Mild COVID tends to last around two weeks for most people, however there are those who experience lingering health problems even when they no longer have the obvious symptoms such as a cough/ fever and they no longer test positive for the illness. The WHO defines long COVID as" coronavirus symptoms that persist or return three moths after a person becomes ill from infection with SARA CoV-2". Symptoms of Long COVID include fatigues, shortness of breath, thinking and memory problems. These symptoms affect the everyday function of a person and can be extremely debilitating.

 

SARS CoV-2 (Long COVID) can cause damage to the heart, lungs, nervous systems, kidney, liver and other organs. It is important to note that Post COVID-19 is not just effecting those who were very sick with coronavirus but also those who experienced COVID lightly .

 

Can Hbot treat Long Covid?

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Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy is the combination of 100% oxygen in a pressurised environment that helps the body to heal. Due to the pressurisation the oxygen dissolves into the plasma and is able to travel to all parts of the body and help damaged or inflamed tissue heal. Long COVID has been very damaging to many and has caused people, crippling fatigue, lung damage, brain fog among many other symptoms.

 

Research has shown that HBOT therapy could be the answer you have been looking for.  This therapy has been used across the world for patients with Long COVID and many have seen an increase in strength and memory function and a decrease their crippling fatigue. 

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Links for HBOT and Long COVID

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8806311/

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https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-15565-0

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https://www.rcpjournals.org/content/clinmedicine/21/6/

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