• SenorBolsa@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    We don’t know. That’s the only good answer.

    Neurological damage seems to be a strong contender for the bulk of long COVID symptoms though.

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      1 year ago

      It seems to be linked to the COVID spike protein, which has been found lingering around in all cells for many months after a COVID infection, including in neurons, and may be causing long term inflammation-like reactions.

      There are experiments undergoing for medication that could clean out those spike proteins from the whole body. Hopefully that might fix some of it.