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Treating Long Covid as Inflamation Based

Posted by gregorb @gregorb, May 29 11:15am

Thought that Long Covid is inflammation driven in attacking our bodies? Please correct me if I'm wrong. If so, why aren't the treatments based more on that, if clinically effective. Sure, you can talk about the issue of possible addiction to pain and inflammation killing medications and doctors reluctantance to treat that way,
even with monitoring. But guessing quality of life may be more important to many of us at this point. Especially for seniors.

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gregorb | @gregorb | 5 days ago
In reply to @arichards3 "@diverdown1. I will be the contrarian. There is a lot of scientific debate on what does..." + (show)
@arichards3

@diverdown1. I will be the contrarian. There is a lot of scientific debate on what does and doesn’t cause problems around histamine. The app I’ve referenced “intolerances” is very good (and German) at pointing to the foods/drinks that are highly debated and why they are highly debated, sometimes stating “no scientific evidence exists”. One other thing about the app. It states milligrams of histamine per portion. That’s extremely helpful when you want a little of something (like balsamic vinegar) allowing me to stay under my target of 4 milligrams per day. 4 milligrams per day is reported to be average histamine intake. It’s rather hard to navigate things and achieve goals without a number.

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So much confusing information out there. I often feel like a detective. Good luck to us all. Trying an antihistamine for the first time today. Found small doses of Melatonin (1/2 gram work for me and keep my sleep and relaxation more stable and help a bit with anxiety. But that's just me. Good luck everyone. Support is here.

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margaretamada | @margaretamada | 4 days ago
In reply to @arichards3 "@diverdown1 There are several apps dealing in food allergies that include histamine intolerance. The basic theory..." + (show)
@arichards3

@diverdown1 There are several apps dealing in food allergies that include histamine intolerance. The basic theory is that there are things we eat/drink that have quantities of histamine and then there are things we eat/drink that cause histamine release. Alcohol is a histamine released because it affects our bodies ability to deal with histamine. Big subject and I use the app “intolerances” and Google and make notes in a drive to stay under 4 milligrams per day. And the punch line - histamine causes inflammation

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A few simple changes in my diet went a long way into helping me cope with my Long Covid. A few months into Long Covid my mental status had deteriorated to the point that I’d wake up with good mental clarity each morning but by noon or 1 pm each day I’d have full-blown dementia. Pretty scary. After reading up on low-histamine diet I stopped drinking coffee. Within only a few days I was back to normal.

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beachbum | @arichards3 | 4 days ago
In reply to @diverdown1 "Thank you for the information. I looked up "Intolerance's" on Google play store. The highest rated..." + (show)
@diverdown1

Thank you for the information. I looked up "Intolerance's" on Google play store. The highest rated app is $9.99. Is this the one you to which you are referring?

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@diverdown1 It has a strawberry logo and is offered by a German company

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