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Effects of Long COVID
Causes of long COVID remain a mystery

 

USA Today discusses current issues with long COVID, and experts’ views on its most likely causes, including MGH’s Dr. Oaklander. Read the two articles, Long COVID Research Challenges and Changed by COVID.

New Paper Associates COVID-Triggered Immune Dysfunction With Neuropathy
New Paper Associates COVID-Triggered Immune Dysfunction With Neuropathy

 

Most post-COVID nerve damage appears to be caused by infection-triggered immune dysfunction – not by lingering infection. – but there are no studies yet of available immunotherapies. Read a new paper and article about long-COVID and peripheral nerve damage.

New Paper Associates Long COVID With Neuropathy
New Paper Associates Long COVID With Neuropathy

 

Fifty-nine percent of long COVID patients had test confirmation of neuropathy in a small study, most often small-fiber type. Read more.

Podcast 2 Gordon Smith
NeuropathyCommons Podcast: The Search for Novel Treatments for Peripheral Neuropathy

 

In Episode 2, host Dr. Alex Chamessian (left) chats with Dr. Gordon Smith about clinical trials, and how patients can participate in research. Click here for Episode 1.

 

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