Scientists may have uncovered an important aspect of long covid. Recent research appears to show that the blood of these patients often contains unusual clusters of microscopic material.

Researchers at Stellenbosch University in South Africa examined the blood of people with and without long covid. Those with the chronic condition had a greater amount of microclots combined with web-like structures called neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs), the study found. The findings could help doctors better identify long covid cases and might even help explain some of the symptoms these patients experience, the researchers say.

“Our findings present a significant advancement in the understanding of the interactions between NETs and microclots in long covid,” the researchers wrote in their paper,

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