Coronavirus
A Small Study Suggests That Nerve Damage Could Contribute to Long Covid Symptoms
A study published Tuesday could offer new clues about a potential cause of long Covid-19 symptoms — and possible avenues for treatment.
The small, 17-person study, led by researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital and the National Institutes of Health, examined the many symptoms behind long Covid and found they may, in part, be driven by long-term nerve damage.
Anne Louise Oaklander, associate professor of neurology at Harvard University, led the study, which lasted from 2020 to 2021. She cautioned, however, that these are “preliminary results” from a very small and “biased data set,” since the patients her team studied were already believed to have a neurological condition by their doctors.
