Friday 12 August 2022 11:10 PM Levels of the 'stress hormone' are key indicators as to whether a person will ... trends now

Friday 12 August 2022 11:10 PM Levels of the 'stress hormone' are key indicators as to whether a person will ... trends now
Friday 12 August 2022 11:10 PM Levels of the 'stress hormone' are key indicators as to whether a person will ... trends now

Friday 12 August 2022 11:10 PM Levels of the 'stress hormone' are key indicators as to whether a person will ... trends now

Levels of the 'stress hormone' cortisol are key indicators as to whether a person will suffer long-Covid, study finds A Yale research team found that people who suffered from 'long Covid' had lower levels of cortisol in their blood Cortisol is a stress hormone produced by the adrenal gland, activating the brain's alerts The CDC estimates that around 8% of American adults are suffering from some form of long Covid 

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The 'stress hormone' cortisol could be at the center of the mystery that is 'long Covid' - the puzzling phenomena where a person still experiences symptoms of the virus for months after recovery.

Researchers at Yale University found that people who suffer from a case that could be considered 'long Covid' were generating around half as much cortisol as their healthy peers.

The exact link between cortisol and long Covid has not yet been found, but the Yale findings could open the door to explanation of a new hypothesis for what is causing the mysterious disease.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports

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