Category: Immune system

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Neurological risks and damage in kids with long Covid.

Children gets long Covid just as adults. And many just as severe. Learn more about Covid and neurology in children here.

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(22)00260-7/fulltext?fbclid=IwAR3T_lthzRqhiSj2eAPoTUNy3x3FAjOna8s2q9XDkTwZBzn8clYp5RDhgqk

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Your DNA and how sick Covid will make you

Research shows your genes might affect how your body responds to a SARS-Cov-2 infection.

How your DNA may affect whether you get COVID-19 or become gravely ill
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It seems not all Covid-19 patients develop antibodies

Note eryone develops antibodies against SARS-Cov-2 when infected. It isn’t suprising since it is a common result when the same thing is investigated in other viral infections. Many factors are involved.

https://www.labroots.com/trending/coronavirus/21206/covid-19-patients-develop-antibodies

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Covid affects the immune system long after infection is over (in severe cases)

There are coming reports on Covid’s effects on the immune system, and neither of them are sunny. This study from the Linköping University in Sweden shows that severe cases has long lasting effects on T-cells and other parts of the immune system similar to chronic HIV-infections. Yet another reason to not get infected.

https://liu.se/en/news-item/svar-covid-19-ger-langvariga-negativa-effekter-pa-immunforsvaret

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2022.931039/full