Unravelling Long COVID

by Don Goldenberg, Marc Dichter

Overview

Unravelling Long COVID

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.

Unravelling Long COVID is:

• 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 isan 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.

This book is paired with a long-COVID blog, updated regularly by the authors, so the reader will be kept up to date with new clinical and research findings, in real time. To visit this site, follow this link: unravellinglongcovid.com – providing the latest information on long-COVID

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781119891321
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	11/21/2022
Sold by:	JOHN WILEY & SONS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	7 MB

About the Author

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.

Table of 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

Index