentless waves of debilitating symptoms—and disbelief from doctors and friends.
LeClerc, a Glasgow-based journalist, arrived home feeling shivery and flushed. Over the next few days, she developed a cough, chest pain, aching joints, and a prickling sensation on her skin.
After a week of bed rest, she started improving. But on day 12, every old symptom returned, amplified and with reinforcements: She spiked an intermittent fever, lost her sense of taste and smell, and struggled to breathe.
When I spoke with LeClerc on day 66, she was still experiencing waves of symptoms. “Before this, I was a fit, healthy 32-year-old,” she said. “Now I’ve been reduced to not being able to stand up in the shower without feeling fatigued.
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COVID-19 has existed for less than six months, and it is easy to forget how little we know about it.
The standard view is that a minority of infected people, who are typically elderly or have preexisting health problems, end up in critical care, requiring oxygen or a ventilator.
About 80 percent of infections, according to the World Health Organization, “are mild or asymptomatic,” and patients recover after two weeks, on average.
Yet support groups on Slack and Facebook host thousands of people like LeClerc, who say they have been wrestling with serious COVID-19 symptoms for at least a month, if not two or three. Some call themselves “long-termers” or “long-haulers.”
Coronavirus is a blood vessel disease, study says — and its mysteries finally make sense
A new report from a well-respected medical journal suggests that the coronavirus may be a blood vessel disease as well as a respiratory infection.
That explanation would tie together a number of disparate manifestations of the novel coronavirus that were previously confounding researchers.
That includes the emergence of pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome, a coronavirus-related syndrome which only affects children; and the presence of toe rashes, a condition that has been dubbed “Covid Toe.”
The study, which was published in The Lancet in April, demonstrates that endothelial cells — that is, cells which form the barrier between blood vessels and organ tissues and control the transmission of fluids between the two — are involved in various health problems associated with the coronavirus.
One patient, a 71-year-old man who had had a kidney transplant, died of multisystem organ failure after being diagnosed with COVID-19, and a subsequent analysis of his transplanted kidney found that viral inclusion structures were in his endothelial cells.
They also found inflammatory cells associated with endothelial cells in his heart, small bowel and lungs.
As the researchers write, "the development "of this disease seems to be that it utilizes the ACE2 receptors as an entry way to a range of cells causing destruction.. . .
This explains why the disease has such a variety of presentations and makes it potentially more dangerous," they continue. ACE2 receptors refers to a specific protein that allows coronavirus to infect human cells.
✄"the study has major potential implications for understanding and treating the coronavirus, which often causes complications deemed unusual for strictly respiratory ailments."
Younger Americans have gone back to work in the service industry and congregating in public, and their activity seems to be bearing out ominous predictions from public health experts, reported The Daily Beast.
“Watch what’s happening before and after the peak,” said epidemiologist Dr. Judith Malmgren, of the University of Washington’s school of public health. “The disease didn’t change, but the people who were infected changed.”
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Washington state was the nation’s first hot spot, and half of new daily infections in early May were found in people under 40 years old, a dramatic increase from eight weeks earlier.
Younger, otherwise healthy COVID-19 patients are less likely to suffer serious complications from the infection, but they can still suffer lifelong health problems after getting sick.
“In eight weeks, our demographic slipped from majority over age 60 to majority under age 40,” Malmgren told The Daily Beast.
“As the epidemic got under control and people over 60 followed pretty strict social distancing and guidelines, the infection rate went down in that portion of the population.
But we didn’t have the same messaging — had no messaging, basically — to young people that there’s a danger to you.”
Lots of Trumpists down here. It’s amusing to see them give me funny looks, I just give a wide berth to those without a mask. 1918 Flu spanned 3 years. Letting our guard down is unwise.
On a personal note, the computer’s ability to catch the wi-fi (which every other device in the house has no problem with) is worse again. I was offline a lot yesterday, and even when it works, it’s so slow that the daily slog through GoComics takes twice as long, so once I get a particular job done for a client (luckily the only part of it requiring wi-fi is transmitting the finished product), I’ll likely be mailing the thing to the shop.
tl;dr — This computer’s self-quarantining again for a while.
braindead Premium Member over 4 years ago
It ain’t ‘America’ that is politicizing the virus.
It is Trump and His Disciples — including those in the Senate.
Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus Premium Member over 4 years ago
This happened here in Italy too .
kaffekup over 4 years ago
I saw a maskless idiot today in a t-shirt: “Coronavirus: Tested Positive for Fraud.”
I can’t believe he spent money on it.
RobinHood over 4 years ago
SAPPHIRE SKIES
The darkness is here
The streets are swelling the fear
The march into the night is on again
Lit not by fire, but a light that burns within
Injustice does not reign
But is speaking far too loud
Next steps must be taken without cover or disguise
When we raise our heads and see the glow of sapphire skies
In the dark there are no faces
But their anguish can be heard
Carrying signs the broken hearted
Still beat strong as ever till the light of sapphire skies light a message to be learned
Injustice does not reign
But is speaking far too loud
Next steps must be taken without cover or disguise
When we raise our heads to the glow of sapphire skies
What would Lennon be imagining
If he could see the world today
Now his music is silent, and closed are his eyes
Maybe he could imagine there’s hope in sapphire skies
Injustice does not reign
But is speaking far too loud
Next steps must be taken without cover or disguise
When we raise our heads to the glow of sapphire skies
Sapphire Skies we pray for wisdom
Sapphire Skies show us what’s right
Sapphire Skies I fear we’re fading
Don’t let us face another night.
RobinHood
Spun_G over 4 years ago
Hey! It’s the Coronavirus doing the politicizing! Just ask Rand Paul and Boris Johnson!
feverjr Premium Member over 4 years ago
New Zealand is an example of what to do, America not so much…
Silly Season over 4 years ago
COVID-19 Can Last for Several Months
The disease’s “long-haulers” have endured relentless waves of debilitating symptoms—and disbelief from doctors and friends.
LeClerc, a Glasgow-based journalist, arrived home feeling shivery and flushed. Over the next few days, she developed a cough, chest pain, aching joints, and a prickling sensation on her skin.
After a week of bed rest, she started improving. But on day 12, every old symptom returned, amplified and with reinforcements: She spiked an intermittent fever, lost her sense of taste and smell, and struggled to breathe.
When I spoke with LeClerc on day 66, she was still experiencing waves of symptoms. “Before this, I was a fit, healthy 32-year-old,” she said. “Now I’ve been reduced to not being able to stand up in the shower without feeling fatigued.
✄
COVID-19 has existed for less than six months, and it is easy to forget how little we know about it.
The standard view is that a minority of infected people, who are typically elderly or have preexisting health problems, end up in critical care, requiring oxygen or a ventilator.
About 80 percent of infections, according to the World Health Organization, “are mild or asymptomatic,” and patients recover after two weeks, on average.
Yet support groups on Slack and Facebook host thousands of people like LeClerc, who say they have been wrestling with serious COVID-19 symptoms for at least a month, if not two or three. Some call themselves “long-termers” or “long-haulers.”
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https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/06/covid-19-coronavirus-longterm-symptoms-months/612679/
Silly Season over 4 years ago
Coronavirus is a blood vessel disease, study says — and its mysteries finally make sense
A new report from a well-respected medical journal suggests that the coronavirus may be a blood vessel disease as well as a respiratory infection.
That explanation would tie together a number of disparate manifestations of the novel coronavirus that were previously confounding researchers.
That includes the emergence of pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome, a coronavirus-related syndrome which only affects children; and the presence of toe rashes, a condition that has been dubbed “Covid Toe.”
The study, which was published in The Lancet in April, demonstrates that endothelial cells — that is, cells which form the barrier between blood vessels and organ tissues and control the transmission of fluids between the two — are involved in various health problems associated with the coronavirus.
One patient, a 71-year-old man who had had a kidney transplant, died of multisystem organ failure after being diagnosed with COVID-19, and a subsequent analysis of his transplanted kidney found that viral inclusion structures were in his endothelial cells.
They also found inflammatory cells associated with endothelial cells in his heart, small bowel and lungs.
As the researchers write, "the development "of this disease seems to be that it utilizes the ACE2 receptors as an entry way to a range of cells causing destruction.. . .
This explains why the disease has such a variety of presentations and makes it potentially more dangerous," they continue. ACE2 receptors refers to a specific protein that allows coronavirus to infect human cells.
✄"the study has major potential implications for understanding and treating the coronavirus, which often causes complications deemed unusual for strictly respiratory ailments."
~
https://www.salon.com/2020/06/01/coronavirus-is-a-blood-vessel-disease-study-says-and-its-mysteries-finally-make-sense/
Silly Season over 4 years ago
Younger Americans have gone back to work in the service industry and congregating in public, and their activity seems to be bearing out ominous predictions from public health experts, reported The Daily Beast.
“Watch what’s happening before and after the peak,” said epidemiologist Dr. Judith Malmgren, of the University of Washington’s school of public health. “The disease didn’t change, but the people who were infected changed.”
✄
Washington state was the nation’s first hot spot, and half of new daily infections in early May were found in people under 40 years old, a dramatic increase from eight weeks earlier.
Younger, otherwise healthy COVID-19 patients are less likely to suffer serious complications from the infection, but they can still suffer lifelong health problems after getting sick.
“In eight weeks, our demographic slipped from majority over age 60 to majority under age 40,” Malmgren told The Daily Beast.
“As the epidemic got under control and people over 60 followed pretty strict social distancing and guidelines, the infection rate went down in that portion of the population.
But we didn’t have the same messaging — had no messaging, basically — to young people that there’s a danger to you.”
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/06/covid-19-cases-skyrocket-among-younger-americans-as-states-reopen/
rossevrymn over 4 years ago
Another lame tween-toon, get some guns, Stantis.
Rokittman over 4 years ago
Leave it to the MEDIA to politicize a germ.Leave it to a Democrat to send infected seniors to nursing homes with no plan or provided PPE.
William Robbins Premium Member over 4 years ago
Lots of Trumpists down here. It’s amusing to see them give me funny looks, I just give a wide berth to those without a mask. 1918 Flu spanned 3 years. Letting our guard down is unwise.
jbmlaw01 over 4 years ago
Day 46 of the Georgia Economic Recovery, showing the nation the folly of leftism.
Kip W over 4 years ago
On a personal note, the computer’s ability to catch the wi-fi (which every other device in the house has no problem with) is worse again. I was offline a lot yesterday, and even when it works, it’s so slow that the daily slog through GoComics takes twice as long, so once I get a particular job done for a client (luckily the only part of it requiring wi-fi is transmitting the finished product), I’ll likely be mailing the thing to the shop.
tl;dr — This computer’s self-quarantining again for a while.
Silly Season over 4 years ago
Day 1235 of the Right Wing control of the Presidency, Supreme Court, and both Houses of Congress.
With a somewhat Left tilt for the House only, 524 Days ago.
Showing the Nation the folly of the Right Wing.
theotherther1 over 4 years ago
Are these adult humans just tiny, or are the main characters huge?
jbmlaw01 over 4 years ago
O’Neal Saddler represents American virtue at its finest.