"Rest, drink fluids, and you will get over it"
That is what most people are being told when they have been diagnosed with Long Covid.
With many of these cases of Long-covid lasting months to years; that advice is not helpful or empowering.
Fortunately, there are more holistic approaches such as the ones discussed by my guest Dr. Carla Kuon; a medical doctor and author of
The LONG COVID Solution: A holistic, integrative approach to post viral recovery (https://www.amazon.com/LONG-COVID-Solution-holistic-integrative/dp/B0BTRTCMTC)
This book looks at the underlying factors that need to be addressed in long covid such as gut health, mast cell activation, immune balance, and brain/stress balance. It is an actionable guide for those dealing with or caring for Long covid.
We discuss some of the pillars of the long covid in this discussion such as inflammation, oxidative stress, and immune imbalance.
I first met Dr. Kuon through the Cogence Immunology course that is taught by Dr. Samuel Yannuck (https://www.yanuckcenter.com/sam/)
Her background in Oncology and Immunology; made her well-equipped to condense much that we have learned since 2020 in how to approach Long-Covid. Plus she has long worked with other post-viral conditions such as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
I think you will enjoy this discussion and gain some actionable insight.
More about Dr. Kuon:
Carla Kuon, MD is an an associate professor of medicine in the Department of Hospital Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco,
where she created and directs the adult inpatient bone marrow transplant massage service. She is dual board certified in internal medicine and addiction medicine. She is faculty at the Osher Center for Integrative Health in San Francisco where she provide consultations in integrative oncology and integrative medicine, and is the chair of their educational case conference series. She teaches the“Food as Medicine” CODA series for residents and students at the university. She is the author of The LONG COVID Solution: A holistic, integrative approach to post viral recovery
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