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• Post #2021891

  We're slowly reaching a point where so many people will have been deeply effected by #Covid19 that the general populace will have a harder time ignoring it. -- Long COVID potentially affects nearly 6 million children in the US. This South Shore teen is one of them Defined as a chronic condition that lasts for at least three months after a COVID infection, long COVID is diagnosed not by a single test but by a pattern of symptoms that cannot otherwise be explained. Those symptoms can incl...

• Post #1527575

  And yet another reason of thousands to not get Covid in the first place... Long COVID May Increase Your Heart Disease Risk Long COVID was associated with a substantially higher risk for new-onset cardiovascular disease (CVD), particularly cardiac arrhythmias and coronary artery disease, in both women and men, with additional risks for heart failure and peripheral arterial disease in women. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/long-covid-may-increase-your-heart-disease-risk-2026a1000auo #Long...

• Post #1412911

  Study links long COVID in kids to worse grades, attention, and social life Children and adolescents with long COVID are significantly more likely to experience worsening grades, difficulty concentrating, and having limited fun with friends, according to a new study published in Academic Pediatrics. “Given that both educational performance and positive peer interactions are key developmental tasks among both school-age children and adolescents, our findings demonstrate important functional impa...

• Post #1334636

  Sigh, more proof that I'll be needing to increase my cardiovascular and keep my weight training to help me with my studies: The Fascinating Phenomenon That Is Your Brain on Exercise ..the current physical activity recommendations to get a minimum of 150 min/wk of moderate intensity aerobic exercise is probably a good starting point. “Most of us researchers in this area believe that this is likely close to the target that most people should be aiming for in order to achieve some impact...

• Post #845492

  Do You Have Unexplained Symptoms? They Might Be Post-Viral The common wisdom about catching a virus is that in a few days—a few weeks, tops—everything will be back to normal. And in many cases, that’s true. But as the flood of Long COVID cases during the pandemic demonstrated, sometimes it can take much, much longer. Additionally, doctors and scientists are realizing that post-viral symptoms can be more subtle than the crushing fatigue and brain fog commonly seen in Long COVID and other post-...