Resources for Long COVID
What is Long COVID?
Are you one of the almost 1 billion people who contracted the SARS-CoV-2 virus? At least 10% of the billion didn't recover within 6 months.
These people have what is referred to as long COVID or post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC).
Long COVID can present with dozens of disabling symptoms typical of myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), including the following:
- Central nervous system symptoms like fatigue, headache, and problems thinking clearly and quickly;
- Autonomic nervous system symptoms like postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS);
- Low cellular energy causing severe fatigue and post-exertional malaise;
- Reactivation of viral infections;
- Disturbances to the gut microbiome causing irritable bowel symptoms and generalized inflammation;
- Cardiovascular and pulmonary symptoms including increased heart rate, shortness of breath, and decreased exercise capacity.
Long COVID, like ME, has been met with skepticism by physicians and researchers, causing those who suffer from it considerable frustration and anger.
The sheer number of people suffering, however, is pushing the research establishment to study the causes and possible treatments.
That research clearly shows that long COVID is real and serious.
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Live! with Dr. Stein
Evidence-based presentations and Q&A with Dr. Stein. Credible, science-based, and cutting edge information about how to live longer and healthier.
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Pathways to Improvement
Long COVID can change how you look at and live your life. Learn time-tested strategies to help you feel and live better. Self-management works!
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Pathway 3: Sleep
Better sleep means less pain and more comfort. Wake more refreshed and have more energy to enjoy life by learning proven self-management strategies for more effective sleep.
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Pacing for ME/CFS and Long COVID
Boost Energy and Avoid Crashes
Dr. Alison Bested discusses what pacing is, why pacing is important to prevent worsening of illness and tried and tested pacing strategies to stop crashing and gain energy.
More DetailsIntegrating Supplements into the Treatment Approach for ME, CFS and Long COVID
Theresa Dowell, doctor of nursing practice explains the potential role of supplements in managing symptoms of ME, CFS and long COVID and the potential benefits and limitations of them.
More DetailsSimilar Symptoms &Â Abnormalities in ME, CFS and Long COVID
Dr. Anthony Komaroff shares evidence that long COVID is real, there are biological similarities between ME/CFS and long COVID, and his theory for what underlies all post-infectious diseases.
More DetailsDeep Pacing
Dr. Stein explains DEEP pacing—providing strategies for attending holistically to the mind and body to stabilize your energy, make your life and health more predictable, and give you more control.Â
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Let Your Light Shine Through, Second Edition
In this manual, Dr. Stein shares the strategies she has found to be the most successful for patients in her 35-year medical practice working with ME, CFS, FM, ES, chronic pain and long COVID. Readers are guided through a 286-page, 4-month program specific to these conditions. Let Your Light Shine Through is filled with practical, no-to-low-cost management suggestions, tools and resources.Â
The second edition has updated disease definitions, research updates, online resources, peer-reviewed references, and a bonus chapter, New and Future Directions, with new strategies to leverage the body's innate ability to heal.
Formats available: downloadable PDF, Amazon Kindle, Amazon paperback, Kobo eBook, and paperback from your local bookstore.Â
More DetailsThe Dr. Eleanor Stein Podcast
These are the most current Podcasts on the topic of long COVID.
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Dr. Stein's interview on the CBC Alberta provincial late news on April 18, 2021Â - long-haul COVID
- 10 to 30% of people who contract COVID-19 don't recover fully as expected. These lingering symptoms are referred to as long COVIDÂ or post-COVID.
- The symptoms of long COVID include severe fatigue, post-exertional malaise, unrefreshing sleep, brain fog and unstable blood pressure.
- Very similar to symptoms of ME/CFS.
- The number one take-home message if you have long COVID is to PACE. This means living within your energy bank account. Try to save a bit of energy every day so the body can use it to heal.
- We hope this sensible self-management will help people with long COVID recover.
Blog Posts
6 Ways to Protect Yourself From Medical Gaslighting
The Lived Experience of Fatigue and Post-Exertional Malaise: Part 1
Could the Mitodicure Pill be the Long-Awaited Answer for ME/CFS and Long COVID?
The Untold Struggle: Long COVID and the Quest for Treatment
These are the most current Blogs on the topic of long COVID.
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