Soldato
Little red spots started appearing on my hand yesterday, so I guess the illness I was feeling may not have been a result of the boosters but from catching HFMD from my son (it's going round his nursery).
COVID-19 (Coronavirus) discussion
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Man of Honour
Such a grim illness, caught it off my daughter the other month and ended up with a mouth full of ulcers for a week.
Soldato
Have you got any medical research to back that up, as that's the first I've heard of it? When listening to the news previously it was more about which variants would prevail and if they were super spreaders but mild everyone would get mild symptoms, if they were super spreaders and harsh everyone was in for a rough time. Not once have I heard any medical professional go "oh this is the 4th time you've got covid? good luck..."
Man of Honour
Had to look that up! Seems unpleasant. I don't know how even with 2 kids we've not had issues like this - luck of the draw I guess. Hope you're on the mend and that your son isn't too uncomfortable too long and he bounces back soon.
Soldato
Study suggests reinfections from the virus that causes COVID-19 likely have similar severity as original infection
NIH-funded analysis of health record data shows severe reinfections often follow severe first infections.
It's kind of iffy. Long covid is more likely on the first infection, which sounds good. At the same time, it sounds like if you are predisposed to having bad outcomes with covid, reinfections won't make it any better...
Every COVID Infection Increases Your Risk of Long COVID, Study Warns
Science Alert Vaccines ensure bouts of COVID are far less deadly than they were at the pandemic’s start, yet multiple studies now suggest even seemingly mild cases of the coronavirus have a c…
www.unmc.edu
Other articles dispute this. We're in uncharted territory, really.
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Soldato
Horrendous, I've been lucky with the mouth area - just the one. It's mainly the hands with the itchyness, a couple of antihistamines a day is helping with that.
Thanks! His hands seem to be clearing up, hoping he is better by the end of the weekend for nursery and swimming next week - don't want him missing out on too much!
Man of Honour
Strangely enough I had zero itching and based on my daughter's reaction neither did she even though we both had the hand spots but the mouth ulcers left us both in bits
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Its odd isn't it I had no sore throat just a wierd sensation thats hard to describe I did have laryngitis though and the most horrendous coughing sessions still have an occasional but lingering cough should go back to the doc honestly
Soldato
I keep my eyes on the new medications and treatments on the horizon to combat covids lingering effects.
Unfortunately the much hyped BC007 as failed in continuingly beating the placebo in its trials so as shut down.
There are many different trials going on with all kinds of either off label medications or new created treatments.
The one I'm looking closely at for now is called Rapamycin.
It as already had some success stories, so the trial is more about documenting it properly.
There seems to be various subsets of how covid attacks different people, so will need different treatments.
It's interesting people are mentioning allergic reactions. When I had covid the first time I started getting an allergic reaction to shampoo touching my lower leg (just above my ankle). I'd get an itchy rash. At the time I never thought of a covid connection. But looking back it seems the likely trigger.
Unfortunately the much hyped BC007 as failed in continuingly beating the placebo in its trials so as shut down.
There are many different trials going on with all kinds of either off label medications or new created treatments.
The one I'm looking closely at for now is called Rapamycin.
Long COVID low-dose rapamycin clinical trial - PolyBio Research Foundation
Project Summary: A double blinded randomized controlled pilot clinical trial to determine if low-dose rapamycin can improve symptoms in patients with...
polybio.org
It as already had some success stories, so the trial is more about documenting it properly.
There seems to be various subsets of how covid attacks different people, so will need different treatments.
It's interesting people are mentioning allergic reactions. When I had covid the first time I started getting an allergic reaction to shampoo touching my lower leg (just above my ankle). I'd get an itchy rash. At the time I never thought of a covid connection. But looking back it seems the likely trigger.
My LC was predominately mast cell mediated ( MCAS ) and manifested as an allergic response. I'm following Prof. Iwasaki's ( and Dr B. Anderson's ) research too.I keep my eyes on the new medications and treatments on the horizon to combat covids lingering effects.
Unfortunately the much hyped BC007 as failed in continuingly beating the placebo in its trials so as shut down.
There are many different trials going on with all kinds of either off label medications or new created treatments.
The one I'm looking closely at for now is called Rapamycin.
Long COVID low-dose rapamycin clinical trial - PolyBio Research Foundation
Project Summary: A double blinded randomized controlled pilot clinical trial to determine if low-dose rapamycin can improve symptoms in patients with...polybio.org
It as already had some success stories, so the trial is more about documenting it properly.
There seems to be various subsets of how covid attacks different people, so will need different treatments.
It's interesting people are mentioning allergic reactions. When I had covid the first time I started getting an allergic reaction to shampoo touching my lower leg (just above my ankle). I'd get an itchy rash. At the time I never thought of a covid connection. But looking back it seems the likely trigger.
Soldato
I've just been reading this article and they got a new grant to find the biomarker.
New grant to PolyBio further expands long COVID blood biomarker study - PolyBio Research Foundation
For the second consecutive year, funding will expand a Harvard Medical School-based project documenting immune, coagulation, and blood vessel abnormalities in...
polybio.org
I think getting a biomarker test will be a massive step forward in many ways.
The gaslighting and outright abuse seriously ill people are getting is incredible. Hopefully those people abusing others out of misguided ignorance will have the morality to admit they were wrong and ask for forgiveness.
Quantifiable biomarkers will certainly aid diagnosis, and as you say, hopefully put a stop to the gaslighting ( even from within the medical profession ). The ignorance is astounding. I was recently approached by the NY Times for an article they are planning to write on this very topic - I'm still mulling it over.I've just been reading this article and they got a new grant to find the biomarker.
New grant to PolyBio further expands long COVID blood biomarker study - PolyBio Research Foundation
For the second consecutive year, funding will expand a Harvard Medical School-based project documenting immune, coagulation, and blood vessel abnormalities in...polybio.org
I think getting a biomarker test will be a massive step forward in many ways.
The gaslighting and outright abuse seriously ill people are getting is incredible. Hopefully those people abusing others out of misguided ignorance will have the morality to admit they were wrong and ask for forgiveness.
Caporegime
You might as well give up hope now, because they're not going to admit they were wrong. They're the ones who still claim that the vaccine caused more damage than Covid.
Man of Honour
We are still playing with pretend Covid patients in hospital beds.
Obviously it's all for the media because people like you know better.
Soldato
Some interesting news for anyone who had to retire due to covid injuries. You might be in line for some compensation.
The list is very restrictive to those conditions bad enough to show up on the standard NHS tests.
www.standard.co.uk
The list is very restrictive to those conditions bad enough to show up on the standard NHS tests.
Transport workers struck down with Covid-related diseases may get special benefits
EXCLUSIVE: The Industrial Injuries Advisory Council is advising ministers to offer this support to Covid victims still suffering
www.standard.co.uk
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Very restrictive indeed. In fact, it disqualifies most people with PACS.Some interesting news for anyone who had to retire due to covid injuries. You might be in line for some compensation.
The list is very restrictive to those conditions bad enough to show up on the standard NHS tests.
Transport workers struck down with Covid-related diseases may get special benefits
EXCLUSIVE: The Industrial Injuries Advisory Council is advising ministers to offer this support to Covid victims still suffering
Picked up something, no idea if cold or COVID, like the last two has been very mild and I think/hope I'm over the worst of it, yesterday scratchy but not a proper sore throat and shivers, sneezing a bit and no energy, woke up today with throat like an ashtray but already feeling mostly like myself again this evening aside from quite a bit of fatigue and some minor phlegm.
Not sure what to make of it really, ever since the first bout of COVID it is like my immune system jumps on whatever this cold or COVID like stuff is.
COVID causes immune suppression which on average lasts up to 18 months. This makes it more likely you'll pick up other infections ( including other COVID variants ). COVID is certainly doing the "rounds" at the moment but the FLiRT variants from May through August seem to have been far more impactful in terms of number infected, hospital admissions etc. Where I am locally, it's norovirus, flu' and RSV that most folk are catching right now.