Could your gut bacteria hold the key to beating long COVID? You may be surprised by the close link between COVID-19 and your microbiome.
Summary of Key Facts Long COVID has no effective interventions.
Patients with long COVID have a significantly altered oral, respiratory, and gut microbiome.
Gut microbiota plays a crucial role in human health, and an altered microbiota is associated with many diseases and disorders.
A treatment method to stabilize or normalize the microbiome in long-COVID patients shows promise in relieving symptoms. In the United States alone, over 102 million people have been infected with COVID-19. The extent of their symptoms ranges from asymptomatic to severe illness that leads to death. Some may have recovered in as little as a day, but nearly 20 percent of previously or currently infected adults in the United States suffer from what is known as “long COVID.”…