Gastrointestinal Manifestations and Their Association with Neurologic and Sleep Problems in Long COVID-19 Minority Patients: A Prospective Follow-Up Study.
Hassan AshktorabSuryanarayana Reddy ChallaGagan SinghSumant NanduriMalika IbrahimZara MartirosyanPeter WhitsellLakshmi G ChirumamillaNader ShayeghKyra WatsonTori SmithValarie OgwoOluwapelumi KolawoleMegan LittletonNicole MorrisonVaisakh NairDanae ByerDideolu O DawoduPatrice LeximaMudasir RashidMrinalini DeverapalliSwetha Mynedi AtluriAli NezamlooFarjana NasrinRachel Ji-Aeh KimZaki SherifGholamreza OskrochiJohn M CarethersH BrimPublished in: Digestive diseases and sciences (2023)
Dyspeptic symptoms were common GI manifestations in the acute and post COVID periods. GI symptoms, abnormal LFTs and a history of liver disease during the acute infectious phase associates with abnormal MoCA and sleep problems during follow-up. Further large population studies are needed to determine if COVID-19 leads to a GI symptoms-associated Long-COVID phenotypes and other symptoms through the Gut-Brain-Axis.