(25-05-2023, 12:02 PM)nzoomed Wrote: Interesting video on SciShow, could explain alot about long COVID symptoms.

(25-05-2023, 03:32 PM)Kenj Wrote: Must do, I have had 4 shots now an as a result I can't get it up anymore 

(25-05-2023, 05:27 PM)Zurdo Wrote:

(25-05-2023, 03:32 PM)Kenj Wrote: Must do, I have had 4 shots now an as a result I can't get it up anymore 

Hmmm, I've only had 3 shots, but the same symptoms.

(25-05-2023, 04:36 PM)harm_less Wrote: One of the silver linings of the COVID 19 event is that studies into long COVID very much parallel those relating to chronic fatigue syndrome, and it comes as no surprise that the process of DNA methylation is common to both. https://clinicalepigeneticsjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13148-020-00960-z

(26-05-2023, 12:26 AM)nzoomed Wrote:

(25-05-2023, 04:36 PM)harm_less Wrote: One of the silver linings of the COVID 19 event is that studies into long COVID very much parallel those relating to chronic fatigue syndrome, and it comes as no surprise that the process of DNA methylation is common to both. https://clinicalepigeneticsjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13148-020-00960-z

Weird thing is ive got a friend who suffers real bad with CFS and he was really worried what COVID would do to him, luckily he was no worse off after eventually getting COVID but ive heard from others that did not fare so well.

(26-05-2023, 09:57 AM)harm_less Wrote:

(26-05-2023, 12:26 AM)nzoomed Wrote: Weird thing is ive got a friend who suffers real bad with CFS and he was really worried what COVID would do to him, luckily he was no worse off after eventually getting COVID but ive heard from others that did not fare so well.

COVID seems to have the ability to reboot latent viruses including shingles and EBV. As CFS is often associated with EBV maybe if that virus was already active then COVID's effect on its effects would be negligable.

(26-05-2023, 11:28 AM)nzoomed Wrote:

(26-05-2023, 09:57 AM)harm_less Wrote: COVID seems to have the ability to reboot latent viruses including shingles and EBV. As CFS is often associated with EBV maybe if that virus was already active then COVID's effect on its effects would be negligable.

Yeah quite possible, ive heard a bit about COVID being linked to shingles, which would make sense as the chickenpox virus lives in your spine like herpes.
COVID must be able to reactivate the virus in some way, typically because your immune system is under load i guess.

(26-05-2023, 11:56 AM)harm_less Wrote:

(26-05-2023, 11:28 AM)nzoomed Wrote: Yeah quite possible, ive heard a bit about COVID being linked to shingles, which would make sense as the chickenpox virus lives in your spine like herpes.
COVID must be able to reactivate the virus in some way, typically because your immune system is under load i guess.

Shingles is caused by the Herpes zoster virus. Recurrence of shingles is also one of the commonly recorded side effects of COVID vaccination, and I've read in the past that the vaccines for each of these viruses should be separated to limit overloading the immune system.
https://www.goodrx.com/conditions/covid-19/covid-and-shingles

This article looks like it's worth reading too. Posted on Twitter by Laurie Garrett so it's going to be reliable data.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41579-022-00846-2