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> If you had a covid, you should be very attentive to a possible onset of post-viral symptoms. Why? This might cause more harm than good, and if it's something

> If you had a covid, you should be very attentive to a possible onset of post-viral symptoms. Why? This might cause more harm than good, and if it's something that turns out bad enough, you probably don't need to be particularly attentive to notice it.

garganzol 3y ago
To avoid wasting precious time. If left untreated, post-covid may make person's life miserable, full of pain, suffering, chronic fatigue, and inability to work. There is no standard treatment yet, but things that treat beriberi and pellagra do seem to work for post-covid as well, to some degree.
- simmanian 3y ago
  what are some good post-covid treatments? I seem to be having symptoms of depression after covid. WebMD says a thiamine-rich diet is good to treat beri beri, but not sure if "eating better" can help me out here.
  - jonReadingNews 3y ago
    Officially? None. See https://x.com/erictopol/status/1689303073494335488 https://x.com/erictopol/status/1689303073494335488
  - garganzol 3y ago
    When the condition enters a pathological state, eating better is not enough to overcome it. There are no official treatments yet, but you can find some data from the field.
  - soperj 3y ago
    Recent research suggests "that some people with long COVID still had virus fragments lingering in their guts, long after they were no longer testing positive for the virus. Those particles, located through stool samples, might be enough to trigger the release of interferons. That could set off a chain reaction, leading to inflammation that makes it tougher for the digestive system to absorb tryptophan — an essential amino acid found in food that helps the body make serotonin. " [1] 1. https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/new-research-offers-clues-to-what-causes-long-covid-fuelling-hope-for-eventual-treatments-1.7002046 https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/new-research-offers-clues-to-...
  - mrguyorama 3y ago
    >I seem to be having symptoms of depression after covid. Have you considered you might be depressed?
  - randomopining 3y ago
    Fucoidan is the best treatment. It handles the issues in the article directly. Mark my words that people will catch on to this more and more in the coming years.
- digi59404 3y ago
  Covid was pretty easy but uncomfortable for me. Post-Covid has not been so.. I have somewhat severe post-Covid symptoms. I took a look at the Beriberi symptoms list. I have every single symptom of both wet and dry beriberi. Time for a Thiamine blood test.
  - garganzol 3y ago
    There is a gotcha: quantitative thiamine tests are false negative most of the times. But other blood markers can be revealing: homocysteine, HOMA-IR, blood pH, lactic acid. And it's not always exclusively a thiamine, for some people it's anemia, B3, or B12 deficiencies, or a combination of those.

garganzol 3y ago

To avoid wasting precious time. If left untreated, post-covid may make person's life miserable, full of pain, suffering, chronic fatigue, and inability to work. There is no standard treatment yet, but things that treat beriberi and pellagra do seem to work for post-covid as well, to some degree.

simmanian 3y ago
what are some good post-covid treatments? I seem to be having symptoms of depression after covid. WebMD says a thiamine-rich diet is good to treat beri beri, but not sure if "eating better" can help me out here.
- jonReadingNews 3y ago
  Officially? None. See https://x.com/erictopol/status/1689303073494335488 https://x.com/erictopol/status/1689303073494335488
- garganzol 3y ago
  When the condition enters a pathological state, eating better is not enough to overcome it. There are no official treatments yet, but you can find some data from the field.
- soperj 3y ago
  Recent research suggests "that some people with long COVID still had virus fragments lingering in their guts, long after they were no longer testing positive for the virus. Those particles, located through stool samples, might be enough to trigger the release of interferons. That could set off a chain reaction, leading to inflammation that makes it tougher for the digestive system to absorb tryptophan — an essential amino acid found in food that helps the body make serotonin. " [1] 1. https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/new-research-offers-clues-to-what-causes-long-covid-fuelling-hope-for-eventual-treatments-1.7002046 https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/new-research-offers-clues-to-...
- mrguyorama 3y ago
  >I seem to be having symptoms of depression after covid. Have you considered you might be depressed?
- randomopining 3y ago
  Fucoidan is the best treatment. It handles the issues in the article directly. Mark my words that people will catch on to this more and more in the coming years.
digi59404 3y ago
Covid was pretty easy but uncomfortable for me. Post-Covid has not been so.. I have somewhat severe post-Covid symptoms. I took a look at the Beriberi symptoms list. I have every single symptom of both wet and dry beriberi. Time for a Thiamine blood test.
- garganzol 3y ago
  There is a gotcha: quantitative thiamine tests are false negative most of the times. But other blood markers can be revealing: homocysteine, HOMA-IR, blood pH, lactic acid. And it's not always exclusively a thiamine, for some people it's anemia, B3, or B12 deficiencies, or a combination of those.