Long Covid: improvement after vaccination?
Some people who have already been infected with Covid experience long-term symptoms such as tiredness, shortness of breath or loss of smell. Some of those affected by long Covid claim to feel better after a vaccination.
Numerous patients suffer from Long-term consequences of the coronavirus. Typical symptoms are usually complaints such as shortness of breath or fatigue. Many new findings about the symptoms are currently emerging, but many questions remain unanswered.
The US director Gez Medinger interviewee on its YouTube channel with around 500 people from various US Facebook self-help groups. According to the survey, around a third of respondents said that they felt slightly better since being vaccinated. Diana Berrent, founder of the Survivor Corps, a group of Long Covid sufferers, said: "They were initially very worried that vaccinations would worsen the course of their symptoms. Any indication that the symptoms could be alleviated would of course be a miracle, said the self-help organizer.
However, the nature of the surveys is not representative and, above all, limited to people from such groups, from which it cannot be concluded that a vaccine could generally - and sustainably, for example - lead to an improvement in symptoms.
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How "The Verge", citing Akiko Iwasaki, an immunologist at Yale University, one reason for the improvement in symptoms could be that Covid-19 triggers long-lasting changes in the immune system in some people and the vaccination removes some residual fragments of the virus that continue to irritate the immune system. However, the improvement in symptoms could also be short-lived.
Although the vaccines from Moderna, Pfizer / Biontech and Johnson & Johnson are equally effective, the vaccines may differ in how well they help people with long Covid symptoms. As more studies are completed, different vaccines may be recommended to Covid patients, says Iwasaki.
Source: The Verge
