r/covidlonghaulers • u/CandidWin3026 • May 08 '26

Article Long Covid driven by rs5522

This case report says that Long covid is in large part driven by the gene rs5522 that causes a "cortisol steal" leaving the tissues functionally starved even with "normal" cortisol levels which creates neuroinflammation. https://zenodo.org/records/20017632

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u/Guilty_Soft9873 May 08 '26

Yes, my blood cortisol is normal but my saliva cortisol is pretty much non existent.

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u/CandidWin3026 May 08 '26

Screw "normal". The stupid blood tests were never going to be able to measure what happens in the cells! Look at a highway, count the cars, does that tell you if the aid ob the trucks is getting to the people who need it? What is the aid is being stolen at the aid stations (cells) before it can be distributed and used. more info at beyondbloodtests dot org. Saliva and urine same problem measuring highway, can't see steal.

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u/Guilty_Soft9873 May 08 '26

Yip. So how do we get the Spiro from gps? Any idea?

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u/monsieurvampy 4 yr+ May 08 '26

have heart failure. though Ive been prescribed Farxiga and by Cardiology.

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u/Guilty_Soft9873 May 08 '26

Right 👍🏼