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Cognitive FX’s Long Haul COVID Treatment Protocol

Cognitive FX’s Long Haul COVID Treatment Protocol

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Dr. Mark Allen Ph. D.

Most patients with COVID-19 recover within a few days or weeks after a brief acute infection. However, about 10% experience long-term symptoms such as brain fog, fatigue, headaches, shortness of breath, and even psychological issues like depression and anxiety. Experiencing these persistent symptoms is known as long COVID, long-haul COVID or post-acute sequelae of SARS-Cov-2 infection (PASC). 

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Is Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for COVID Long-Haulers Worth It?

Is Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for COVID Long-Haulers Worth It?

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Dr. Mark Allen Ph. D.

At the moment, treatment options for long COVID patients are limited. Many patients cope with their symptoms using existing medications or treatments targeting specific symptoms like headaches or sleep problems, but these efforts are just stopgaps. They don’t actually resolve the underlying cause of symptoms associated with long COVID. Researchers know there is a growing need to identify new and effective treatments for these patients.

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Physical Therapy for Long COVID: Does It Help?

Physical Therapy for Long COVID: Does It Help?

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Dr. Jaycie Loewen Ph. D.

Long COVID symptoms such as fatigue, muscle weakness, joint pain, poor endurance, and respiratory problems can have a significant impact on your daily routine. Some long COVID patients’ symptoms are so severe that they need a reduced work schedule or are no longer working due to their illness. Persistent symptoms can follow both mild COVID and cases that required treatment in the ICU.

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Yes, COVID Affects the Nervous System (& What to Do About It)

Yes, COVID Affects the Nervous System (& What to Do About It)

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Dr. Jaycie Loewen Ph. D.

COVID-19 can affect the autonomic and central nervous systems. It can affect organ systems directly through infection or indirectly via dysfunction in the nervous system. That means a host of crazy-sounding symptoms — such as blood pressure changes, memory and attention issues, and gastrointestinal upset — are possible during and after COVID. But many of the lingering, post-COVID symptoms are related to nervous system dysfunction.

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Yes, COVID Can Cause Long Term Problems. Here's What to Do.

Yes, COVID Can Cause Long-Term Problems. Here's What to Do.

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Dr. Jaycie Loewen Ph. D.

Long COVID is real. Data shared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from the Household Pulse Survey (July/August 2022) show that more than 40% of adults in the United States have had COVID-19, and nearly one in three of them (approximately 30%) experience symptoms for more than three months after their original acute infection. Not all patients with long COVID are severely affected, but the report estimates that two to four million Americans are currently unable to work because of persistent COVID symptoms. 

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Memory Loss After COVID-19: Causes and Treatment

Memory Loss after COVID-19: Causes and Treatment

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Dr. Jaycie Loewen Ph. D.

Memory and attention problems are common in long COVID patients: A recent study showed that 70% of COVID long haulers experience memory and concentration difficulties for months after their initial disease. If you’re one of them, you might struggle to focus on work, forget where you left your keys, struggle to remember an acquaintance’s name, or space out unintentionally during a conversation. 

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Mild COVID Linked to Brain Damage: What That Means for You

Mild COVID Linked to Brain Damage: What That Means for You

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Dr. Jaycie Loewen Ph. D.

COVID-19 can cause cognitive symptoms in some patients, such as short-term memory loss, difficulties concentrating, problems recalling words, and brain fog (a condition known as long COVID). While most initial studies focused on patients hospitalized with severe COVID symptoms, it became apparent that most long COVID patients developed their condition after only a mild case of COVID. 

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Long COVID Headache Treatments (Beyond Medication)

Long COVID Headache Treatments (Beyond Medication)

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Dr. Jaycie Loewen Ph. D.

If you’ve been experiencing headaches for weeks, or even months, after your initial COVID infection, you are not alone. Headaches are one of the most common neurological symptoms being experienced by COVID-19 long-haulers, and some patients even experience daily, persistent headaches. But they’re often just one of many symptoms long COVID patients report. Other common symptoms include fatigue, brain fog, gastrointestinal issues, and more. 

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Post-COVID Skin Rashes, Weight Gain, Body Odor, and More

Post-COVID Skin Rashes, Weight Gain, Body Odor, and More

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Dr. Jaycie Loewen Ph. D.

More than two years since the COVID-19 pandemic started, the list of symptoms caused by the virus keeps getting longer. In addition to the most common symptoms of a persistent dry cough, fever, and shortness of breath, many patients experience an array of seemingly random body changes both during and after the acute phase of the disease. We’ll discuss a number of them, including but not limited to:

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What to Do When Long COVID Causes Erectile Dysfunction

What to Do When Long COVID Causes Erectile Dysfunction

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Dr. Jaycie Loewen Ph. D.

Many patients have heard of the most common long-term effects of COVID-19: symptoms such as breathing issues, brain fog, and constant fatigue. But there is mounting evidence that COVID-19 may also affect sexual health negatively in both men and women. Men who hadn’t previously had problems of this nature have started developing erectile dysfunction (ED) after their COVID-19 infection. 

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Eight long-haul symptoms of COVID-19

Eight long-haul symptoms of COVID-19

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Charlotte LoBuono

Most people who get infected with the coronavirus recover within a few weeks. However, some continue to experience symptoms weeks or even months after they are infected. They have what are known as long-haul symptoms of COVID-19. As such, they are sometimes called COVID-19 long-haulers. Sometimes, even patients who had a mild or asymptomatic coronavirus infection can become long-haulers.

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How This Family of Eight Overcame Long COVID Symptoms

How This Family of Eight Overcame Long COVID Symptoms

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Alex Reis

You’d think a family of eight with the foresight to pull their children out of school earlier than the rest of the nation would be safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, seven out of the eight family members contracted the coronavirus at the very beginning of the pandemic, back when testing was frustratingly difficult to obtain, and our knowledge about the disease was limited.

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