Long Covid: What is it and why does it occur?

Many people who have recovered from COVID-19 keep experiencing various symptoms for months, for which the term Long COVID is used.

Medical experts have now discovered a major cause of this Long COVID.

It is estimated that 10% – 30% of COVID patients develop a Long COVID after defeating the virus.

It is not yet clear whether the symptoms of Long COVID are a direct result of the virus or whether the disease is caused by stress and trauma to the body.

Imperial College London in the UK has discovered a specific pattern of antibodies in Long COVID patients that is not seen in other patients or healthy people.

Researchers have dubbed it auto-antibodies, which attack healthy body tissues instead of fighting the disease and keep the disease going.

Long COVID patients can experience a number of symptoms for months, including severe fatigue, difficulty breathing, muscle aches, and headaches.

Researchers say it is difficult to say how many Long COVID cases there may be in the near future, but it is devastating for young people, whose lives could be severely damaged.

Following the discovery of this auto-antibody pattern, researchers will work to develop a blood test that can diagnose Long COVID.

Professor Altman is working on the preparation of this blood test and he says that it is expected that in 6 months we will have one that will allow ordinary doctors to diagnose Long COVID.

For this purpose, blood samples were collected from patients with various COVIDs and dozens of people who survived the disease.

Examination of the samples revealed auto-antibodies in Long COVID patients which were not present in healthy individuals.

Although antibodies serve as an important defense weapon against disease, many times the immune system makes auto-antibodies that accidentally attack healthy cells in the body instead.

Earlier, a team from Yale University discovered that some patients with COVID contain antibodies that attack organs, tissues, and the immune system.

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