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People may suffer ‘long colds’ more than four weeks after infection, study shows | Medical research (www.theguardian.com)

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I had a cold last month, but I'm still getting rid of a mild cough. This seems pretty timely for me.

The findings suggest there may be long-lasting health impacts after non-Covid acute respiratory infections such as colds, influenza, or pneumonia, that have been going unrecognised.

However, the researchers do not yet have evidence suggesting that the symptoms have the same severity or duration as long Covid.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thank you very much for your answer. Very interesting therapies they are testing and I'll have a look if there are similar studies done here in Germany. I wish you all the best for your future and really hope, that they will find a way to completely treat it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Thanks for the well wishes. Also last year I participated in a clinical trial with this same team at the Brigham. The drug trialed there is called bocidelpar. It targets a mitochondrial receptor called PPAR-δ. We're still waiting on the results of that trial to be released and it's probably a good 3-5 years away from FDA approval in the US if all goes well. So here's hoping for the best