Micro Clots & Long COVID
One of the leading theories used to explain Long Covid symptoms involves micro clots. A publication in Nature last August tackled the topic. Researchers have observed abnormal clots in the blood of people with COVID-19 and Long Covid. The clots are very small and break down slowly. The theory is that the viral spike protein binds to fibrin (a clotting protein) and causes it to misfold into a stickier version called amyloid.
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