There will surely be mentally ill people who bandwagon onto an illness like this, but we already know from MECFS research that a subset of people who come down with a viral infection will have a long term post viral illness so this was predicted to happen after Covid
I dont buy that crap of mind-body dualism. Psychosomatic symptoms, PTSD-like symptoms after being intubated, the death fear that the media put in the head of infected people, etc creates a real mental health issue with real biological reciprocity and viceversa.
I do believe long-covid (for the most part) its a mental health issue but that doesnt make it less real.
Also post viral syndromes can presented with different clinical phenotypes in people with autoimmune disorders, chronic kidney diseases, allergic diseases, etc . So perhaps the "real" long covid that you talk about (Real being something not mind related to you) can be found in those populations or those with chronic anosmia (chronic anosmia being a proxy indicator for neurological damage and inflammation in the CNS). In real clinical practice i have seen flares of autoimmune disorders (Which can cause "brain fog" when there is increase of inflamatory markers) and worsen of kidney function in CKD population but that doesnt mean that we should called that "long covid" unless it have a clinical or epidemiological practicity.
Also, after every upper and lower respiratory infection comes the potential of atopic like symptoms for example chronic cough, hypereactivity of lower airways, etc but again that doesnt needs to be called "long covid".
I belive there´s going on a mass histeria and overdiagnosis in the matter and medics are naming things that already exist "long covid".
The university of Mainz, Germany, did the Gutenberg Covid Study. A presentation (in German, Dec 2021) about the Long Covid results is available here (I do not know if the results have been published elsewhere):
There will surely be mentally ill people who bandwagon onto an illness like this, but we already know from MECFS research that a subset of people who come down with a viral infection will have a long term post viral illness so this was predicted to happen after Covid
I dont buy that crap of mind-body dualism. Psychosomatic symptoms, PTSD-like symptoms after being intubated, the death fear that the media put in the head of infected people, etc creates a real mental health issue with real biological reciprocity and viceversa.
I do believe long-covid (for the most part) its a mental health issue but that doesnt make it less real.
Also post viral syndromes can presented with different clinical phenotypes in people with autoimmune disorders, chronic kidney diseases, allergic diseases, etc . So perhaps the "real" long covid that you talk about (Real being something not mind related to you) can be found in those populations or those with chronic anosmia (chronic anosmia being a proxy indicator for neurological damage and inflammation in the CNS). In real clinical practice i have seen flares of autoimmune disorders (Which can cause "brain fog" when there is increase of inflamatory markers) and worsen of kidney function in CKD population but that doesnt mean that we should called that "long covid" unless it have a clinical or epidemiological practicity.
Also, after every upper and lower respiratory infection comes the potential of atopic like symptoms for example chronic cough, hypereactivity of lower airways, etc but again that doesnt needs to be called "long covid".
I belive there´s going on a mass histeria and overdiagnosis in the matter and medics are naming things that already exist "long covid".
To the tune of "Three Little Maids" / "She Hates Me": a singer steps into the spotlight and the musical begins.
COVIDIA: Who's Tourettical, not autistical?
Could it be meee?"
A powerful backing choir joins in.
CHORUS: Shit, fuck, shit shit fuck fuck, tampons.
Inappropriate talk about rust-brown used tampons.
COVIDIA: I - have - a recovered memory
of being anorexically sex-trafficked to Satan,
I think by my third step-daddy,
before I caught Lyme Disease.
I - have - a recovered memory
of multiple personalities
named Gail and Dave and Hogwarts,
and self-diagnosed chronic fatigue syndrome.
I- have - a recovered memory
of trying to burn a witch who turned out
far too damp; I got cumulative trauma though.
So there is always that...
The university of Mainz, Germany, did the Gutenberg Covid Study. A presentation (in German, Dec 2021) about the Long Covid results is available here (I do not know if the results have been published elsewhere):
https://www.unimedizin-mainz.de/GCS/dashboard/#/app/pages/AktuelleErgebnisse/ergebnisselc
Some results:
- Around 40% of participants who had Covid, and knew it, reported "long Covid" symptoms
- Around 40% of participants who had Covid, and didn't know it, reported "long Covid" symptoms
- Around 40% of participants who did not have Covid, reported "long Covid" symptoms
And 40% means 35% of men, and 45% of women.
this Atlantic piece effectively shows that long COVID is minor. by disability, etc.
the writer is very much committed to long COVID. but his data isn't
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2022/06/long-covid-chronic-illness-disability/661285/
Long Covid is, quite obviously, due to the mRNA injections.
And Lyme disease is hysteria and tomatoes are poisonous. Journalists: put the doctors that now know a lot about long covid in the Semmelweis asylum.