🧵 Press release: "UK researchers find Alzheimer’s-like brain changes in #longCOVIDuknow.uky.edu/research/uk-...#PwLC#postcovid#postcovid19#LC#Covidlonghaulers#PostCovidSyndrome#longhaulers#PASC#COVIDBrain#Coronavirus#COVID19#COVID#SARSCoV2#novid#CovidIsNotOver 1/

The CFS one has many more experienced people and will help prevent common new-to-the-neighborhood mistakes that leave people worse off, sometimes permanently. Covidlonghaulers is also valuable, I just see more questionable stuff from clearly inexperienced people there. 3/

Yes connecting to community is key. On Reddit, I’d strongly encourage her to read r/cfs in addition to r/covidlonghaulers, until/unless she has categorically ruled ME and PEM (even then it’s good awareness as those issues can develop later). 2/

2/ "Our data suggests that there is a common biological process that underpins PASC that supersedes single organ dysfunctions." #PwLC#postcovid#postcovid19#LC#Covidlonghaulers#PostCovidSyndrome#longhaulers#PASC

3/ "it seems more likely that the infection-induced cell damage may indeed occur rather at the stem cell level but further investigations will be necessary" #LongCovid#PwLC#postcovid#postcovid19#LC#Covidlonghaulers#PostCovidSyndrome#longhaulers#PASC

4/ "Nearly one‐third of high performing athletes with PASC experienced debilitating symptoms resulting in a complete inability to engage in any cardiovascular endurance exercise at 3 months post‐COVID." #LongCovid#CovidLongHaulers

Follow-up of Cardiopulmonary Responses Using Submaximal Exercise Test in Older Adults with Post-COVID-19 www.e-agmr.org/journal/view...#LongCovid#PwLC#postcovid#postcovid19#LC#Covidlonghaulers#PostCovidSyndrome#longhaulers#PASC#COVIDBrain 1/

2/ Abstract for: Tissue-based T cell activation and viral RNA persist for up to 2 years after #SARSCoV2www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...#LongCovid#LC#Covidlonghaulers#PostCovidSyndrome

2/ Long Covid talk titles: 1. Update on the NIH RECOVER Program with Joseph Breen, NIAID 2. Update on Long COVID with Ziyad Al-Aly, MD, Chief of Research and Development at VA St. Louis Health Care System #PwLC#postcovid#postcovid19#LC#Covidlonghaulers#PostCovidSyndrome#PASC#COVIDBrain

I recommend spending time browsing the r/covidlonghaulers subreddit. There's a lot there. Mix of anecdotes and links to published studies. And much discussion. Learn and find the signal in the noise there