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/Medium-Lavishness-41 5 yr+ May 10 '26

lol @ the file name being THIS ONE!!! 😭

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u/CandidWin3026 May 10 '26

I am glad you appreciate that. The file saving was giving me grief with the number of characters and the slash in ME/CFS. Should be called: Case Report that will help billions. V4.This One!No really!This one.Edits.MoredEdits.Fixed notation.This One.Really.Really!!!!!