Treating Long Covid as Inflamation Based
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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Unsure whether you are merely writing ambiguously, so perhaps you meant that list of foods to be those that are "histamine-producing" (certainly that would vary amongst individuals, in any case), as opposed to all being nightshades.
But not all those foods are nightshades, which is a specific botanical category!
As a sometime chocolatier, I know that the cacao tree certainly doesn't fall within that classification
You might want to re-write that to elucidate things (alcohol, canned foods, processed meat?!)
Sorry for a relatively late response to this.
Not everyone is allergic to these Nightshades, it’s just a group of foods I listed from my doctor. I do eat some on occasion, but when I do, it’s not always pretty! I do stay away from eating Gluten, Dairy and Soy, as I also have. Hashimoto’s and those foods are inflammatory to me.
I'm a little confused by this.
I thought his company had announced clinical trials, and was seeking subjects, back in February/March!
My understanding is that his company, HealthBioAI, uses a blood thinner drug along with a well-known anti-AIDS retroviral (he made his name combating AIDS), here for off-label purposes.
He certainly heavily promotes himself on Youtube.
I am so sorry you are living with this. I live in Florida and for the first two years of long covid, no doc (and I've seen several specialists who all found nothing) would even discuss the possibility of long covid. I have found the key to my living a semi normal life is pacing. When I first started trying this, I could peel one vegetable, have to lay down then peel another. Now I'm doing some better. Do one thing, rest, if you are super tired, keep resting. I am now able to even exercise for about 20 minutes a few times a week. I am also reading a great book that my gastroenterologist gave me, A Silent Fire, the story of inflammation. It is a bit technical but VERY informative and I recommend giving a shot to anyone on this page. Don't give up, you may not find a cure but you can find a way to live a bit better. I wish you well
Best wishes and good luck.
It's at the cellular level.They've never found anything with me either.I did however at one point manage to get Pnuemonia,Bronchitus,Shingles, AND another hit from covid.One doctor gave me a dosage of prednizone.Felt really good to 'be normal' again,even if it was only like that for a week or so.That was last year.
Following Dr Paul Anderson o0n Youtube now for at least three years.He knows what's happening with the reasons why it's happening.He's awesome.I feel so much better now...only 'some' damage needing to be corrected.And I'm positive his regimes are legit.
Thanks for sharing - I'll look into Dr. Anderson - not one I'm familiar with.
You're welcome..God Bless you in your journey out.
I also had seen several specialists and hinted at LC but none took me serious until I went to a rheumatologist/internist recently. My autoimmune labs were elevated so asked my regular doctor to refer me to one and she did. I am much more hopeful even though I haven't started treatment yet.
Hi @bresue. Ive had more challenging couple of wks and havnt read all posts so hope not repeating. One huge hurdle is our lab values changing significantly, appearing normal, not performed level needed….May suggest have your lab values in hand that showed the first doctor as that seems to shorten the @get them to see” process🤞 Quickest healing to you🌈