Long Covid is a bigger problem than was thought
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@george-k said in Long Covid is a bigger problem than was thought:
@mik tell me about it...
D2 spent the weekend with us. She was winded carrying her bags from the elevator to our unit.
Does she recover quickly or stay winded for awhile?
Please love yourself.
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@aqua-letifer said in Long Covid is a bigger problem than was thought:
Does she recover quickly or stay winded for awhile?
Had to sit down for about 5 minutes, then resumed relatively normal activities.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@george-k Have her checked for POTS. MS has the same issues. She's upping her salt intake.
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@ivorythumper said in Long Covid is a bigger problem than was thought:
POTS
?
That's an acronym I never heard.
Of course, everything has an an acronym today IYKWIM.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@george-k said in Long Covid is a bigger problem than was thought:
@ivorythumper said in Long Covid is a bigger problem than was thought:
POTS
?
That's an acronym I never heard.
Of course, everything has an an acronym today IYKWIM.
Sorry, its Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/postural-orthostatic-tachycardia-syndrome-pots
Its increasingly common among long-haul covid sufferers.
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@ivorythumper said in Long Covid is a bigger problem than was thought:
Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome
I always heard it referred to as Idiopathic Orthostatic Hypotension. Sounds like the same thing.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@george-k said in Long Covid is a bigger problem than was thought:
@ivorythumper said in Long Covid is a bigger problem than was thought:
Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome
I always heard it referred to as Idiopathic Orthostatic Hypotension. Sounds like the same thing.
A specialist told us dysautonomia is common with extended periods of being confined to a bed -- after accidents or illness or surgery, the sympathetic nervous system and parasympathetic system get out of wack, and the mechanisms that regulate heart rate and blood pressure overreact. Evidently gravity is essential for keeping these in balance, and so among other nonmedical techniques such as increasing electrolytes and excercise, elevating the bed so that the body is always posturally in gravity is part of retraining the body to regulate the heart properly.
Does that make any sense to you?
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@ivorythumper said in Long Covid is a bigger problem than was thought:
Evidently gravity is essential for keeping these in balance, and so among other nonmedical techniques such as increasing electrolytes and excercise, elevating the bed so that the body is always posturally in gravity is part of retraining the body to regulate the heart properly.
Does that make any sense to you?
Yes, sounds plausible to me. NASA studies how astronauts fare after a long time in space without gravity. Maybe there is something there that can help.
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@ivorythumper said in Long Covid is a bigger problem than was thought:
Does that make any sense to you?
Sure does. Prolonged inactivity in a supine position is not a good thing. Though I can't point to specific data, it makes sense the the ANS will recalibrate after a prolonged state in an unusual position.
And, what Ax said as well.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@george-k said in Long Covid is a bigger problem than was thought:
@ivorythumper said in Long Covid is a bigger problem than was thought:
Does that make any sense to you?
Sure does. Prolonged inactivity in a supine position is not a good thing. Though I can't point to specific data, it makes sense the the ANS will recalibrate after a prolonged state in an unusual position.
And, what Ax said as well.
Plus this, from a Tulane study
https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/long-covid-brain-fog/289-6dec3098-4208-4817-8cf3-9b38dd9a35bf
