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Antiplatelet and anticoagulant therapy resolves long covid in 24 patients

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Re: Antiplatelet and anticoagulant therapy resolves long covid in 24 patients

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Post by LinuxBender »

JohnJamesRambo wrote: post #5

I think I’m going to start taking aspirin. Oddly enough I took that a few times because I didn’t have ibuprofen and I do feel like it helped a lot with the weird long symptoms I am experiencing. I’m triple vaccinated before anyone asks. I haven’t tested positive for Covid on rapid tests but a lot of people seem to be in the boat I’m in right now.

I believe this was attempted at the start of covid once doctors saw some of the initial mechanisms. I want to say they stopped this because it caused downstream problems and complications with covid but I can't recall what. I believe it was Dr. Roger Seheult and another doctor discussing this on Medcram but he releases so many videos I can't find the specific one.

Re: Antiplatelet and anticoagulant therapy resolves long covid in 24 patients

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Post by SOLAR_FIELDS »

nradov wrote: post #60
SOLAR_FIELDS wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One of my more bizarre long COVID symptoms was blood vessel leakage on my feet. One day a month or so after getting over COVID my feet started noticeably swelling. I was worried I had a clot in my leg so I went to the ER but sonogram came out fine. Turns out I had worn too-tight shoes the day before and the vessels in my feet had swelled/leaked. This was my same pair of shoes I had always worn at same tightness (they…

Why do you know it had to be COVID related? Many conditions can cause swollen feet.

Because I had been wearing those same shoes for years with the exact same level of tightness and never in my life had swollen feet problem before. The bruising was also following the lines of the shoes which is how it was discovered it was related to the shoe tightness

Re: Antiplatelet and anticoagulant therapy resolves long covid in 24 patients

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Post by soperj »

nick__m wrote: post #47
lrem wrote: post #45

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So likely you won't meet the "better than placebo" threshold.

A placebo is frequently better than nothing and sometimes better than the real thing. I can even work if you know that it's a placebo ! Also placebo are getting stronger https://drdavidhamilton.com/the-placebo-effect-is-getting-st... ;)

My favourite drug to take for the placebo effect is water.

Re: Antiplatelet and anticoagulant therapy resolves long covid in 24 patients

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Post by allturtles »

wantsanagent wrote: post #44

This is a big hammer. Please note this section: "A proton pump inhibitor (PPI) pantoprazole 40 mg/day was also prescribed for gastric protection. Such a regime must only be followed under strict and qualified medical guidance to obviate any dangers, especially haemorrhagic bleeding, and of the therapy as a whole." Induced hemophilia is no joke.

To be clear in case it's not clear to others, the PPI is not the 'regime' that creates the risk of bleeding, it's the thing you take to provide some stomach protection against the damage/potential damage from the other drugs.

Re: Antiplatelet and anticoagulant therapy resolves long covid in 24 patients

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Post by nradov »

SOLAR_FIELDS wrote: post #82
nradov wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why do you know it had to be COVID related? Many conditions can cause swollen feet.

Because I had been wearing those same shoes for years with the exact same level of tightness and never in my life had swollen feet problem before. The bruising was also following the lines of the shoes which is how it was discovered it was related to the shoe tightness

None of that implies that COVID was the cause. It could just be a coincidence.

Re: Antiplatelet and anticoagulant therapy resolves long covid in 24 patients

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Post by vnchr »

imnotreallynew wrote: post #58

It was my understanding that the existence of “long covid” is still debated as there hasn’t been any real evidence for it other than patient anecdotes.

It has a strong following on HN. Personally, I haven’t heard about it anywhere else.

Re: Antiplatelet and anticoagulant therapy resolves long covid in 24 patients

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Post by nradov »

iamthepieman wrote: post #76
merpnderp wrote: post #64

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Placebo effect accounts for changes in their blood markers for micro clots? I'm a big believer in the power of the mind, but this seems a stretch.

The point is that without a control group there's no way to know.

That's not strictly true. Consider our complete set of medical knowledge today. What percentage of that knowledge came from studies with control groups?

Re: Antiplatelet and anticoagulant therapy resolves long covid in 24 patients

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Post by nradov »

kingsloi wrote: post #17
runnerup wrote: post #8

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I'm hopeful that research into whatever "long covid" syndrome is/isn't leads to excellent new medical knowledge that applies to much more than just COVID edge-cases. I suddenly got similar symptoms since getting a nasty version of strep throat last October. Notably I had an elevated fever (>102F) for quite a few days straight. I've never had COVID but I did get the mRNA vaccines + booster. Since that fever, my heart…

I had similar symptoms in January 2019, I went to Urgent Care and then the ER because of heart arrhythmia, I felt sick, but no major fever. I put it down to anxiety (never suffered with before), but part of me wonders if it was COVID. Out of curiosity, where do you live? I too live next to a bunch of chemical/steel plants and have been tracking air quality, weather, traffic, etc. https://millerbeach.community in Gary…

There was no COVID in January 2019. However there are a zillion other infectious diseases and other medical conditions that can cause cardiac symptoms.

Re: Antiplatelet and anticoagulant therapy resolves long covid in 24 patients

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Post by baq »

ouid wrote: post #52
nick__m wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A placebo is frequently better than nothing and sometimes better than the real thing. I can even work if you know that it's a placebo ! Also placebo are getting stronger https://drdavidhamilton.com/the-placebo-effect-is-getting-st... ;)

Mechanistically, placebo can only work on psychosomatic symptoms. There isn't any magic going on. If the problem is in your head, then thoughts can maybe help.

The world you see, touch, hear, smell and taste exists only in your head.
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