Managed Healthcare Executive August 15, 2022
Findings from a cros-sectional study reported by Yale and Mount Sinai researchers last week in a preprint last week linked long COVID to low levels of cortisol, the stress hormone, and possibly to reactivation of latent Epstein-Barr virus infections. Eric Topol called the study one of the best of long COVID so far.
Long COVID affects a sizable percentage (there is a lot of uncertainty about the exact proportion) of people who get COVID-19. The symptoms vary but among the most common are persistent fatigue, “brain fog,” cognitive impairment and symptoms that get worse after physical or mental effort, sometimes referred to as post-exertional malaise.
There are lots of theories, but the causes of long COVID are far clear. But...