Tracking the next pandemic: Avian Flu Talk |
Predicting Long Covid |
Post Reply |
Author | |
ViQueen24
Adviser Group Joined: May 14 2013 Location: Verona, PA Status: Offline Points: 12270 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Posted: January 24 2021 at 2:20pm |
This is why I think a post from Chuck might be one of the most crucial to those who get the virus. https://www.avianflutalk.com/antiinflammatory-meds_topic42525.html Scroll all the way to the bottom for Chuck's post, where he talks about various biologics like Otezla and Embrel that looked promising. I wonder how that study turned out? |
|
KiwiMum
Chief Moderator Joined: May 29 2013 Status: Offline Points: 29680 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
I did read something a few weeks ago that suggested menopausal women taking HRT were faring better then their peers who weren't taking HRT, so presumably the hormone factor is key in that age bracket of women. |
|
Those who got it wrong, for whatever reason, may feel defensive and retrench into a position that doesn’t accord with the facts.
|
|
ViQueen24
Adviser Group Joined: May 14 2013 Location: Verona, PA Status: Offline Points: 12270 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
Inflammation is key. Old people have more inflammation than young people, in general, and although premenopausal women have less inflammation than men of equivalent age, once they enter menopause, they no longer produce estrogen and progesterone, which protect them from inflammation, so they are very prone to inflammatory conditions such as arthritis, heart disease and diabetes, and within 8 years of menopause, usually catch up to the rates for those conditions of men of an equivalent age. |
|
Little House
V.I.P. Member Joined: February 13 2020 Location: Ohio Status: Offline Points: 1910 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.10.19.20214494v2 I found this study that tried to figure out which patients would have long Covid. They found that age and sex were related to long Covid, but also number of symptoms during the first week of illness. Patients who have more than 5 symptoms the first week seem to have a greater risk of long Covid. Also, older women seem to be at greater risk. It is an interesting read. |
|
Post Reply | |
Tweet
|
Forum Jump | Forum Permissions You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot create polls in this forum You can vote in polls in this forum |