Long COVID: what are the scientific facts? (with Carmen Scheibenbogen)
About this episode
The episode discusses the complexities of Long COVID, exploring its symptoms, potential causes, and the challenges in diagnosis and treatment.
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People in this episode
Host: Spencer Greenberg
Guest: Carmen Scheibenbogen
Topics covered
- Long COVID
- chronic disease
- viral persistence
- autoimmunity
- fatigue
- biomarkers
Keywords
- Long COVID
- chronic illness
- viral infection
- autoantibodies
- fatigue
- immune response
- biomarkers
- post viral
- Carmen Scheibenbogen
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Clearer Thinking Plus, Clearer Thinking, EBV
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