“These are people who never had cholesterol problems before. Now, all of a sudden, they started having problems weeks & months after Covid-19."
This is exactly why the “1 in 5 develop a new health condition” is understandable. You don’t **see** this.
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“Covid may increase the risk for high cholesterol for up to a year after infection, two recent studies suggest, prompting some doctors to take a closer look at the apparent trend.”
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“It's something that we need to pay more attention to," said Dr. Ashish Sarraju, a cardiologist with the Preventive Cardiology and Rehabilitation section at the Cleveland Clinic, adding that the latest research is "provocative."
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“The Lancet Infectious Diseases had similar findings, though notably, in a much younger group of people. Researchers in Switzerland compared cholesterol levels of 177.. who had Covid in 2020 with 251 others who had not been infected. The average age of the participants was 21.”
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“The fact that these young people have a significantly higher cholesterol, higher LDL and higher BMI points to a metabolic disorder," she said.
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“Why a respiratory virus like Covid may lead to high cholesterol is unclear. Ongoing inflammation could play a role.” #LongCovid
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I personally have two friends in their 30s who were completely fit and now have super high cholesterol after covid — one has had to completely change his life (no more alcohol, pizza, stand desk, no meat, super strict exercise regimen) — it’s been incredibly disruptive for him.
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Is that #LongCovid ? — probably not, but it’s a new health condition and it’s not nothing, and it’s a moot point that it’s “not as severe as rest of us.” — people have no consent into this possible outcome. Now at major risk for deadly disease.
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Point is “mild outcomes” aren’t just ‘sniffles’
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after having covid in june22 my glucose levels are now pre diabetic. my GP cited age and not the infection nor the myriad of LC issues i've been having. they're still using precovid measures/testing while turning a blind eye to covid effects on the body
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