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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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Huh. This is interesting. I also have some fatigue, but my most obvious long-covid symptom is heart pain/strain which is aggravated by either an elevated heart rate or dehydration.

I'm no expert, but intuitively this would seem to provide a good explanation of those symptoms.

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

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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.

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

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How risky is this therapy?

Anticoagulants and anti-platelets increase the chance of hemorrhage in the brain.

So while they prevent ischemic stroke and help with circulation, they might cause hemorrhagic stroke. The dose and time duration has to be carefully adjusted. It’s a slippery slope in dealing with cerebrovascular accidents.

Anti platelets (specially Aspirin 80 and Clopidogrel) are less risky than anticoagulants (such as heparin or warfarin).

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

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Huh. This is interesting. I also have some fatigue, but my most obvious long-covid symptom is heart pain/strain which is aggravated by either an elevated heart rate or dehydration. I'm no expert, but intuitively this would seem to provide a good explanation of those symptoms.

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 goes into light arrhythmia all too frequently. It used to be maybe once or twice a year I'd notice 1-3 seconds of "off-beat" heart pattern. All of of a sudden it's a few times a week. I'm also getting older (entering mid 30's now), live in some of the worst air quality in the US (next to a bunch of chemical plants which are frequently releasing quantities of ethylene oxide/mercaptans/styrenes/acrylates/etc), and haven't been exercising much at all the past few years (largely due to air quality issues). My diet isn't the best either, but I incorporate a lot of fresh salmon which keeps my blood pressure down, triglycerides low, and HDL really quite high.

There's probably more I could do to help myself using just current medical knowledge, but additional knowledge and medical practices are always, always welcome IMO.

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

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>a group of vocal doctors who get ignored or suppressed by the media

You make it sound so ominous. But if you look them up they have gotten a ton of coverage from all kinds of media. Pierre Kory et. al. has also published (and are still publishing) numerous articles in (non hoax/predatory) science journals. Sure they are critiqued, but that is what happens when you go against a majority opinion (disciplinary not popular).

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Just for my own curiosity I clicked on your link. The I-MASK+ protocol also currently recommends Ivermectin (and if you don't have ivermectin, use black cumin seed), mouthwash, and a half dozen different vitamins for prevention and early treatment.
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