Colorado Long Covid Treatment

09/13/2023

Research from our offices in Canon City and Colorado Springs.

Post-COVID-19 condition, also known as long COVID-19 syndrome and post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2, encompasses an array of symptoms that persist well beyond the initial phase of the viral infection. These symptoms can range in intensity, from mild and manageable to severe and incapacitating. Due t...

02/26/2023

A new article detailing effects of a Stellate Ganglion Block.https://assets.cureus.com/uploads/review_article/pdf/137184/20230219-5189-ujh181.pdf

02/05/2023

A new study looking at the effects of long COVID a serious illness that can cause many different symptoms in different parts of the body. It can cause chest pain, fatigue, memory loss, and other problems. It is similar to other illnesses like ME/CFS.

Long COVID is an often debilitating illness of severe symptoms that can develop during or following COVID-19. In this Review, Davis, McCorkell, Vogel and Topol explore our knowledge of long COVID and highlight key findings, including potential mechanisms, the overlap with other conditions and potent...

01/29/2023

Changes or loss of taste and smell that continue after Covid, stellate ganglion blocks can help treat it.
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Anosmia and parosmia refer to the loss or dysfunction of smell, respectively. Dysgeusia refers to taste disturbance. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the subsequent phenomenon of Long COVID syndrome have been associated with an increased incidence of anosmia and dysgeusia. Smell....

01/20/2023

A compilation of current research on long covid. Because there are not a lot of case reports about Stellate Ganglion Blocks in Long Covid there is not widespread awareness that it is an option to manage symptoms. We are in the process of finishing a case series to send for publication, preliminary data indicates over 80% of people obtain significant resolution of their symptoms with a Stellate Ganglion Block.

Long COVID is an often debilitating illness of severe symptoms that can develop during or following COVID-19. In this Review, Davis, McCorkell, Vogel and Topol explore our knowledge of long COVID and highlight key findings, including potential mechanisms, the overlap with other conditions and potent...

01/19/2023

An interesting study regarding the stigma of long Covid.

Relatives and friends may not believe they're truly sick.

01/18/2023

Vagus Nerve Stimulators such as the Gamma Core device may help with Long Covid. These are a few of the things that occur when the vagus nerve is stimulated.

Stimulating it can help reduce inflammation in the gut and improve the way food moves through the gut. It can also change the way hormones are released in the gut, which can help control blood sugar. Stimulating the vagus nerve can also decrease pain in the gut.
It can also help with mood and reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety. As well as seizures and improved memory and thinking skills. It can also reduce inflammation in the brain and improve heart rate variability.
Stimulating the vagus nerve can also help reduce inflammation in the body, change the way certain molecules are produced, and change the activity of certain cells in the immune system. It can also regulate the immune system, reducing inflammation and organ dysfunction.
Stimulating the vagus nerve can help with breathing and lung function and reduce inflammation in the respiratory system. It can improve the reflexes in the lungs and reduce airway resistance. It can help reduce heart rate.
It can help with reducing blood pressure and improve the ability of the heart to adapt to changes in physical and emotional demands, this is known as heart rate variability.

Overall, Stimulating the vagus nerve can help with many body functions, such as reducing pain, improving gut and lung function, modulating mood and immune response, and improving heart and cognitive function.

Find out how gammaCore (nVNS) treats episodic cluster headache through non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation.

01/18/2023

When we block the Stellate Ganglion, it can help with a lot of different things in the body. It can reduce pain, improve blood flow, help with mood, and lower inflammation. It can also slow down the heart rate and blood pressure, help the heart adapt to changes, improve breathing and lung function, and reduce airway resistance. It can also change the way the immune system works by changing the levels of certain molecules and the activity of different cells.

01/17/2023

Observation (Has not been studied)
Neural plasticity may explain some of the long term changes seen with post viral syndromes. It is one of the reasons that we believe that our window to manage Long Covid with one or two injections may be relatively short.
Most long covid patients will have a resolution of symptoms with 1 or 2 stellate ganglion blocks. Whereas people who have had CFS/ME or other post viral conditions for years require multiple blocks with incremental changes in their symptoms. (About 20% per injection)

Neural plasticity, also known as neuroplasticity or brain plasticity, can be defined as the ability of the nervous system to change its activity in response to intrinsic or extrinsic stimuli by reorganizing its structure, functions or connections. A fundamental property of neurons is their ability t...

01/16/2023

An article that the local paper did about one of our patients. 80+ percent of our patients obtain significant relief of long covid symptoms with this procedure. For other post viral syndromes they need a series of blocks rather one or two. We believe that this is as a result of neuroplasticity. More on that later.

After suffering from the lingering effects of COVID-19 for more than eight months, Edward Baros was at the end of his rope. He was tired of having brain fog, tired of hallucinating, and, frankly, h…