This episode of Gasping for Breath is an attempt to understand Long Covid from the scientific community. We try to understand what is known about Long covid, what are its different manifestations, what are its possible causes and what are the possible ways to manage the disease.
This episode features Dr Ashwin Rajenesh and Dr Sarath Menon from Kerala and Dr Asad Khan from the UK.

References

A clinical case definition of post COVID-19 condition by a Delphi consensus, 6 October 2021
Characterizing long COVID in an international cohort: 7 months of symptoms and their impact
http://www.euro-me.org/Documents/Library/magical-medicine.pdf
What causes Long Covid? Here are the three leading theories | Science
Persistent clotting protein pathology in Long COVID/Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) is accompanied by increased levels of antiplasmin | Cardiovascular Diabetology | Full Text
Could microclots help explain the mystery of long Covid? | Resia Pretorius | The Guardian
Recommendations for the recognition, diagnosis, and management of long COVID: a Delphi study | British
Journal of General Practice
Prevalence of ongoing symptoms following coronavirus (COVID-19) infection in the UK : 6 May 2022

This episode of Gasping for Breath is an attempt to understand Long Covid from the scientific community. We try to understand what is known about Long covid, what are its different manifestations, what are its possible causes and what are the possible ways to manage the disease. This episode features Dr Ashwin Rajenesh and Dr Sarath Menon from Kerala and Dr Asad Khan from the UK.
References
<a href="https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/WHO-2019-nCoV-Post_COVID-19_condition-Clinical_case_definition-2021.1" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/WHO-2019-nCoV-Post_COVID-19_condition-Clinical_case_definition-2021.1&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1657298338595000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3QnASI3Br5t_j8bd44MOLG">A clinical case definition of post COVID-19 condition by a Delphi consensus, 6 October 2021</a> <a href="https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(21)00299-6/fulltext" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(21)00299-6/fulltext&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1657298338595000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3DnZVyFl1soW6YypwAyjbl">Characterizing long COVID in an international cohort: 7 months of symptoms and their impact</a> <a href="http://www.euro-me.org/Documents/Library/magical-medicine.pdf" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.euro-me.org/Documents/Library/magical-medicine.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1657298338595000&amp;usg=AOvVaw30gaQLGSF_0wDphT7EEvTi">http://www.euro-me.org/Documents/Library/magical-medicine.pdf</a> <a href="https://www.science.org/content/article/what-causes-long-covid-three-leading-theories" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.science.org/content/article/what-causes-long-covid-three-leading-theories&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1657298338595000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1HdMCaWlDNI08blQVGl_TH">What causes Long Covid? Here are the three leading theories | Science</a> <a href="https://cardiab.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12933-021-01359-7" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://cardiab.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12933-021-01359-7&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1657298338595000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3kNO8MevDuDVB1-qkPkTEE">Persistent clotting protein pathology in Long COVID/Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) is accompanied by increased levels of antiplasmin | Cardiovascular Diabetology | Full Text</a> <a href="https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jan/05/long-covid-research-microclots" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jan/05/long-covid-research-microclots&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1657298338595000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3arE1CL6VEYQoAv-lm_ZqA">Could microclots help explain the mystery of long Covid? | Resia Pretorius | The Guardian</a> <a href="https://bjgp.org/content/71/712/e815" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://bjgp.org/content/71/712/e815&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1657298338595000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0dgcbBoUjrOjoa2K2oqZxB">Recommendations for the recognition, diagnosis, and management of long COVID: a Delphi study | British</a> <a href="https://bjgp.org/content/71/712/e815" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://bjgp.org/content/71/712/e815&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1657298338595000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0dgcbBoUjrOjoa2K2oqZxB">Journal of General Practice</a> <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/bulletins/prevalenceofongoingsymptomsfollowingcoronaviruscovid19infectionintheuk/6may2022" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/bulletins/prevalenceofongoingsymptomsfollowingcoronaviruscovid19infectionintheuk/6may2022&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1657298338595000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0bInmsnMga31T91rXfih_T">Prevalence of ongoing symptoms following coronavirus (COVID-19) infection in the UK : 6 May 2022</a>

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