Long Covid causes changes in body that make exercise debilitating – study

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

 

 

Experts say severe muscle damage, mitochondrial problems and microclots may explain impact of working out

 

"Many people with long Covid feel tired, unwell and in pain for lengthy periods after exercise, and researchers say they now know why.

 

Experts say they have evidence that biological changes are to blame, such as severe muscle damage, mitochondrial problems and the presence of microclots in the body.

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Long Covid is thought to affect about 2 million people in the UK alone, and many experience a worsening of symptoms for weeks after a single bout of exercise."

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/04/people-with-long-covid-should-avoid-intense-exercise-say-researchers

 

 

[save the frogs]

so now most people will be sitting on the couch in their underwear forever and ever

 

 

[save the frogs]

Try putting down the daily rags for 72 hours and try basing your reality on your own personal experiences.

 

Have YOU lost the ability to exercise?

 

That's all that matters. 

 

 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

16 hours ago, save the frogs said:

so now most people will be sitting on the couch in their underwear forever and ever

 

The research reported here was NOT advising people with long COVID to cease exercising...

 

It is recommending that they avoid INTENSE exercise so at to not further damage their bodies, and allowing them to continue exercising at a more moderate/modest pace without debilitating pain, fatigue, etc.

 

[save the frogs]

1 hour ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

The research

research or fake news?

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

From the OP:

 

"Published in the journal Nature Communications, the study involved 25 patients with long Covid who reported experiencing malaise after exercising, and 21 people who had had Covid but made a full recovery....

 

Each participant spent about 10-15 minutes on an exercise bicycle, and blood samples and skeletal muscle biopsies were taken a week before and the day after the task."

 

And then the results were reported. It's called research.

 

Edited January 13 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[stevenl]

22 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

From the OP:

 

"Published in the journal Nature Communications, the study involved 25 patients with long Covid who reported experiencing malaise after exercising, and 21 people who had had Covid but made a full recovery....

 

Each participant spent about 10-15 minutes on an exercise bicycle, and blood samples and skeletal muscle biopsies were taken a week before and the day after the task."

 

And then the results were reported. It's called research.

 

Doesn't matter, if posters don't like it they'll ignore or shout 'fake news'.

[ozimoron]

17 hours ago, save the frogs said:

Try putting down the daily rags for 72 hours and try basing your reality on your own personal experiences.

 

Have YOU lost the ability to exercise?

 

That's all that matters. 

 

 

 

2 million out of how many in the UK? Don't be so blase. It could easily happen to you.

[stats]

A slightly different take on the original study report:

Strenuous Exercise Can Trigger Severe Damage to Muscle Tissue, Long Covid Study Shows

(Bloomberg) -- Exercise is good for health, but it can be harmful for some long Covid sufferers, new research shows. 

 

Those experiencing debilitating crashes after strenuous activity — a condition known as post-exertional malaise — risk severe tissue damage from hardcore exercise, scientists in the Netherlands found.

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The exercise test triggered post-exertional malaise in all of the patients and lasted for three weeks in some of them, said Rob Wust, an assistant professor in muscle physiology who co-led the study. All of the participants with long Covid, including former bodybuilders, taekwondo players, and professional athletes, have had to stop full-time work since developing the coronavirus-induced condition. 

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In the meantime, long Covid patient support groups recommend a “stop, rest, pace” approach to avoid severe crashes triggered by certain levels of physical, mental or emotional activity.

 

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https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/strenuous-exercise-can-trigger-severe-damage-to-muscle-tissue-long-covid-study-shows-1.2019465