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Indonesia: Warning issued over ‘dragon’s breath’ viral video trend
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Indonesia is warning people against consuming liquid nitrogen after more than 20 children were harmed eating a street snack known as “dragon’s breath” that’s at the center of a dangerous new viral video trend.
The children suffered burns to their skin, severe stomach pains and food poisoning after consuming the colorful candies, according to Indonesia’s Ministry of Health, which is urging parents, teachers and local health authorities to be vigilant.
The candies are dipped in liquid nitrogen to create a vapor effect when eaten. They are popular with children, dozens of whom have uploaded clips to short-form video app TikTok showing them blowing the fumes out of their mouths, noses and ears. One video showing the preparation of the snack by a street vendor has been viewed close to 10 million times.
Around 25 children have been hurt consuming the candies, including two who were hospitalized, said the ministry’s director general Maxi Rein Rondonuwu. No deaths have been reported.
Using liquid nitrogen in food preparation is not illegal. Top chefs often use the vapors to create theatrical effects when serving dishes. It is clear, colorless and odorless, and commonly used in medical settings and as an ingredient to freeze food.
However, when not used properly, it can be hazardous.
”Liquid nitrogen is not only dangerous when consumed, it can cause severe breathing difficulties from nitrogen fumes that are inhaled over a long time,” Maxi said.
The first case was reported in July 2022, according to the ministry, when a child from a village in the Ponorogo Regency in East Java suffered cold burns on his skin after eating the snack.
More cases were reported in November and December, including a 4-year-old boy who was admitted to hospital in the capital Jakarta with severe stomach pain.
“Schools must educate children in the community about the dangers of liquid nitrogen in food (to) prevent more cases of severe food poisoning,” Maxi said.
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New liquid nitrogen cereal sparks controversy
In 2018, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued safety alerts warning that serious injury could result from eating foods like ice cream, cereal or cocktails prepared with liquid nitrogen.
“Injuries have occurred from handling or eating products prepared by adding liquid nitrogen immediately before consumption, even after the liquid nitrogen has fully evaporated due to the extremely low temperature of the food,” the FDA said.
“This is a hazardous chemical compound,” said Clarence Yeo, a Singapore-based doctor. “It irritates the stomach and can cause burns in the mouth and esophagus. Children would be especially sensitive to (its effects) if it is eaten in large amounts.”
Yeo warned he “wouldn’t advise anyone to eat it.”
“You could end up in hospital and the worst case scenario could be organ damage,” he said.
Woman Who Felt Short of Breath for Months Had Breast Cancer
- A 61-year-old went for an assessment because she’d been feeling really breathless for two months.
- Doctors found that fluid had built up around her lungs and she had a malignant breast lump.
- Scans showed that the cancer had spread to her bones, including the skull, according to the report.
A woman who felt breathless and wheezy was diagnosed with advanced breast cancer, which had spread to her skull, according to a report.
The unnamed 61-year-old woman, who had well-controlled asthma, went to doctors for an assessment because she couldn’t walk more than 100 yards — or for a few minutes — without stopping to catch her breath, lung physicians wrote in a case report published in the Cureus Journal of Medical Science on December 8.
She also had a wheeze, experienced chest pain when she breathed in, and had lost more than 28 pounds over two months, the doctors, who work in Morocco, wrote.
Doctors later diagnosed the woman with a type of breast cancer that originates from the glands that make breast milk, called lobules, which had spread to other parts of the body. The condition is known as “invasive lobular carcinoma.”
About 287,850 women in the US will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer in 2022, and about 43,250 women will die from the condition, the American Cancer Society estimates. The average age of diagnosis is 62, it states.
The breast cancer had spread to her skull
According to the report, the doctors found that fluid had built up around her lungs, and there was a lump in her left breast and the nipple was retracted.
Tests on that fluid suggested that breast cancer had spread to the lining covering the lung, which was confirmed by a biopsy. A mammogram revealed two masses in her left breast.
A CT scan later revealed that the breast cancer had spread to the woman’s bones, including her skull.
The doctors said in the report that fluid around the lungs usually appears at the advanced stages of breast cancer. The woman hadn’t had previous mammograms, they wrote.
In the US, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that women aged between 50 and 74 with an “average” risk of breast cancer should get a mammogram every two years to check for cancer so it can be treated and “may be cured” before symptoms occur.
A first-degree relative with breast cancer, dense breasts, and certain genetic mutations are examples of what may increase the chances of developing the condition, according to the CDC.
Doctors removed the fluid around the lungs with a needle
Tests found that the woman’s cancer had progesterone and estrogen receptors, which enable those hormones to attach and stimulate the cancer to grow, but can also be a target for hormone therapy treatment. About three out of four breast cancers have at least one of these receptors, according to the ACS.
The doctors removed the fluid from the woman’s lungs with a needle to help her to breath, and treated the breast cancer with hormone therapy and chemotherapy, they wrote. The report didn’t provide further information about whether the treatments worked and if the woman recovered.
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Exhaustion, low mood and being short of breath are all symptoms of vitamin B12 deficiency
Motivated by the health benefits of a plant-based diet, Carly Minsky, then in her mid-20s, saw cutting out meat and fish as a natural and desirable step.
At first, she ‘felt great’, she says, as she committed enthusiastically to her new regimen. After a year, though, it was a different story entirely.
‘I began feeling very fatigued,’ recalls Carly. ‘It wasn’t just tiredness, it was extreme fatigue.’ She also put on weight.
‘I went on like this for six years, not sure what was wrong, and by 2020 I could barely walk because I was so exhausted,’ says the journalist, 33, from London.
Finally, concerned it might be a problem with her thyroid gland (which produces hormones to regulate metabolism), in 2021 she saw her GP, who sent her for blood tests.
Motivated by the health benefits of a plant-based diet, Carly Minsky, then in her mid-20s, saw cutting out meat and fish as a natural and desirable step. At first, she ‘felt great’, she says, as she committed enthusiastically to her new regimen. After a year, though, it was a different story entirely
Within days, Carly was summoned back to the surgery and told her vitamin B12 levels had dropped so dramatically that she would need emergency vitamin injections every other day for the next six weeks, and then high-potency vitamin B12 tablets every day for life. The cause? Her diet.
Vitamin B12 is mainly found in animal and dairy products — meat, fish, eggs, milk and cheese, for instance — and is vital for numerous key body functions, including brain health and the production of red blood cells.
A deficiency can lead to health problems including anaemia (low levels of iron in the blood), tiredness, heart palpitations, shortness of breath, nerve problems and mental health issues.
Those aged over 60, who are more likely to have dietary deficiencies, and people with pernicious anaemia, an autoimmune condition that means the body is unable to absorb B12 properly, are at risk. So, too, are vegans.
Earlier this year, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) reported that 6 per cent of the population under the age of 60 is deficient in B12, rising to 11 per cent among vegans.
Although Carly still ate cheese and eggs, and drank milk, her intake over those years of vegetarianism wasn’t enough and her vitamin B12 levels had dropped.
‘My GP said I was at the dangerously low end of the scale and needed immediate B12 injections,’ she says. ‘It was a huge shock. I had no idea I’d become so unwell.
‘It took two months of injections before I began to feel better, and obviously I am still taking vitamin B12 tablets daily.’
Most people get enough B12 from their diets — the recommended intake is 1.5 micrograms a day (an average diet containing chicken, fish, beef and eggs will give you enough).
‘But some people — including those on restrictive diets who do not consume animal products, or who eat a bad diet high in processed foods — do not get enough vitamin B12,’ says Sue Pavord, a consultant haematologist at Oxford University Hospitals and vice president of the British Society for Haematology.
Vitamin B12 is mainly found in animal and dairy products — meat, fish, eggs, milk and cheese, for instance — and is vital for numerous key body functions, including brain health and the production of red blood cells
She says that B12 deficiency is a seriously neglected area of public health, which affects 10 per cent of those over 60.
‘The human body is not able to make B12 and therefore needs it from food,’ she explains. ‘Early symptoms of a deficiency can be vague, such as fatigue or symptoms of anaemia — palpitations, breathlessness and exhaustion.
‘But as the deficiency progresses, neurological symptoms can develop — such as tingling in the fingers and toes, or loss of balance.’
This is because B12 is vital for the maintenance and formation of protective sheaths that cover the nerves, ensuring fast and effective transmission of messages, explains Dr Moez Dungarwalla, a consultant haematologist at Milton Keynes University Hospital.
‘A fatty substance called myelin is essential for the formation of these sheaths, and vitamin B12 plays a significant role in the synthesis and maintenance of myelin,’ he explains. ‘The neurological problems caused by B12 deficiency are in part due to damage caused to the myelin sheath.’
In extreme cases, a vitamin B12 deficiency has been linked to macular degeneration (which can lead to a decline in vision), heart disease, cognitive impairment, dementia, stroke and psychosis.
However, the vague — or lack of — early symptoms can mean some people are unaware that they are suffering from a potentially serious deficiency, as former counsellor Stephen Wright discovered.
The 70-year-old, from Dorset, only learned he had a B12 deficiency at a GP check-up two years ago. Routine blood tests revealed he was severely deficient in the vitamin and would need injections every six weeks for life to prevent neurological disorders developing.
Doctors believe his deficiency was down to his age and his unhealthy diet.
Some existing conditions can also lead to a deficiency — the most common being pernicious anaemia, says David Smith, a professor emeritus of pharmacology at Oxford University.
‘Pernicious anaemia affects one in 1,000, and up to one in 500 in the over-60s,’ he says. ‘It is an autoimmune disease with family links. It is not known what triggers it, but it prevents absorption of vitamin B12 in the intestine.’
Other diseases that impair B12 absorption include reduced acid secretion in the stomach (again, common with age) and Crohn’s and coeliac disease.
Some drugs interfere with vitamin B12 absorption, including metformin (used to treat diabetes) and proton pump inhibitors such as omeprazole (for acid reflux).
The good news is that symptoms can be reversed for most patients.
As Professor Smith explains: ‘Most people will be able to correct their low vitamin B12 status by taking tablets, and a good starting dose is 1 microgram a day. Injections are needed for many patients with pernicious anaemia.’
But people often don’t find out they’re deficient until damage has been done.
‘If someone does not get treatment, there can be irreversible changes to the neurological system,’ says Dr Pavord. ‘That includes difficulty walking, due to weakness; loss of balance and sensation; and disturbed vision.’
As well as having B12 jabs, Stephen adopted a low-carb regimen, lost three stone and feels much more energetic. ‘I’d no idea how important vitamin B12 was until I went through it,’ he says.
Carly’s symptoms were resolved within two months of starting the vitamin B12 treatment. ‘It was like my energy had been switched back on,’ she says.
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Europe holds its breath as Italy expected to vote in far-right leader | Giorgia Meloni
Italians are voting in an election that is forecast to deliver the country’s most radical rightwing government since the end of the second world war, and a prime minister ready to become a model for nationalist parties across Europe.
A coalition led by Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy, a party with neofascist origins, is expected by polls ahead of the vote to secure a comfortable victory in both houses of parliament while taking between 44 and 47% of the vote.
Meloni’s party is also set to scoop the biggest share of the votes within the coalition, which includes the far-right League, led by Matteo Salvini, and Forza Italia, headed by Silvio Berlusconi, meaning she could become Italy’s first female prime minister.
The coalition’s victory, however, raises questions about the country’s alliances in Europe, and while Meloni has sought to send reassuring messages, her conquest of power is unlikely to be welcomed in Paris or Berlin.
Germany’s governing Social Democratic party warned last week that her win would be bad for European cooperation. Lars Klingbeil, the chairman of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s SPD, said Meloni had aligned herself with “anti-democratic” figures such as Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor Orbán.
Earlier this month, Meloni’s MEPs voted against a resolution that condemned Hungary as “a hybrid regime of electoral autocracy”. Meloni is also allied to Poland’s ruling nationalist Law and Justice party, the anti-immigrant Sweden Democrats and Spain’s far-right Vox party.
The 45-year-old firebrand politician from Rome received an endorsement from Vox towards the end of her campaign, and in response said the two parties were linked by “mutual respect, friendship and loyalty” while hoping victory for Brothers of Italy would give Vox some thrust in Spain.
“Meloni has an ambition to represent a model not only for Italy, but for Europe – this is something new [for the right in Italy] compared with the past,” said Nadia Urbinati, a political theorist at New York’s Columbia University and the University of Bologna. “She has contacts with other conservative parties, who want a Europe with less civil rights … the model is there and so is the project.”
Mattia Diletti, a politics professor at Rome’s Sapienza University, said Meloni would win thanks to her ability to be ideological but pragmatic, something that has allowed her to pip the French far-right leader, Marine Le Pen, to the post of becoming western Europe’s model for nationalism.
However, she is unlikely to rock the boat, at least at the beginning, as she wants to secure continuing flows of cash under Italy’s €191.5bn (£166bn) EU Covid recovery plan, the largest in the EU. The coalition has said it is not seeking to renegotiate the plan, but would like to make changes.
“Ambiguity is the key to understanding Meloni,” Diletti said. “She’s really interested in compromising with the EU on economic politics. But if the EU pushes her too much on the Italian government, she can always revert back to her safe zone as being a populist rightwing leader. She will do what she needs to do to stay in power.”
Salvini’s potential return to the interior ministry will also dampen hopes for a breakthrough in the EU’s long-stalled attempt to reform its migration system by sharing asylum seekers across member states. Salvini, who has close ties with Le Pen, said he “can’t wait” to resume his policy of blocking migrant rescue ships from entering Italian ports.
On Ukraine, Meloni has condemned Russia’s invasion and supported sending weapons to the war-torn country, but it remains unclear whether her government will back the eighth round of EU sanctions being discussed in Brussels. Salvini has claimed sanctions were bringing Italy to its knees, although he never blocked any EU measures against Russia when in Mario Draghi’s broad coalition government, which collapsed in July.
Voting started at 7am on Sunday, and turnout stood at about 51,8% by 7pm local time. The share of undecided voters was at 25% before voting began, meaning the rightwing alliance might win a slimmer majority than pollsters originally suggested. A leftwing alliance led by the Democratic party is predicted to get 22-27% of the vote.
Several seats in southern Italian regions, such as Puglia and Calabria, are also potentially in play after a mini-revival by the populist Five Star Movement, which regained support after promising to maintain its flagship policy, the basic income, if the party re-enters government.
There was a steady flow of voters to a booth in Esquilino, a multicultural district in Rome, on Sunday morning, but the mood was one of despondency.
“It feels as if we’re on a rudderless boat,” said Carlo Russo. “All we heard during the election campaign was an exchange of insults between the various parties rather than an exchange of ideas. And in moments of confusion such as this, people vote for the person who seems to be the strongest.”
Fausto Maccari, who runs a newspaper stand, said he won’t vote for the right but is unsure who he will back. “The choices are poor,” added Maccari, who is in his 60s. “For example, I look at Berlusconi and he reminds me of a comic character. At his age, he shouldn’t be doing politics. It would be like me, at my age, trying to be a footballer like Maradona.”
Many Italians who support Meloni are doing so because she is yet to be tried and tested in government, and are attracted by her determination and loyalty to her ideals.
“She presents herself as a capable, but not arrogant, woman,” said Urbinati. “She gets things done and is dedicated, but without this masculine adrenaline that wants power at all costs.”
Breath training may help reduce blood pressure by serving as a ‘dumbbell for the diaphragm’: New study
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Strength training isn’t just for biceps.
It may also provide support for the muscles that help us breathe to reduce blood pressure.
A daily dose for six weeks of high-resistance inspiratory muscle strength training (IMST) reduced the systolic blood pressure by an average of nine millimeters of mercury, according to a new study published in the Journal of Applied Physiology.
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“In our research, we’ve found that high-resistance inspiratory muscle strength training, consisting of 30 resisted inhalations per day through a handheld device, lowered systolic blood pressure by 9 mmHg on average,” said lead author Dr. Daniel Harrison Craighead.
He is assistant research professor of integrative physiology at the University of Colorado Boulder.
Researchers wanted to apply the same concept of strength training used for keeping muscles healthy to the muscles that help us inhale — such as our diaphragm.
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“This is important,” Craighead said, “because a reduction in blood pressure of that level would reduce someone’s risk for getting cardiovascular disease and other health problems associated with high blood pressure.”
Since muscles weaken over time, strength training is often used to keep the muscles of the body healthy.
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Craighead, however, wanted to apply that same concept to the muscles that help us inhale, such as the diaphragm.
Along with other researchers, he recruited healthy volunteers ages 18-82 to use a device called PowerBreathe, which provides resistance training for the muscles that help us inhale. (There are several such devices on the market.)
The study’s participants were asked to use the device for five minutes a day for six weeks.
“Just as you would use a heavier dumbbell as your bicep strength improves, you can increase the resistance on the breathing device as your breathing strength improves.”
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It’s often referred to as the “dumbbell for your diaphragm” because it creates resistance when we take a breath, according to the PowerBreathe website.
“Just as you would use a heavier dumbbell as your bicep strength improves, you can increase the resistance on the breathing device as your breathing strength improves,” the website added.
The new study found that performing 30 breaths per day for six weeks lowered systolic blood pressure by approximately 9 millimeters of mercury, which is similar to the reduction attained by conventional aerobic exercise such as walking, running or cycling.
The lead author of a new study said the breathing “protocol takes only 5-10 minutes per day, so we hope it’ll be easy for people to adhere to.”
“In addition, the protocol takes only 5-10 minutes per day, so we hope it’ll be easy for people to adhere to,” Craighead told Fox News Digital.
“It can easily be done while doing things like watching TV or waiting for your coffee to brew.”
Lowering systolic blood pressure by 10 mm Hg reduces the risk of stroke by about 35% and that of heart disease events by approximately 25% at age 65, according to a British Medical Journal report.
What is high blood pressure?
The American Heart Association defines a normal blood pressure as less than 120/80 mm Hg.
The top number is the systolic blood pressure, which is pressure inside the artery when the heart is contracting and sends blood throughout the body.
A nurse measures a patient’s blood pressure. “A patient is at risk for high blood pressure, also known as hypertension, if the systolic blood pressure readings are consistently 120-129, which is termed elevated blood pressure,” said one health professional.
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The bottom number is the diastolic blood pressure, or when pressure of the artery when the heart is at rest and fills with blood, according to Johns Hopkins Medicine.
A patient is at risk for high blood pressure, also known as hypertension, if the systolic blood pressure readings are consistently 120-129, which is termed elevated blood pressure.
People who are diagnosed with stage 1 hypertension have systolic blood pressure readings that consistently range from 130-139 mm Hg or diastolic reading that range from 80-89 mm Hg.
“High blood pressure is a common problem and contributes to stroke, heart failure, kidney failure and a variety of other cardiovascular complications.”
When people are diagnosed at this stage, lifestyle changes are often recommended first before starting any medication.
“High blood pressure is a common problem and contributes to stroke, heart failure, kidney failure and a variety of other cardiovascular complications,” Dr. Deepak L. Bhatt, professor of medicine at Harvard Medical school, told Fox News Digital.
“Lifestyle measures, such as restricting salt intake and weight loss, can help lower blood pressure, though many people with high blood pressure eventually end up needing medications,” added Bhatt.
“Many people with high blood pressure eventually end up needing medications,” said a professor medicine at Harvard Medical School.
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He is also executive director of interventional cardiovascular programs at Brigham and Women’s Hospital Heart & Vascular Center in Boston.
Stage 2 hypertension is when systolic blood pressure readings consistently range at 140/90 mm Hg or higher, according to the American Heart Association.
“Potentially, breath training, as was done in this [new] study, might help strengthen the muscles involved with breathing and additionally lower blood pressure,” Bhatt said.
“It seems like a safe approach,” he added, “though further study is needed to determine just how effective it may be and who the ideal candidates might be.”
People who are on high blood pressure medications, said Bhatt, should not stop these medications without consulting their physicians first.
“We need to do much longer studies to confirm that we actually see a lower rate of blood pressure-associated conditions in people who do this training,” said the lead author of a new study.
“I don’t think it will be a magic fix on its own,” Craighead of the University of Colorado Boulder told Fox News Digital about IMST, the strength training process for respiratory breathing muscles.
“A reduction in systolic blood pressure won’t be enough to fully control blood pressure in people with more than mild hypertension,” he said.
“However, so far we’ve seen that it is effective in people already taking antihypertensive medications — so it could be a good ‘add-on’ therapy to medications.”
He also noted it has additional benefits to conventional exercise “because the breathing training is so different from running or walking — but that question still needs to be confirmed with further research.”
How does breath training work?
Endothelial cells cover the lining of the blood vessels, which in turn help produce a key compound that protects the heart called nitric oxide, according to Cleveland Clinic.
Nitric oxide widens the blood vessels, which promotes healthy blood flow.
The study found that six weeks of inspiratory-muscle strength training increased endothelial function by about 45%.
Limitations of the study
Craighead noted that his current study has some limitations, including that it only tested participants for six weeks.
“We need to do much longer studies to confirm that we actually see a lower rate of blood pressure-associated conditions in people who do this training,” he told Fox News Digital.
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He also noted that most participants in his study were non-Hispanic white adults, so it’s difficult to generalize the research to a diverse population of people.
“We need to learn about how effective this breathing training is when people train on their own, without researcher oversight.”
All the research was done in a controlled laboratory setting, said Craighead, so “we need to learn about how effective this breathing training is when people train on their own, without researcher oversight.”
Future research needed
He hopes, however, that the study results inspire more research on high-resistance inspiratory muscle strength training.
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“If the health benefits are confirmed in larger trials with longer treatment durations, then I can see this becoming another important tool in the toolbox for helping control blood pressure,” Craighead added.
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“I think it is really promising because it is so time-efficient — and thus far has been shown to be safe in the groups investigated.”
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Israeli study: Vaccines slash long COVID cases, with 80% drop in shortness of breath
Coronavirus vaccines dramatically reduce the occurrence of long COVID, new Israeli research has shown.
All ten of the most common long COVID symptoms were reduced by at least 50 percent among people who had at least two vaccine shots, the peer-reviewed study found. The reduction in shortness of breath, for example, was 80%.
The study compared Israelis who received at least two doses of the Pfizer vaccine with those who received one or none.
“This is really the cherry on the top of the cake — a benefit of vaccination that wasn’t anticipated,” Prof. Michael Edelstein, a Bar Ilan University epidemiologist who led the study, told The Times of Israel.
“We’ve known for a long time that vaccination reduces the severity of COVID-19 illness,” he added. “We are starting to see evidence there is even more benefit, namely protection against unpleasant — and sometimes life-altering — long COVID symptoms. So there is now an extra reason to get vaccinated, if you ever needed one.”
Participants in the study completed surveys with a variety of questions about previous COVID-19 infection, vaccination status, and any symptoms they were experiencing.
The researchers were from Bar Ilan’s Azrieli Faculty of Medicine and its affiliate hospitals in northern Israel — Baruch Padeh Medical Center, Ziv Medical Center and Galilee Medical Center. They compared vaccinated and non-vaccinated people in terms of post-COVID symptoms.
Dr. Michael Edelstein, professor of Epidemiology and Public Health at Bar Ilan University (Courtesy)
The reporting of fatigue was 62% lower among the vaccinated, headaches were 50% lower, weakness of limbs 62%, and persistent muscle pain 66%.
Shortness of breath was reduced by 80%.
Edelstein said that the study contributes to scarce information to date about the impact of vaccination on long COVID.
“We don’t fully understand what happens in the months and years following COVID-19 in terms of physical and mental health and wellbeing,” he said, adding that this study is part of a series he is working on to understand the impact of the vaccines on long-term quality of life, different COVID variants, and long-COVID symptoms.
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