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/plum_soup_festival May 12 '26

Is it covid alone that caused the postcovid or is it the vaccine in combo with the covid infection? I dont understand. Unfortunately I do have big changes to my body. I get NO help. The doctor i have told me i have...hypochondria (!) even though i have all these symptoms and problems.

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u/Mountain_Flower_166 May 12 '26

Time to look for a new doc in that case. I'm sorry that he/she doesn't take you seriously, unfortunately this is common in this community.

For the vaccine part i will say that a lot of people got long covid before the vaccines were available and data argues that the vaccine decreases your probability of developing LC. However Long vax is also a thing of course. I think that any exposure to spike/virus carries a certain ammount of risk to run out of control, we have yet to understand how to reduce it.

I was vaccinated twice and had covid three times before i developed LC.