Researchers Are Getting Closer to Understanding Long COVID. But Treatments Are Likely Still a Ways Off
in February argues that tiny “microclots” in the blood may cause many Long COVID symptoms by preventing oxygen from reaching the body’s tissues. Similarly, ain January suggests that one hallmark of Long COVID, intolerance to exercise, may be related to poor oxygen delivery.
The finding that SARS-CoV-2 or Epstein-Barr viruses in the blood can predict some cases of Long COVID also suggests that taking antivirals shortly after a COVID-19 diagnosis could help prevent some cases, he says.At the moment, though, those are just hypotheses.
A better understanding of risk factors could be useful, Nieset says, if vulnerable individuals could seek care right after they test positive for COVID-19. But, again, many risk factors identified by studies, such as autoantibodies or viral load in the blood, aren’t something the average individual would know they have.
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