Show 1327: What Have We Learned About Long COVID?

The People's Pharmacy

Joe and Terry Graedon

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Kids & Family, Alternative Health

4.5 • 934 Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2023

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

When the COVID-19 pandemic began, it seemed there were only two outcomes from an infection. Either you died (as far too many people did) or you survived and moved on. Now, physicians, researchers and a growing number of patients are coming to grips with symptoms that persist months or possibly years after the initial infection. […]

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0:00.0	I'm Joe Gradyton and I'm Terry Grady. Welcome to this podcast of the People's Pharmacy.
0:06.1	You can find previous podcasts and more information on a range of health topics at people's pharmacy.com.
0:15.0	Chronic fatigue syndrome has been controversial for years.
0:19.0	Now some people are suffering similar symptoms after COVID.
0:24.0	This is the People's Pharmacy with SARS COVID too.
0:41.0	Some of the most common symptoms include brain fog, fatigue, shortness of breath, and
0:47.0	palpitations.
0:49.2	Doctors don't know yet what causes long COVID or how to treat it. That's left millions of people in the
0:55.8	lurch. Our guests today are both involved in research to better understand the
1:00.8	causes, consequences, and treatments of post-Covid syndrome.
1:05.4	Coming up on the People's Pharmacy, what have we learned about long COVID.
1:14.6	In the People's Pharmacy Health Headlines,
1:17.8	There's good news about influenza for a change.
1:20.9	According to the CDC, the flu season is starting to wind down. That's earlier than usual.
1:26.0	But this fall, influenza infections started much earlier than usual.
1:31.0	That followed the pattern epidemiologists saw in the southern hemisphere.
1:35.0	There are still many cases of Type A H3N2 influenza, but the incidents is dropping.
1:42.0	Last week only 4% of the people who saw their doctors had an influenza-like illness.
1:48.0	Some years there's a second wave of flu caused by type B strains,
1:52.0	but Australian public health authorities did not report such
1:56.2	a pattern this year.
1:58.5	Long COVID is creating confusion within the medical community.
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