Category: long COVID

Long COVID Contributing to Disabilities by the Millions

From early 2021, stories have emerged of people experiencing post-COVID-19 symptoms that were so debilitating it impacted their ability to work and live a normal life. Thirty-one-year-old Rebecca Meyer spoke on CNN in January 2021 about her 11-month struggle with long COVID symptoms for 11 months, having contracted symptoms from an infection. Prior to infection, she…


Long COVID: How Researchers Are Zeroing in on the Self-Targeted Immune Attacks That May Lurk Behind It

For almost three years, scientists have raced to understand the immune responses in patients who develop severe COVID-19, with an enormous effort aimed at defining where healthy immunity ends and destructive immunity begins. In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, much attention focused on reports of harmful inflammation and so-called cytokine storms – dangerous…


The Mysteries of Long COVID

Commentary When the original strain of COVID-19 arrived in spring 2020, a pandemic soon swept the country. By far most survived COVID. But hundreds of thousands did not. American deaths now number well over 1 million. Amid the tragedy, there initially was some hope that the pernicious effects of the disease would all disappear upon…


TCM Reduces Long COVID Symptoms by Regulating Qi, Blood, Yin & Yang

After being diagnosed with COVID-19, most people would have recovered, but some have very distressing symptoms of long COVID, which interfere with their normal lives and work. A recent study by The Lancet, a well-known medical journal, found that one-eighth of the people infected with COVID-19 develop at least one symptom of the long COVID….


43 Percent Infected by COVID Suffer From Long COVID Symptoms—Half of Them Are Neuropsychiatric

A study looked at the data of 1.6 million COVID-19 patients worldwide. The researchers were trying to understand a phenomenon called “long COVID,” where the patients who clear the infection are left with lingering symptoms or new pain after several months have passed. The researchers have found that about 43 percent of infected patients developed…


Chinese TCM doctor: Taking More Omega-3 Helps Combat Long-COVID

With the COVID-19 pandemic having been ongoing for over two years, the increasing number of patients with long COVID has caused widespread concern. Over 500 million people worldwide have been diagnosed with COVID-19 so far, and the number of patients who develop long-term symptoms is increasing. Long COVID or post-COVID conditions (PCC) refer to the…


Traditional Chinese Medicine a New Way to Treat ‘Long COVID’: Japanese Physicians

Although it has been almost two years since COVID-19 first broke out, many still struggle with post-COVID conditions, also known as “long COVID.” Recently, Japanese doctors have shown that traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) can be used to treat both COVID-19 and long COVID. Ken Ritsugaku is a TCM physician, a member of the Japan Society…


What White Colored Foods Can Do for Lung Health

After the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been many patients with the “long COVID” whose lungs and respiratory tracts suffered lasting effects from the attack of the SARS-CoV-2, leaving them with persistent symptoms of dry mouth, itchy throat, and coughing easily. Dr. Kao Hao-Yu, attending physician at the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine…


Jab Injuries, 50% Long COVID Cases Have This Type of Symptom—2 Ways to Reverse It

Many people experience “long COVID” symptoms after an acute attack of COVID-19 infection. Half of them are neuropsychiatric and show obvious symptoms. How do COVID-19 infections damage the brain and nerves? There are two ways to improve these damages. Half of All Long COVID Cases Have Psychiatric and Neurological Symptoms According to a study published…


Nearly 300 Hong Kong Children Diagnosed With Long COVID

Hong Kong is currently experiencing its fifth wave of a COVID-19 outbreak. About 150,000 children and young people aged 19 and below are infected with the disease, some of whom have developed severe symptoms. Furthermore, a study by Princess Margaret Hospital in Hong Kong found that nearly 300 children developed long COVID or post-COVID conditions….