Long COVID
Evidence-based explainers on Long COVID: microclots, spike persistence, immune changes, what testing can show and practical steps patients can take now.
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Does Long COVID Show Up on Blood Tests? What Normal Results Miss
Why routine blood tests look normal in long COVID: amyloid fibrin microclots resist breakdown, spike forms amyloid fibrils, and panels miss both.
Microclots and Long COVID: A Plain-Language Guide to Amyloid Clots
Microclots and Long COVID explained simply: what amyloid fibrin microclots are, how spike protein may be involved, what's proven and what's still open.
Living With Long COVID: A Practical Survival Guide for Right Now
A practical guide to living with Long COVID: what's known, what isn't, how to pace and track symptoms, red flags, and how to get more from appointments.
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Microclots Symptoms: Capillary Occlusion, Fatigue, and Dyspnea
Understand key microclots symptoms in blood and tissue. Learn why capillary hypoperfusion causes fatigue, brain fog, and breathlessness with normal labs.
Plasmapheresis and DFPP for Long COVID: Results From Japan and Germany
What DFPP and plasmapheresis remove, results from Edogawa Hospital in Tokyo, Dresden and Charité, and how they map to amyloid microclot and spike research.
SARS-CoV-2 Foam Cells: The 2025 Study on Lung Scarring and Clots
A 2025 Nature Microbiology study found SARS-CoV-2 turns lung macrophages into foam cells tied to scarring and clots. What it shows and what it can't prove.
Triple Therapy for Long COVID: What It Is and What the Evidence Shows
What triple anticoagulant therapy for long COVID involves, what the only published cohort found, why haematologists object, and the bleeding risks.
What Are Microclots? A Plain-Language Guide to Amyloid Microclots
What microclots are, how fibrin folds into amyloid microclots that resist breakdown, the symptoms researchers link to them, and how they're tested.
SARS-CoV-2 Cell-to-Cell Spread: Nanotubes, Syncytia and Vesicles
How might SARS-CoV-2 spread from cell to cell without leaving? A simple guide to the nanotubes, fused cells and vesicles seen in a 2022 microscopy study.
D-Dimer vs Microclot Test: Why a Normal D-Dimer Can Miss Microclots
D-dimer vs microclot test compared: what each measures, why D-dimer can read normal in Long COVID, and how Thioflavin T microscopy finds fibrin amyloid.
DNase and NET Clearance in Long COVID: Why Microclots May Persist
COVID-19 can lower DNase, the enzymes that clear NETs. What the DNase research means for lingering microclots in Long COVID, and what's still unproven.
Neutrophil Extracellular Traps in Long COVID: The Microclot-NET Study
A 2025 study found neutrophil extracellular traps tangled into microclots in Long COVID. What the paper measured, what it found, and what it can't prove.
Amyloid Microclots: What the Research Shows So Far
What studies show about amyloid microclots in Long COVID: how fibrin forms them, why they resist breakdown, the key findings and the open questions.