Tiredness experienced by Long-COVID patients has a physical cause

Tiredness experienced by Long-COVID patients has a physical cause

12/14/2024

notes

the mitochondria comes up a lot when it comes to understanding life...

link

https://www.amsterdamumc.org/en/spotlight/tiredness-experienced-by-long-covid-patients-has-a-physical-cause.htm

summary

Researchers from Amsterdam UMC and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU) have discovered that the persistent fatigue in patients with long-COVID has a biological cause, namely mitochondria in muscle cells that produce less energy than in healthy patients.

tags

long-covid ꞏ fatigue ꞏ mitochondria ꞏ muscle cells ꞏ energy ꞏ PEM ꞏ post-exertional malaise