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One-third of patients who were sick with COVID-19 have come down with chronic symptoms, now known as long COVID or long hauler syndrome or post-COVID syndrome.1
The symptoms of long COVID may include:
severe fatigue muscle aches and joint pains,
impaired cognition (“brain fog”) insomnia
headaches sleep disorders
coughs shortness of breath
palpitations lightheadedness.
anxiety depression
psychosis.
BENEFICIAL EFFECTS OF HBOT IN THE TREATMENT OF COVID LONG HAULERS SYNDROME
- Effects of Hypoxia and Inflammation in the Gut and Brain
- Decreases Fatigue
- Reduces the effects of depression brought about by hypoxia
- Enhances Stem Cell Mobilization and Proliferation
- Facilitates Neuroplasticity
- Improves Sleep Quality
- Preserves cellular metabolism
- Reverses the effects of ischemic reperfusion injury
- Enhances memory and mental performance
- Diminishes headaches
- Minimizes pain and discomfort
- Significantly improves physical, cognitive, and mental health functioning
- Logue JK, Franko NM, McCulloch DJ, et al. Sequelae in Adults at 6 Months After COVID-19 Infection. JAMA Netw Open.2021;4(2):e210830.
- https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/coronavirus/in-depth/coronavirus-long-term-effects/art-20490351#:~:text=Long%2Dterm%20effects%20COVID,within%20a%20few%20weeks
- Taquet M, Dercon Q, Luciano S, Geddes JR, Husain M, Harrison PJ. Incidence, co-occurrence, and evolution of long-COVID features: A 6-month retrospective cohort study of 273,618 survivors of COVID-19. PLoS Med. 2021;18(9):e1003773. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1003773
Varatharaj A, Thomas N, Ellul MA, et al. Neurological and neuropsychiatric complications of COVID-19 in 153 patients: a UK-wide surveillance study [published correction appears in Lancet Psychiatry. 2020 Jul 14;:]. Lancet Psychiatry. 2020;7(10):875-882. doi:10.1016/S2215-0366(20)30287-X
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