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People may suffer ‘long colds’ more than four weeks after infection, study shows | Medical research
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 06 Oct 2023
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The article is confusing. Are they saying COVID causes long colds? In other words now that COVID is like the common cold when you get it, they are just saying you have mild long COVID I think?
The visibility of long-COVID has led people to reevaluate whether other viruses cause "long" syndromes. It looks like rhinovirus (aka "the common cold") can, too.
There are other viruses that were already known to cause "long" symptoms, often due to damage caused to the nervous system by the virus or the immune response. Post-polio syndrome has been known for a long time, for example.
Thansl for clarifying. This is very interesting.
That's a very succinct explanation!
They're saying that, like covid, colds also have lasting after effects.
It didn’t seem that difficult I got it from the headline. I guess some people’s thinking goes out the window when COVID is mentioned