The Pathology of Long Covid - Why Viral Debris May Be The Cause | With Dr Bruce Patterson

In this second in the series of expert interviews, I talk with Dr Bruce Patterson about the pathology of Long Covid, his latest research results which suggest residual viral protein is responsible for triggering long haulers symptoms, and just what the implications of that might be for treatment and recovery.

References:

Patterson et al, paper 1:
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.12.16.423122v1

Cheung et al, Viral debris in gut and liver:
https://gut.bmj.com/content/early/2021/06/01/gutjnl-2021-324280

0:00 Introduction
0:25 Dr Patterson's background
2:43 Viral debris
6:52 Where is it coming from?
9:39 Is it specific to long haulers?
13:30 Why so many long haulers from wave 1?
16:35 Other evidence of viral persistence
19:20 The role of the gut
21:10 What about auto antibodies?
22:31 What role do hormones play?
24:53 Treatment
28:53 Can we treat the cause?
31:00 Do steroids have a role in treatment?
32:53 Dream research project
35:00 The third paper
35:47 Conclusion

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