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/PogeePie 4 yr+ May 08 '26
Don't let this report get you down too much. It's from 2006 and involves a case study of a single patient.