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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums'Long COVID" can cause Vascular issues.
As I remember it Trump had a pretty severe case back in 2020 when he was treated for it.
Here is an NIH paper about this:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11122535/
SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, has revealed a broader impact beyond the respiratory system, predominantly affecting the vascular system with various adverse manifestations. The infection induces endothelial dysfunction and immune system dysregulation, creating an inflammatory and hypercoagulable state. It affects both microvasculature and macrovasculature, leading to thromboembolic events, cardiovascular manifestations, impaired arterial stiffness, cerebrovascular complications, and nephropathy, as well as retinopathyfrequently observed in cases of severe illness. Evidence suggests that SARS-CoV-2 infection may result in persistent effects on the vascular system, identified as long-term COVID-19. This is characterized by prolonged inflammation, endotheliopathy, and an increased risk of vascular complications.
Another thought is reduced bloodflow to the brain can cause mental impairment.
Note I posted this as a reply on another thread, but have not heard this as a theory elsewhere so making it a separate post.
It would be a sort of poetic justice if true.

ananda
(32,600 posts)Hmmm
JCMach1
(28,815 posts)and we had virtually the same treatment. I developed a number of the items listed in the article.
AND Peripheral Artery Disease (at least that was the diagnosis)... very similar to what Trump has. I am only 58, but it hit me hard over the last year since diagnosis. I have a lot of trouble even walking some days.
I might also add I am in constant pain with it which tends to make you, "GRUMPY".
Trump was already a toxic troll of a person. I can only imagine.
I've had long covid for five years.. It's fucked me up.
JCMach1
(28,815 posts)Hidradenitis Suppurtiva, heart and lung damage directly from Covid 19. Additionally, I had severe vertigo and Peripheral Artery disease develop.
With the PAD on top of that I literally may have to apply for disability. The constant pain makes it hard to walk, much less work.
Because of the vertigo, they did an MRI and I could directly see the anomalies that must have been related to the brain fog that people get. It's the same type of anomalies that people with severe migraines get (something I never had).
Another weird thing. I no longer get fever and no longer regulate internal temperature as well (especially cold). It's as if COVID burned out my thermostat, or did something to my hypothalamus.
Covid long term effects can be bad for some people. I wish you the best in your recovery and struggle.
markodochartaigh
(3,372 posts)Asperger's social distancing is my superpower. But I live in a deep red area (no both siderism from me) and although it is one of the oldest per capita counties in the US people have been careless to the point of stupidity during the pandemic. I was even limiting my time in stores to less than thirty minutes a week. I was also taking vitamin d, and zinc on the days I went to the store. I stopped them, as well as masking a couple of months before I got covid. I got covid from a twenty minute trip to Publix. No one around me was even coughing, I always left the store immediately when I heard coughing.
It was three and a half weeks before my sense of taste started to come back, one of the happiest moments of my life was when I realized that I smelled the deodorant I put on. I gradually gained strength back, but it was four months before I could sit up in a chair for more than three hours straight.
Two years later my taste still isn't the same, fried potatoes and guacamole hardly have any taste, they were two of my favorites. I struggle to maintain the level of strength that I was able to regain a year after the infection. Physically and mentally I think that long covid has aged me a decade, and in my late 60's that's not time that I had to lose.
I wish everyone the best.
JCMach1
(28,815 posts)pre-vaccine, and later taking the vaccine on multiple occasions I have caught the virus 4x.
Literally, my body is so sensitive to the fingerprint of that virus it majorly triggers inflammation even from vaccination. I literally decided to stop taking the vaccines anymore after the reaction I had last fall. Please don't read this as anti-vax... it isn't. My body just has a hard time dealing with the viral identity now.
Honestly, I think my body just throws up its hands at this point and says, "not this shit again".
I agree on the aging part... I am 58, but my body reads 68-70 these days. This tends to throw people off in a major way because I did get my family's good aging genes. So, I look 38, am 58 and my interior is at least 68.