COVID & Diabetes News Articles

1/31/22: "Is COVID-19 Causing Diabetes In Kids? The Jury's Still Out"- https://iflscience.com/is-covid19-causing-diabetes-in-kids-the-jurys-still-out-62436

3/17/22: "Is diabetes linked to COVID-19? Scientists explore potential connection as more cases arise"- https://www.cbsnews.com/news/diabetes-covid-19-potential-connection/?fbclid=IwAR0JHG8n9w3SmzxDGf7WVF26DpuPNxON9XdNSL__lWvGUxt75th85EeyQOI

3/31/22: "COVID-19 infection increases your risk for diabetes, a new study says"- https://www.npr.org/2022/03/31/1090080198/covid-19-diabetes-increased-risk?fbclid=IwAR1-AVVIl1stQyzfoLHRsLXVCo7U_m3sLht86Cr86HllBQ2NkzzVqs6fH3g

4/4/22: "As many as 40% of those who died of COVID-19 had diabetes and experts hope that will lead policymakers to address the disease"- https://www.businessinsider.com/as-many-40-died-of-covid-19-had-diabetes-2022-4?fbclid=IwAR3buvi2EqAX1nwsjzm1SFe39y2ekfRAFAuXJ65tlou-fZj6LQdwIFFqCN8

6/27/22: "COVID-19 can cause metabolism problems by interfering with insulin signaling, study reveals"- https://www.news-medical.net/news/20220627/COVID-19-can-cause-metabolism-problems-by-interfering-with-insulin-signaling-study-reveals.aspx

7/6/22: "Diabetics face higher risk of long COVID complications, research finds"- https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/national/coronavirus/diabetics-face-higher-risk-of-long-covid-complications-research-finds

Asymptomatic

 Since there is still a lot of debate around being asymptomatic, I will be posting info and resources here.

Articles

1/18/22: "Am I asymptomatic, or do I just really not want to have Covid-19? A guide" - https://www.vox.com/22883820/am-i-asymptomatic-covid-symptoms-isolation-quarantine?fbclid=IwAR2CFUQjfI0Q_1UlWKXKmQWaV0dOqOBae9rYmhTr9WsISUKTSmRd7hzz4-U

Long Covid News Articles 2022

Since the research on long covid keeps getting bigger, I'm going to try and but resources related to it on the post and keep updating it as more comes out. Even if you survive your covid infection, there are some serious health effects that can change your life.

An overall interesting site on long covid is: https://aboutlongcovid.org/

1/9/22: "The role of tiny blood clots in long COVID" - This article is actually really scary when you think of all the damage that these clots can do to your system. What really got me about this article was "so the dilemma with long COVID is that the percentage of individuals, up to 30%, never really get over the presence of these clotting abnormalities or physiological abnormalities when they are not infective anymore." Personally I will be interested to see in the future if people that survive covid have a higher risk for strokes and heart issues. https://www.npr.org/2022/01/09/1071706533/the-role-of-tiny-blood-clots-in-long-covid?fbclid=IwAR17Rdvdn3ZBzMe7juBNXSF0M-8teF50ntPsbbAyzbD3OsOlAf6hIVpjCC4

1/17/22: "Long Covid may be causing 1.6 million Americans to miss work amid the labor shortage" - https://www.businessinsider.com/long-covid-may-worsening-labor-crisis-as-millions-miss-work-2022-1?fbclid=IwAR0QXe2JymtSm7VlH-iboBZqT781OTb6vJyMD-Ca0oek9nceWe3HIzik2hk

1/20/22: "Small Study Hints At Cause Of Long COVID 'Brain Fog'"- https://iflscience.com/small-study-hints-at-cause-of-long-covid-brain-fog-62311

1/25/22: "Who will get long Covid? Study may offer clues" - https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/will-get-long-covid-study-may-offer-clues-rcna13436?fbclid=IwAR1z4pR69GEGULkqNh5fgh5uYaorhq5230xKzfkL8qAXSMngO0sTVYlQ09s

2/1/22: "Gut bacteria may play a role in the development of long COVID" - Do what you can to get probiotics back into your system. I think me doing this was one of the main reasons I recovered as well as I did with no medical help. https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/gut-bacteria-may-play-a-role-in-the-development-of-long-covid?fbclid=IwAR0e7skSkYmI4qZ_CGr54P3HOaz6bQBc6U2WlracOnZRl0qIZ5I7706iBn4

2/8/22: "Long COVID: Abnormal immune activity found 8 months post infection" - https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/long-covid-abnormal-immune-activity-found-8-months-post-infection?fbclid=IwAR3LHfm1L7jQCWpOG8lGKokkFSdsQZSwNhuCdtFNq8xfuY15_1ujpXpbVuQ 

2/18/22: "Should You Take Antihistamines for Long COVID Symptoms?"- https://www.prevention.com/health/a39122406/anthihistamines-long-covid-symptoms/?fbclid=IwAR1vfqanuJX242ndOLYmt6WH_zGubfn8ts7wjjMuxl54zbGyZ05ffU1C-6o

3/31/22: "Black people not adequately represented in studies on effects of long COVID, study finds"- https://thegrio.com/2022/03/31/blacks-not-adequately-represented-long-covid-effect-studies/?fbclid=IwAR3AF4xjPogfyNwH0alGtOJI2-A09VXfNHHHlIR_Thaw73F5am02bwnJJEE

4/1/22: "I'm a 24-year-old suffering from long COVID. I get seizures, I can't drink or drive, and have had to move back in with my parents"- https://www.businessinsider.com/long-covid-symptoms-24-year-old-it-destroyed-my-life-2022-3?fbclid=IwAR3dI5q_XRsoYFI0f-WXdPmF_tmhTg9qQ-Wm7nxejlpIdmK2mN63l9_yyns

4/22/22: "Longest Ever COVID-19 Infection Recorded At 505 Days"- https://iflscience.com/-longest-ever-covid19-infection-recorded-at-505-days-63411

4/29/22: "Long COVID Patients Say Doctors Are Ignoring Their Symptoms"- This article talks about how doctors are not paying the attention they need to to the symptoms of long covid. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/katiecamero/long-covid?fbclid=IwAR23-viMdfUly1-wfpaHIrtNWfNzeJ3Ru1NU8c5939FP0ZaqhFomoM6f8Bk

5/2/22: "Their virus symptoms were minor. Then they had long Covid."- https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/02/health/long-covid-asympomatic-cases/index.html?fbclid=IwAR2WHvyVzDmYzpQV0KyZRaE7q8R8IKMgX1ASqginunPXF8YHCI-s8SIBnzo

5/6/22: "Children get long Covid, too, and it can show up in unexpected ways"- https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/06/health/children-long-covid-wellness/index.html?fbclid=IwAR0rBuBLtXgMr90DvSjx5B8YUGRWhINwJIVBLko-LY_y3m-1LjdalnVufOw

5/9/22: "Queer, trans and sick with Long COVID"- https://aboutlongcovid.org/queer-trans-and-sick-with-long-covid/

5/13/22: "'Ghosts' In The Gut May Be Behind Long COVID"- https://iflscience.com/ghosts-in-the-gut-may-be-behind-long-covid-63677

5/24/22: "What's ailing long COVID patients? A new federal study looks for clues"- https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/05/24/1100505822/whats-ailing-long-covid-patients-a-new-federal-study-looks-for-clues

5/25/22: "'Long COVID' or "post-COVID" symptoms affect 1 in 4 seniors who survived infection, study finds"- https://www.cbsnews.com/news/long-covid-symptoms-study/?fbclid=IwAR1MXl1JNa1Gh1FqhNA4PBYJRYa-da5gj7VZR0GqjjiHFka8L_TpQwJ-rK8

6/8/22: "Hospital studying long-term effects of COVID-19 in kids"- https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-long-haul-kids-effects/

6/17/22: "Omicron less likely to cause long COVID, study finds"- https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/national/coronavirus/omicron-less-likely-to-cause-long-covid-study-finds

6/23/22: "Study links post-COVID symptoms with alterations in gut microbiota"- https://www.news-medical.net/news/20220623/Study-links-post-COVID-symptoms-with-alterations-in-gut-microbiota.aspx

7/6/22: "Diabetics face higher risk of long COVID complications, research finds"- https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/national/coronavirus/diabetics-face-higher-risk-of-long-covid-complications-research-finds

7/17/22: "Studying the effects of long COVID"- https://www.cbsnews.com/news/studying-the-effects-of-long-covid/?fbclid=IwAR017XCotQ9wGfpe79aRw09Otd-NQJIDYPrbzIogT4fh9__Zjm4gk3FYlnE

7/20/22: "Reinfection Will Be Part Of The Pandemic For Months To Come. Each Repeat Illness Raises The Risk Of Long COVID"- https://iflscience.com/reinfection-will-be-part-of-the-pandemic-for-months-to-come-each-repeat-illness-raises-the-risk-of-long-covid-64516

7/31/22: "Millions of Americans have long COVID. Many of them are no longer working"- https://www.tpr.org/news/2022-07-31/millions-of-americans-have-long-covid-many-of-them-are-no-longer-working?fbclid=IwAR1sopWN0eYXXUFJGxrF5toK50P-W_r5HewQfX79zxERfT-jt_yYXBn19x0

8/8/22: "Long COVID: new study sheds brightest light so far on frequency and impacts"- https://www.pennlive.com/coronavirus/2022/08/long-covid-new-study-sheds-brightest-light-so-far-on-frequency-and-impacts.html?fbclid=IwAR2NzWjEZn-gvDPhMiFd8kxD6mj3TDLkBLUM9A2VHTXYptr7FijFGeCGwIc

10/1/22: "Long Covid: What science has learned about the loss of smell and taste"- https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/01/health/long-covid-smell-taste-loss-wellness/index.html?fbclid=IwAR15Qs0pS6Eut5_BVkBIFR25fGkPTWB4LWR6DPuYhBQ6bpIwcy0ElBGKCec

10/5/22: "What Doctors Still Don't Understand About Long COVID"- https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/10/long-post-covid-symptoms-mild-cases/670469/?fbclid=IwAR3-JNwZSJxVZorH4NsTjOMQNa7E9LaaK3thFALA2BePJ2B5klvvTujYJTg

10/26/22: "The pandemic is not over for those with long COVID"- https://baptistnews.com/article/the-pandemic-is-not-over-for-those-with-long-covid/#.Y1mF1OhTmUk

12/8/22: "COVID-19 vaccines may reduce long-COVID symptoms"- https://www.news-medical.net/amp/news/20221208/COVID-19-vaccines-may-reduce-long-COVID-symptoms.aspx

Covid Treatment Resources

Here are some resources for those looking for treatment of covid. I will update as I find more. 

•https://www.fda.gov/emergency-preparedness-and-response/mcm-legal-regulatory-and-policy-framework/emergency-use-authorization

-So in my fight with Kaiser in trying to get treatment they said they would only use things approved by the FDA…except they are not looking at this list from the FDA on treatments that they have given emergency use authorization for. This tells you that Kaiser is not keeping up with the medical knowledge that is official and easy for anyone to find.

•https://covid19.colorado.gov/for-coloradans/covid-19-treatments

-This is on Colorado's main state page.

Covid and MS (Multiple Sclerosis) Resources

 When it comes to MS and covid the main concern is that a lot of people with MS are on immunosuppressants to keep their MS in check while at the same time this opens them up to catching covid. There are other medical conditions that are also treated with these same types of drugs and these people do not have the same immune system response to covid that a normal person would have. Infections can kill and people that are fighting mask mandates and vaccinations are taking an active voice in that the lives of others do not matter to them. They only care about themselves. These people have a right to life as well and everything needs to be done to protect life. I’m hoping that by putting this information into one place people can use it for their own medical treatments/research and so that others can know how these groups are impacted. I will continue to add to this list as I come by more information. 

Here is some information on MS (Multiple Sclerosis) and Covid. 

Articles:

Below are articles I found that should have gone through the peer review process before being published. I would give these more backing then the general websites that you can find on the same topics. These articles you should be able to easily access through the links without having to have access to a college library.

•”COVID-19 and MS disease-modifying therapies”. Neurology (Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation) By Joseph R. Berger, Rachel Brandstadter, and Amit Bar-Or. (May 15^th 2020).  https://nn.neurology.org/content/7/4/e761.abstract (https://nn.neurology.org/content/nnn/7/4/e761.full.pdf)

-One of the key results of this shows that people with MS do not have a higher chance of catching covid, but they do have a higher death rate due to the body’s over reaction to the infection. 

•”COVID-19 in teriflunomide-treated patients with multiple sclerosis.” By Amir Hadi Maghzi, Maria K. Houtchens, Paolo Preziosa…..(June 3^rd 2020) Maghzi2020_Article_COVID-19InTeriflunomide-treate.pdf

-This one has some good pictures to help explain what they are talking about.

 

• “Multiple sclerosis and COVIS-19.” By Jan Mares and Hans-Peter Hartung. (July 17^th 2020) Bio_002599_fin-0001 (1).pdf

•”Multiple sclerosis and COVID-19: How many are at risk?” . European Journal of Neurology: The Official Journal of the European Academy of Neurology. By Gabriel Bsteh, Christina Bitschnau, Harald Hegen, Franziska Di Pauli,…..(September 25^th 2020). https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ene.14555 (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/ene.14555)

-This one looks at overlapping health factors and age in relation to the MS covid issue.

 

Websites: 

https://www.nationalmssociety.org/coronavirus-covid-19-information/multiple-sclerosis-and-coronavirus 

https://www.cedars-sinai.org/blog/ms-and-covid-19.html

-So this website goes against the peer reviewed information I found. In those studies they found higher death rates and this site tries to make it sound that people with MS fit into the same numbers as other groups. I included this for the reason of showing how websites can give bad information and what you read on this site should not be trusted. 

https://journals.lww.com/neurotodayonline/fulltext/2021/05060/how_do_patients_with_multiple_sclerosis_fare_with.5.aspx

-This one I’m on the fence with since it says that people with ambulatory disability had higher risks, but other people with MS were on average with everyone else. This is still just a website and should not be trusted as much as more official research.

https://www.ajmc.com/view/patients-with-ms-testing-positive-for-covid-19-saw-worse-depressive-anxiety-symptoms

-This one I found interesting because it also looks at the impact of mental health around the subject of covid and MS.

https://www.webmd.com/multiple-sclerosis/covid-19-multiple-sclerosis-ms 

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0255316

-This one I put under websites instead of Journals because it came from a newer source that has not yet established its credibility. This one says that instead of worrying about how immunosuppressants will impact your chances of covid, that you should still keep up with your MS treatments. It is on the newer side of things, but I’m hesitant in trusting it due to where it was published. 

https://www.mssociety.org.uk/about-ms/treatments-and-therapies/disease-modifying-therapies/covid-19-coronavirus-and-ms

-I like getting an international perspective on situations since I feel that US politics many times warps all the parts of our lives. You can see this even today with how politicized the mask issue has gotten. This site from the UK acknowledges that your chances of infection from covid and complications are higher. 

 

One of the interesting things I found though is that most of the studies and sites focused on people with MS that are on some type of immunosuppressants and that there was little to no info on people with MS that are not taking any form of them. I would have also liked to have found info on people with CIS in relation to COVID since their body has already shown an ability to over react.

12/9/21: Update: "FDA clears AstraZeneca's Covid antibody treatment for immunocompromised" - https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/fda-clears-astrazenecas-covid-antibody-treatment-immunocompromised-rcna8130?fbclid=IwAR2tLG0bPdPRcMr8T4pa1PeRP01X1RpZr6HgADLUElCngAXXHPk2_SqWF4M

1/28/22: "Woman With MS Dies of COVID After Doctors Told Her She Couldn't Get Vaxxed, Family Says" - https://www.thedailybeast.com/nerissa-regnier-woman-with-ms-dies-of-covid-19-after-doctors-told-her-she-couldnt-get-vaxxed-family-says?fbclid=IwAR2S44WwYCHoTJZXngFUjVVsMVT-v1hSmQsDUaxjD6t6gjkNaBaf510mVNk