This is the last reported episode in season 2 of Gasping for Breath. In this episode, Suno India’s Menaka Rao has an extended chat with Girish Pasupathy, a software engineer from Coimbatore who is living with Long Covid after nearly a year of sickness. Girish has changed his life and outlook towards the disease and disability over a period of time. He is learning to live with long covid and has learned to advocate for himself.

References

Episode #47 - Post COVID-19 condition
What causes Long Covid? Here are the three leading theories | Science
Could tiny blood clots cause long COVID’s puzzling symptoms?
Combined triple treatment of fibrin amyloid microclots and platelet pathology in individuals with Long COVID/ Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) can resolve their persistent symptoms
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
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy improves neurocognitive functions and symptoms of post-COVID condition: randomized controlled trial | Scientific Reports
Could microclots help explain the mystery of long Covid? | Resia Pretorius | The Guardian

This is the last reported episode in season 2 of Gasping for Breath. In this episode, Suno India’s Menaka Rao has an extended chat with Girish Pasupathy, a software engineer from Coimbatore who is living with Long Covid after nearly a year of sickness. Girish has changed his life and outlook towards the disease and disability over a period of time. He is learning to live with long covid and has learned to advocate for himself.
References
<a href="https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/media-resources/science-in-5/episode-47---post-covid-19-condition?gclid=CjwKCAjwsMGYBhAEEiwAGUXJaXsQhvvFHm4buF7suw3OqNBa4-tvxBxexfONNHf2kaFXQhMT_GyPeBoCGZgQAvD_BwE" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/media-resources/science-in-5/episode-47---post-covid-19-condition?gclid%3DCjwKCAjwsMGYBhAEEiwAGUXJaXsQhvvFHm4buF7suw3OqNBa4-tvxBxexfONNHf2kaFXQhMT_GyPeBoCGZgQAvD_BwE&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1662700624067000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3-qRCAONPjjBansJJqFeEF">Episode #47 - Post COVID-19 condition</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=1662700624067000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1hl_Br_SSYgkbkWl8opMrJ">What causes Long Covid? Here are the three leading theories | Science</a> <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-02286-7" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-02286-7&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1662700624068000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3Uo-rueNoBydEhSYfdV8pM">Could tiny blood clots cause long COVID’s puzzling symptoms?</a> <a href="https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-1205453/v1" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-1205453/v1&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1662700624068000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1jEJz7mCPoSP5vpxteQCqN">Combined triple treatment of fibrin amyloid microclots and platelet pathology in individuals with Long COVID/ Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) can resolve their persistent symptoms</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=1662700624068000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2KuA_M36zsDQ-Swqp7A8Ff">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://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-15565-0" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-15565-0&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1662700624068000&amp;usg=AOvVaw33S48AJu7bcQvwwC6Vl8P4">Hyperbaric oxygen therapy improves neurocognitive functions and symptoms of post-COVID condition: randomized controlled trial | Scientific Reports</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=1662700624068000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1YDiPVYTjgAYhWEtcXeV4c">Could microclots help explain the mystery of long Covid? | Resia Pretorius | The Guardian</a>

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Gasping for Breath Season 2 is a deep-dive reported narrative podcast series on Long Covid in India. This series is an oral archive of the experiences of Long Haulers. It is the first podcast dedicated to Long Covid in India

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Gasping for Breath Season 3 - Talking right - In this Season, Suno India's Editor-In-Chief Padma Priya interviews public health officials at the centre and different states, doctors, and frontline community health workers, among others. She asked them how did India fare in communicating uncertainty and truth during a pandemic. Gasping for Breath Season 2 is a deep-dive reported narrative podcast series on Long Covid in India. This series is an oral archive of the experiences of Long Haulers. It is the first podcast dedicated to Long Covid in India Gasping For Breath season 1 is a deep-dive reported narrative podcast series on tuberculosis in India. It is India's first podcast on tuberculosis hosted by senior health journalist Menaka Rao.

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