I Caught Covid: What Happened and What I Learned

There are so many confusing messages about COVID today. Has it become as benign as a cold? Is it just like the flu? Are you completely safe if you're fit and healthy? I'll tell you about the experience I had with it in December. And I'll share the most recent research I've found about it. Below is a list of references to the studies I mentioned in this episode, in the order I speak about them. Connect with me here or at my website: https://www.lucigabel.com Connect with me more regularly on social: LinkedIn, Insta, FB, TT, YT. -----------------   Covid and blood: Valentine Léopold, et al: Platelets of COVID-19 patients display mitochondrial dysfunction, oxidative stress, and energy metabolism failure compatible with cell death, Research and Practice in Thrombosis and Haemostasis,Volume 7, Issue 7,2023,102213,ISSN 2475-0379, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rpth.2023.102213 Cardiovascular issues after exposure: Nat Med. 2022; 28(3): 583–590. Published online 2022 Feb 7. doi: 10.1038/s41591-022-01689-3   Xie Y, Xu E, Bowe B, Al-Aly Z. Long-term cardiovascular outcomes of COVID-19. Nat Med. 2022 Mar;28(3):583-590. doi: 10.1038/s41591-022-01689-3. Epub 2022 Feb 7. PMID: 35132265; PMCID: PMC8938267   Long Covid in full spectrum of illness severity: Li, J., Zhou, Y., Ma, J. et al. The long-term health outcomes, pathophysiological mechanisms and multidisciplinary management of long COVID. Sig Transduct Target Ther8, 416 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41392-023-01640-z   Nine countries meta-analysis: Journal of infection, Persistance of post-covid symptoms in general population two years after SARS CoV-2 infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis. De-las-Peñas, et al. December 13, 2023 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2023.12.004   CDC Research:   https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db480.htm#section_2   Athletes and Myocarditis: Modica G, Bianco M, Sollazzo F, Di Murro E, Monti R, Cammarano M, Morra L, Nifosì FM, Gervasi SF, Manes Gravina E, Zeppilli P, Palmieri V. Myocarditis in Athletes Recovering from COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Apr 2;19(7):4279. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19074279. PMID: 35409960; PMCID: PMC8998516. Eighteen universities: Massey, D., Saydah, S., Adamson, B. et al. Prevalence of covid-19 and long covid in collegiate student athletes from spring 2020 to fall 2021: a retrospective survey. BMC Infect Dis 23, 876 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-023-08801-z   Males, long COVID and exercise: Appelman, B., Charlton, B.T., Goulding, R.P. et al. Muscle abnormalities worsen after post-exertional malaise in long COVID. Nat Commun 15, 17 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-44432-3 Physical activity was associated with a shorter length of symptoms: Feter N, Caputo EL, Delpino FM, Leite JS, da Silva LS, de Almeida Paz I, Santos Rocha JQ, Vieira YP, Schröeder N, da Silva CN, Baptista Gonçalves JC, da Costa Pereira H, Barbosa TA, Cassuriaga J, da Silva MC, Reichert FF, Rombaldi AJ. Physical activity and long COVID: findings from the Prospective Study About Mental and Physical Health in Adults cohort. Public Health. 2023 Jul;220:148-154. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2023.05.011. Epub 2023 Jun 13. PMID: 37320945; PMCID: PMC10263464.   Paxlovid: NHS UK, https://www.nhs.uk/medicines/paxlovid/about-paxlovid Smith DJ, Lambrou A, Patel P. SARS-CoV-2 Rebound With and Without Use of COVID-19 Oral Antivirals. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2023;72:1357–1364. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7251a1   Harrington PR, Cong J, Troy SB, et al. Evaluation of SARS-CoV-2 RNA Rebound After Nirmatrelvir/Ritonavir Treatment in Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trials — United States and International Sites, 2021–2022. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2023;72:1365–1370. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7251a2. Extras: GWCIM Virtual Long Covid Open House, YouTube, https://youtu.be/1isR1rlkAbE?si=lhMARorJkK2Njiuz