Tiny, Menacing Microclots May Explain Long COVID's Symptoms
Some long COVID researchers have suspected smaller, less obvious blood clots may be causing many of the puzzling symptoms reported by patients who have lasting effects of the virus.
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Some long COVID researchers have suspected smaller, less obvious blood clots may be causing many of the puzzling symptoms reported by patients who have lasting effects of the virus.
Africa Melane speaks to Prof Resia Pretorius of the Physiological Sciences Department at Stellenbosch University.
Lingering COVID-19 symptoms may be caused by an overload of inflammatory cells “trapped” inside insoluble microscopic blood clots, according to researchers at Stellenbosch University in South Africa.
Local medical researchers at Stellenbosch University have made the scientific discovery when they studied blood samples of people experiencing lingering symptoms after they’ve recovered from the disease.
Refilwe Moloto talks to Prof Resia Pretorius of the Faculty of Science at Stellenbosch University about her pioneering research.