| Description |
xii, 244 pages : tables ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Section 1: Long-COVID Disease -- Chapter 1. Long-COVID Disease or Long-COVID Syndrome? -- Chapter 2. Lung, Heart Disease, and Other Organ Damage -- Chapter 3. COVID-19 Direct Effects on the Central Nervous System -- Section 2: Long-COVID Syndrome and Unexplained Symptoms -- Chapter 4. Unexplained Symptoms: Medicine's Blind Spot -- Chapter 5. Historical Perspectives, Including Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Fibromyalgia -- Section 3. Mechanisms and Pathways -- Chapter 6. Brain Homeostasis Run Amok -- Chapter 7. Neuroimmune Dysfunction -- Section 4. Evaluation and Management -- Chapter 8. Patient Evaluation and Research -- Chapter 9. Patient Management and Rethinking Healthcare Amid Long COVID -- Chapter 10. The Way Forward: For Patients, Healthcare Providers, and Research -- Appendix A. Long-COVID Clinics in the US and Europe -- Appendix B. Suggestions for Future Research Focused on the Cellular and Molecular Basis of Long-COVID Syndrome |
| Summary |
An authoritative medical reference on the various ways in which Long-COVID presents and an in-depth discussion of its mechanisms and potential therapeutic options. Unravelling Long COVID aims to provide a better awareness and understanding of the persistent health problems that can arise following SARS-CoV-2 infection. Variously described as Long-COVID, Long-Haulers' Syndrome, and Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2, this newly-designated disorder is estimated to have affected somewhere between 50 to 250 million people. It is in fact considered by many as the next global public health disaster. With such a broad and important topic, the authors of Unravelling Long COVID have focused primarily on two major problems in the current understanding of Long-COVID: 1.) the failure to distinguish patients with organ damage--here called Long-COVID Disease - and those with unexplained, persistent symptoms--what is termed Long-COVID syndrome, and 2.) the failure of current medical approaches to comprehend and treat those persistent unexplained symptoms. -- Provided by publisher. |
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One of the first books focused specifically on defining and understanding Long-COVID with the goal of establishing optimal management. A unique reference to distinguish patients with organ damage caused by Long-COVID disease from those with unexplained, persistent symptoms that manifest as Long-COVID syndrome. An in-depth exploration of neuroimmune pathways to help clarify the previously unexplained symptoms of Long-COVID. Unravelling Long COVID is an essential reference for anyone interested in Long-COVID and the impact that this condition has had on the population. It will be a useful resource for both patients suffering from the Long-Covid syndrome, their physicians and for the growing number of Long-COVID clinics that have been established across the US, the UK, and other countries. -- Provided by publisher. |
| Biography |
Don Goldenberg, MD, is Emeritus Professor of Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA, and Adjunct Faculty, Departments of Medicine, Nursing at Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR, USA. Marc Dichter, MD, PhD, is Emeritus Professor of Neurology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA. |
| Subject |
COVID-19 (Disease)
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COVID-19 (Disease) (OCoLC)fst01984643
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| Added Author |
Goldenberg, Don, 1944- author. https://isni.org/isni/0000000398323475.
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| ISBN |
9781119891307 (hbk.) |
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1119891302 (hbk.) |
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