Researchers in Japan have released findings showing that COVID-19 after effects, including fatigue, occur when a coronavirus infection activates another virus already inside the body.<\/p>\n
According to the World Health Organization, roughly six percent of COVID-19 patients have suffered from prolonged symptoms like fatigue, depression and hair loss. The exact mechanisms behind these symptoms remain unclear.<\/p>\n
The group, including researchers from the Jikei University School of Medicine, analyzed blood samples from more than 150 patients seeking treatment for their symptoms.<\/p>\n
The researchers discovered a protein called “SITH-1” in the blood of about 70 percent of the patients. This protein emerges when a dormant herpes virus in the body is activated.<\/p>\n
When the researchers increased SITH-1 levels in mice, the subjects exhibited decreased brain function due to neurotransmitter deficiencies, developing symptoms like fatigue and depression.<\/p>\n
They concluded that long COVID-19 symptoms emerge when a coronavirus infection activates a dormant herpes virus, which leads to the creation of SITH-1 protein in the body.<\/p>\n
Oka Naomi, a lecturer at the university, said these findings open the possibility of developing a therapy that would directly address the cause.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Researchers in Japan have released findings showing that COVID-19 after effects, including fatigue, occur when a coronavirus infection…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":761566,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[3995,89749,97,3471,89751,3,89750,89754,89755,89756,89753,21838,89752,89757,172,4477],"class_list":["post-761565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-asia","tag-biz","tag-health","tag-japan","tag-japan-broadcasting-corporation","tag-news","tag-nhk","tag-nhk-world","tag-nhk-world-premium","tag-nhk-world-tv","tag-nhkworld","tag-nuclear","tag-public-broadcaster","tag-radio-japan","tag-tech","tag-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=761565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761565\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/761566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=761565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=761565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=761565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}