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46. Could Long Covid Help Treat Other Chronic Illnesses?

Freakonomics, M.D.

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Long Coved and McFs - What's the Difference?

Overte past two years doctors have started seeing patients with te range of symptoms that remain after a coved 19 infection, what's been termed long coved. The illnesses look alike in a lot of ways can affect the auto nermic, nervous system, energy, metabolism and auto immunity. There is also more evidence that patients of long covet and m e c f s have abnormal gut bacteria, which causes inflammation. But beyond the biological similarities among patients, the two illness can also cause similar reactions from doctors, frustration and scepticism.

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