Although no medical treatment exists for tall covidBut, a new study suggests, exercise can break the vicious cycle of inflammation that can lead to developing diabetes and depression months after recovering from an infection.
The study, published in the journal ‘Exercise and Sports Sciences Reviews’, states that exercise can take care of inflammation that causes blood glucose to rise.
Candida Rebello, PhD, a research scientist at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center, said, “We know that long-term covid causes depression, and we know it can raise blood sugar levels to the point where people Diabetics develop ketoacidosis, which is potentially life-threatening. Common in people with type 1 diabetes.”
“Exercise can help. Exercise takes care of the inflammation that leads to elevated blood glucose and the development and progression of diabetes and clinical depression,” Rebello said.
As of now, it is not clear how many people are suffering from prolonged covid? But it is estimated that the number of infected people is 15-80%. Based on those figures, it is possible that one million Louisiana residents may suffer from covid for a long time.
About Long Kovid
Long COVID causes what the Centers for Disease Control describes as “a constellation of other debilitating symptoms,” including brain fog, muscle aches and fatigue that last for months after a person recovers from the initial infection. could.
“For example, a person may not become very ill with COVID-19, but six months later, after the cough or fever is gone, they become diabetic,” Dr. Rebello said.
One solution is exercise. Dr Rebello and his co-authors describe their hypothesis in “Exercise as a Moderator of Persistent Neuroendocrine Symptoms of COVID-19”.
“You don’t have to run a mile or walk a mile too fast,” Dr. Rebello said.
“Going slowly is also exercise. Ideally, you’ll do a 30-minute session of exercise. But if you can only do 15 minutes at a time, try doing two 15-minute sessions. Can walk 15 minutes once a day, do that. The important thing is to try. It doesn’t matter where you start. You can gradually build up to the recommended level of exercise,” she said.
“We know that physical activity is an important component to a healthy life. This research shows that exercise can be used to break the chain reaction of inflammation that leads to high blood sugar levels, and Then to the development or progression of type 2 diabetes,” said John Keenan, PhD, executive director of Pennington Biomedicals, who is also a co-author of the paper.
Meanwhile, Covid vaccines were also developed in record time. As of early March, 10 vaccines have been approved by the World Health Organization for emergency use.
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