My practice remained open the last 2 years through the pandemic. I saw 40 patients a day, every day. During this time and even today, I have seen hundreds of patients suffering from lingering symptoms of the virus and it’s many strains. Because I fix whatever walks in, I began investigating and working clinically with…
Understanding Long COVID: Study Finds Biological Difference In People With Prolonged Infection
University of New South Wales (UNSW) researchers have discovered that people who develop long COVID are biologically different, with their immune systems uniquely responding to the virus. UNSW’s ADAPT study was intended to observe the mental health and neurological, respiratory and cardiac functions of patients that had contracted COVID-19 to determine how the body was…
I’m a COVID-19 Long-Hauler and an Epidemiologist – Here’s How It Feels When Symptoms Last for Months
Imagine being young and healthy, a nonsmoker with no preexisting health conditions, and then waking up one morning feeling like you were being suffocated by an unseen force. Back in March, this was my reality. I had just returned from Europe, and roughly 10 days later started having flu-like symptoms. I became weak overnight and…
A COVID Long-Hauler and Epidemiologist – Shares How It Feels When Symptoms Last for Months
Imagine being young and healthy, a nonsmoker with no preexisting health conditions, and then waking up one morning feeling like you were being suffocated by an unseen force. Back in March, this was my reality. I had just returned from Europe, and roughly 10 days later started having flu-like symptoms. I became weak overnight and…
Therapies That Can Help Ease Long COVID Breathlessness, Fatigue
Occupational therapy or low-impact exercise might be the key to relieving long-haul COVID symptoms like extreme fatigue, breathlessness and brain fog, a pair of new studies from Ireland suggest. The studies reflect two different — in some ways, opposite — approaches to dealing with symptoms that tend to plague long COVID patients. One study taught long COVID…
What should I do if I have long COVID?
Over two years into the pandemic, an alarming number of people continue to develop symptoms months after recovering from COVID-19. It’s estimated that anywhere from 10 to 30% of people that have been infected with COVID-19 will develop long COVID symptoms.1 “Long-haulers” report a wide range of physical, mental, and cognitive symptoms — including chronic fatigue,…
Increase in Reactivated Viruses Following COVID-19 Booster Shots: Dr. Richard Urso
Some viruses, after initial infection, remain latent in the body for a lifetime and may reactivate to cause infection again or a different condition. These kinds of latent viruses are being reactivated in a large number of people following their booster COVID-19 shots, causing symptoms of long COVID and other health conditions, according to Dr….
Causes and Treatments for Long-Haul Covid
Anywhere from 10 percent to 80 percent of people experience prolonged illness and symptoms after COVID-19 infection that may last for months. This means that anywhere from 5 to 40 million people around the world may be suffering from post-COVID syndrome or long-haul COVID. Persistent symptoms have appeared in patients of all ages, even children…
Natural Ways to Combat Brain Fog After Covid
As we continue to learn about the SARS-CoV-2 virus that caused a world pandemic, researchers and those who have contracted COVID-19 are seeing a rise of memory and cognition issues that may be attributed to long Covid. In fact, two recent studies say that 7 out of 10 long Covid sufferers have memory and concentration…
How a Drug for Opioid and Alcohol Addiction Is Helping Treat Long COVID
A drug that’s helping millions of people with opioid or alcohol dependence is also being used to treat those suffering symptoms of long COVID. Naltrexone has been around since 1984 to treat opioid or alcohol addiction. Given in high doses of 50-milligram tablets or a 380-milligram intramuscular injection, the drug works by binding to opioid…
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