Infection with the COVID-19 virus triggers the production of an immune system protein that's long been associated with fatigue, muscle ache and depression.
Trouble is, for folks suffering from Long COVID this protein overproduction does not stop, researchers at the University of Cambridge report.
The researchers designated 55 of these patients as having Long COVID -- people who were "experiencing severe symptoms at least 5 months after acute While IFN-y production eventually ebbed among folks whose COVID symptoms resolved, IFN-? levels remained stubbornly high among those with Long COVID.," Krishna noted in a Cambridge news release. "These symptoms are all too familiar to Long COVID patients. For us, that was another
Krishna stressed that these mechanisms may not be the only factors driving Long COVID. For example, prior studies have also pointed to "micro-clotting" as being a potential cause.
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