This content was created by Matt Kelly. This content was uploaded by Matt Kelly. This is a YouTube video titled "Long Covid Damages Mitochondria" (uploaded 2024-02-16). The excerpt is a spoken segment by a single speaker describing how chronic fatigue in long COVID can arise from problems with oxygen/CO2 exchange and slowed mitochondrial function, which reduces cellular energy production.
A lot of people with long COVID can have a chronic fatiguing state. That's really common. That comes from a number of things, but one of the things that it comes from is a collusion between getting enough oxygen in, respiring enough carbon dioxide out, and operating the mitochondria, the energy-producing parts of your cells, on an even keel, the right speed. If your mitochondria are slower for any number of reasons, you feel more fatigued. You feel more tired. This is very normal.
