Long COVID symptoms can be debilitating and plague survivors for years, but new studies in Chicago and nationwide could find answers and relief.
For the past two years the I-Team has been looking into what is called long COVID, a medical phenomenon that is as real and extensive as it is uncertain and unpredictable, especially in already vulnerable communities.
Her laundry list of persistent and debilitating symptoms includes anxiety, brain freeze, stuttering, lower back pain, loss of taste, loss of smell, memory loss, fatigue and more. What most doctors do agree on is that a new wave of the mysterious illnesses is likely and the U.S. needs to be prepared. "To me, if we get some clues from patients themselves about things that are helping we need to deploy that knowledge as a study to really test it out. Make sure we can make safe recommendations. But there are lots of clues out there of things we could be trying to do and we need researchers who have funding and are doing that in ethically appropriate ways," Lambert said.
UIC researchers are now lining up partnerships with community based organizations. Pastor Chris Harris of Bright STAR Church and Bright STAR Community Outreach in Bronzeville has signed on.
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