Long Covid May Physically Damage the Nerves That Control the Stomach

kranke155

hopefully we will get somewhere with these studies. The lack of solid research on a disease that affects millions (likely a good percentage undiagnosed) is really tough for patients - and myself really, as I've found i likely suffer from this. Finding out about autonomic dysfunction and small fiber neuropathy as I researched my own fatigue and finding out I likely have this has been very challenging.

jph00

Wow mucosal innervation was around half in long covid patients - that's super worrying and would have nasty symptoms in practice. The findings also support the hypothesis that SARS-CoV-2 may cause structural nerve damage, which is perhaps the even bigger worry. :(

peab

i noticed a thing with headlines like these: "x may cause y". Whenever it's "may" or "might", it's almost always meaningless

flextheruler

8 people as the entire control group... yeah I'd say "may" is the operative word in the title. My takeaway from long covid is that it's probably as severe as the much more deadly pandemic of the Spanish Flu. Considering there's now a newfound interest in "long flu", I think a spotlight has now been placed on the impact of severe respiratory illness. Whether that illness be covid or one of the any other respiratory illnesses.

remarkEon

Is there a test for long covid?

ltbarcly3

I want to see a study that demonstrates that long covid is a thing at all. I'm not asking for you to google and paste a link to some study you didn't read! I've looked at them and they are pretty poor quality, often based on survey data.