Long COVID-19 Resources

Chinese Herbal and TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) studies:

• Chinese medicine may help treat Long Covid: study: https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3194166/coronavirus-hong-kong-study-shows-chinese

• Long Haulers find relief with TCM: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095754822000059

• Improvement in Long Covid Sufferers with Acupuncture: https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/acu.2021.0088

• Long Covid Bowel Issues treated with TCM: https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA679927113&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=abs&issn=01438042&p=AONE&sw=w&userGroupName=anon%7E39592972

• Acupuncture for Post-Covid Symptoms: https://www.acupuncturetoday.com/digital/index.php?i=776&a_id=34253&pn=2&r=t&Page=6

Research Studies (not exhaustive):

1. NEW: The relationship between periodontal disease and COVID: https://www.news-medical.net/news/20230207/Understanding-the-relationship-between-SARS-CoV-2-infection-and-periodontitis.aspx
2. NEW: The Impact of Viral Infections on Endocrine System: https://www.news-medical.net/news/20230203/The-impact-of-viral-infections-on-the-human-endocrine-system.aspx
3. NEW: Is SARS Covid an oncogenic virus? https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9361571/
4. Orthostatic Intolerance in Long-Haul COVID after SARS-CoV-2: A Case-Control Comparison with Post-EBV and Insidious-Onset Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Patients: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/10/10/2058
5. Long COVID symptoms and duration in SARS-CoV-2 positive children — a nationwide cohort study: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00431-021-04345-z?fbclid=IwAR1L5OBBjOZXtDHgS5stJ5WUuPDRZ_cB00gdfrpaeW3cokoAzdkR-urQess
6. Children with long covid: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0262407921003031
7. Long-Haul COVID Patients: Prevalence of POTS Are Reduced but Cerebral Blood Flow Abnormalities Remain Abnormal with Longer Disease Duration: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/10/10/2105/htm
8. Could tiny blood clots cause long COVID’s puzzling symptoms? https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-02286-7
9. Long COVID symptoms in SARS-CoV-2-positive adolescents and matched controls: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352464222000049
10. A distinct symptom pattern emerges for COVID-19 long-haul: a nationwide study: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-20214-7
11. Effect of remdesivir post hospitalization for COVID-19 infection from the randomized SOLIDARITY Finland trial: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-33825-5
12. Long-term cardiac pathology in individuals with mild initial COVID-19 illness: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-022-02000-0
13. Long-term neurologic outcomes of COVID-19: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-022-02001-z
14. Long-COVID post-viral chronic fatigue and affective symptoms are associated with oxidative damage, lowered antioxidant defenses and inflammation: a proof of concept and mechanism study: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41380-022-01836-9
15. Could long COVID be linked to herpes viruses? Early data offer a hint: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-02296-5
16. Vaccines only partially protect against Long COVID: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41577-022-00749-6
17. Long COVID after breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 infection: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-022-01840-0
18. Inflammation links mild COVID-19 with long-term cognitive impairment: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41582-022-00694-x
19. Long COVID includes breathing and reproductive problems and has a range of risk factors: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-022-01954-5
20. Coronapod: ‘viral ghosts’ support idea that SARS-CoV-2 reservoirs could be behind long COVID: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-01331-9
21. Long-term cardiovascular outcomes of COVID-19: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-022-01689-3
22. Lingering cardiac involvement in previously well people after mild COVID-19: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-022-02002-y
23. Long COVID occurrence in COVID-19 survivors: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-10051-z
24. Clinical predictors of recovery of COVID-19 associated-abnormal liver function test 2 months after hospital discharge: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-22741-9
25. New symptoms and prevalence of postacute COVID-19 syndrome among nonhospitalized COVID-19 survivors: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-21289-y
26. Long COVID: defining the role of rheumatology in care and research: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanrhe/article/PIIS2665-9913(22)00266-1/fulltext

News Articles (not exhaustive):

1. NEW: COVID can reactivate dormant viruses in your body: https://fortune.com/well/2022/12/26/is-long-covid-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-myalgic-encephalomyelitis/
2. NEW: Long Covid Keeping Significant Number of People out of Workforce: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/24/health/long-covid-work.html
3. NEW: Acute Pericarditis Amongst Patients with Long Covid: https://www.thecardiologyadvisor.com/general-cardiology/trends-of-acute-pericarditis-among-patients-with-long-covid-19-syndrome/
4. NEW: Seven distinct symptoms of Long Covid: https://www.sfchronicle.com/health/article/covid-california-pandemic-virus-17767730.php
5. Long-COVID treatments: why the world is still waiting: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-02140-w
6. A mild COVID infection changed my life. Why aren’t we warning others?: https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/mild-infection-long-covid-17523630.php
7. New data shows long Covid is keeping as many as 4 million people out of work: https://www.brookings.edu/research/new-data-shows-long-covid-is-keeping-as-many-as-4-million-people-out-of-work/
8. Should People Be More Worried About Long COVID? https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/982506
9. Behind the surge in workers with disabilities: long COVID: https://www.axios.com/2022/10/26/disabled-workers-long-covid-work-from-home
10. Over 2,000 Guardian readers told us about their long Covid fight. Here are their stories: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/oct/25/long-covid-fight-guardian-readers
11. ‘We are in trouble’: Study raises alarm about impacts of long covid: https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/10/12/long-covid-study-scotland/
12. The tragedy of long COVID: https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/the-tragedy-of-the-post-covid-long-haulers-202010152479
13. What Doctors Still Don’t Understand About Long COVID: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/10/long-post-covid-symptoms-mild-cases/670469/
14. 4 out of 5 people with long COVID have trouble performing day-to-day activities: https://abcnews.go.com/Health/people-long-covid-trouble-performing-day-day-activities/story?id=91040703
15. Addiction drug shows promise lifting long COVID brain fog, fatigue: https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/addiction-drug-shows-promise-lifting-long-covid-brain-fog-fatigue-2022-10-18/
16. What is long COVID and who’s at risk? This NIH project may find out: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/long-covid-risk-nih-recover-symptoms
17. What We Know About Long Covid So Far: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/21/well/long-covid-symptoms-treatment.html

Labs to Request from your Doctor:

1. An article specifying which tests you should request from your doctor: https://www.academia.edu/89416655/Labs_To_Pull
2. A printable list of tests to request, compiled by a patient advocate: https://www.longcovidpatient.com/diagnostics
3. A frustrated patient created this invaluable list of tests to request: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1i6q_zBs2xbBzsIDFDWRWDJ07FOAsRi3VctcrX8Zb_78/edit
4. Hypercoagualabilty and clotting tests: