Covid 19 - 6 types

[Artemis Windsong]

The article says there are 6 types of Covid 19.

www.ibtimes.com/6-different-covid-19-cluster-symptoms-identified-researchers-new-study-3018220

[Tiny]

Jul 28, 2020 15:48:08 GMT -5 Artemis Windsong said:

The article says there are 6 types of Covid 19.

www.ibtimes.com/6-different-covid-19-cluster-symptoms-identified-researchers-new-study-3018220

Your text seems to imply there are 6 different viruses.... there isn't. 

One Study identified 6 different ways Covid19  presents in people with the virus.  
And suggested that two of the 6 different ways were more likely to put a person in the hospital than the others.   

It's basically, if you are really sick with the virus - you will most likely wind up in the hospital.  If you have "gee I feel sick but not so bad" symptoms that don't get worse over time - but improve you probably won't wind up in the hospital.    Which isn't news. 

I think the "usefulness" of the 6 different "types" is helping people and doctors determine if someone with the virus will be ok going home (or staying home) OR if they should seek treatment/hospital.   

Kind of a "rule of thumb" along the lines of the rule of thumb - if you are an adult and your illness/ailment hasn't improved or gone away after 3 days - you should seek medical advice/care.     

[pulmonarymd]

They are attempting to determine a way to stratify the risk of someone developing severe disease on the basis of symptoms, that's all. There are not 6 different types of COVID. There are 6 different manifestations of the disease in their opinion. It is only important if they are truly able to show that the distinctions they are making have any meaningful predictive value. Otherwise it is garbage

[Artemis Windsong]

I tried to find the link to an article about the ongoing illness after people have had covid-19.

The short of it. Many people have lingering tiredness, body aches, calf cramps, migraines and other maladies. The people who visit MDs are not being taken seriously; and in some cases, dismissed.

[pulmonarymd]

Jul 28, 2020 17:29:32 GMT -5 Artemis Windsong said:

I tried to find the link to an article about the ongoing illness after people have had covid-19.

The short of it. Many people have lingering tiredness, body aches, calf cramps, migraines and other maladies. The people who visit MDs are not being taken seriously; and in some cases, dismissed.

There is al aus a selection bias when people say that. Explain to me what we are supposed to do. The disease has been present in the US for 5 months, in significant numbers, 4. So long term symptoms are are about 3 months at most. Now, the crisis has been people sick on ventilators and dying. So the focus has been there and in how it’s spreads and how to prevent it. There is only so much time, energy, and money to go around. Where do you suggest we use it? To know what to do with people with chronic symptoms requires understanding what is going on better, since we know nothing about there condition, because it is brand new. It all takes time, and people dying are the acute problem. Maybe if we had leadership that took this seriously, and we weren’t swamped with cases, more attention could be paid to these patients

[Artemis Windsong]

Is this thread useful or should I delete it.

[kadee79]

Jul 29, 2020 10:11:19 GMT -5 Artemis Windsong said:

Is this thread useful or should I delete it.

Leave it.  

I'm stealing this post from another place.  The person who posted it works in the medical field.  She is not a Dr. nor NP, but an extremely knowledgeable person in many areas of the medical field.

"Our county DOH posted this study published Monday in JAMA.

A small, random cohort of 100 patients who had recovered from COVID were given cardiac MRIs to gauge lingering cardiac damage from COVID. 

They found a lot.

These sorts of very small studies are often done to see if there's a trend that needs to be studied in more depth. 

That's a yes


jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/fullarticle/2768916

[djAdvocate]

yeah, leave it. it is a conversation starter.

I had someone tell me there were six different viruses recently. and yeah, I pretty much knew that wasn't the case.