I have treated nearly 6,000 patients with #LongCOVID and about 400 with #PostVax.
We have improved the condition in nearly 80% of our patients by treating them well, even those who are close to being bedridden, and many of them are now working.
The pillars of our treatment strategy are lifestyle therapy, nasopharyngeal care, oriental medicine, including Kampo medicine, zinc supplementation, and respiratory rehabilitation.
The most important aspect of lifestyle therapy is to avoid fatigue. What makes you tired is quite different from person to person. For example, some people are not very tired when taking a walk but are intensely tired when taking a bath,
while others are not tired when taking a bath but are greatly tired when taking a walk.
Some people can do some housework but get very tired when they try to read a book, and some people can read a book smoothly but get tired when they try to do it.
Living within a non-tiring range can reduce the worsening of symptoms. However, using the brain does not have any therapeutic effect. Therefore, there is no point in training the brain.
I believe that physical exercise to the extent that it does not cause fatigue can improve "blood stasis(瘀血)" associated with micro thrombosis caused by spike protein, which improves blood flow to the body and head, thereby improving symptoms.
This effect can be enhanced with Kampo medicine (antidiarrheal agents).
When moving the body, do not raise the arms above the chest. It restricts the movement of the accessory muscles of respiration, which may lead to shallow breathing, lack of oxygen, and worsening symptoms.
Raising the hands above the chest while lying down is not a problem.
Showering, especially hair washing, is a high-risk exercise. It is best to wash a little with one hand while breathing deeply.
Exercising for long periods is not recommended. However, by repeating the process of moving a little and resting, you can increase your time exercising without tiring yourself out.
It is easy to understand how much you can move based on the Performance Status included in the Japanese diagnostic criteria for myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS).
To be continued.
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