Long COVID and vaccines: Separating facts from falsehoods MedTwitter
The COVID-19 vaccines have been a game changer for millions of people worldwide in preventing death or disability from the virus. Research suggests that they offer significant protection against long COVID.
To help separate the facts from falsehoods, here's a checklist for doctors on what scientific studies have determined about vaccination and long COVID.Doctors who work in long COVID clinics have for years suspected that vaccination may help protect against the development of long COVID, noted Lawrence Purpura, MD, MPH, an infectious disease specialist at New York–Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, who treats patients with long COVID in his clinic.
"When you get COVID and you've been vaccinated, the virus may still attach in your nose and respiratory tract, but it's less likely to spread throughout your body," he explained."It's like a forest fire — if the ground is wet or it starts to rain, it's less likely to create a great blaze. As a result, your body is less likely to experience inflammation and damage that makes it more likely that you'll develop long COVID.
In addition, a second or third bout of COVID could be the one that gives patients long COVID, Friedberg adds.
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