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🧠Long COVID Symptoms, Normal Labs: Could the Mitochondria Be the Missing Link?
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🧠Long COVID Symptoms, Normal Labs: Could the Mitochondria Be the Missing Link?
Do you know someone (or have you experienced it yourself), where weeks, months, or even years after COVID, persistent fatigue, brain fog, palpitations, or dysautonomia just won’t go away?
One of the frustrating things many people report is that standard medical tests come back “normal”, leaving sufferers feeling dismissed or stuck without answers.
A new review suggests there might be a deeper biological thread connecting these lingering symptoms …something that doesn’t show up on routine labs: mitochondrial dysfunction.
👉 Link to the research is in the comments.
Mitochondria are the “powerhouses” of the cell, and when they don’t function well, energy production drops, fatigue increases, and symptoms that feel very real don’t always light up in basic blood work.
💬 Have you or someone you know experienced long COVID symptoms that don’t show up on tests?
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Herzlichen Dank für das Herausarbeiten der pathophysiologischen Zusammenhänge des sich selbst verstärkenden Kreislaufs mitochondrialer Dysfunktion und Aktivierung des angeborenen Immunsystems
Wir führen eine Long- Covid Studie durch. Unsere Patienten sind stak körperlich und geistig eingeschränkt (Klock-Scala2-3). Viele sind mit den im Artikel empfohlenen Nahrungsergänzungen/ Medikamenten bereits behandelt worden -leider ohne Erfolg.
Bei der körperlichen Untersuchung und in der Vorgeschichte der Patienten findet sich bei fast allen ein gestörter Magen-Darmtrakt (Reizmagen, Reizdarm, Nahrungsmittelunverträglichkeiten usf). Bis zu 80% unseres Immunsystems ist im Abdomen. Wenn die Störung im Abdomen nicht behoben wird, wird meinerErfahrung nach der sich selbst verstärkende Krankheits-Kreislauf nicht durchbrochen.
Wir empfehlen eine ketogene, ggf, kalorienreduzierte Kost (Meiden unverträglicher Nahrungsmittel), Begrenzung der körperlichen und geistigen Aktivitäten (Pulsgrenze, Zeitgrenze, Pacing, Kontrolle mit Herzratenvariationsanalyse) und erstreben eine funktionelle Adaptation mit hydrotherapeutischen Reizen zur Beseitigung der Dysautonomie, der Vagusdepression im Hirnstamm und damit des Entzündungsreflexes
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Vielen Dank fĂĽr Ihre RĂĽckmeldung.
Die Namen der Autoren finden Sie beim Download der Studie. Bitte senden Sie ihnen Ihre Anmerkungen weiter, ich bin sicher, dass sie an Ihren Beobachtungen interessiert wären.
Ich habe KI genutzt, um dies auf Deutsch zu formulieren – ich hoffe, es ist korrekt. 🙂
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The above in English, an AI translation:
Many thanks for elucidating the pathophysiological mechanisms of the self-reinforcing cycle of mitochondrial dysfunction and activation of the innate immune system.
We are conducting a Long COVID study. Our patients are severely physically and cognitively impaired (Bell Scale 2–3). Many have already been treated with the nutritional supplements and medications recommended in the article — unfortunately without success.
On physical examination and when reviewing the patients’ medical histories, we find that almost all have gastrointestinal dysfunction (irritable stomach, irritable bowel, food intolerances, etc.). Up to 80% of the immune system is located in the abdomen. In my experience, if the disturbance in the gastrointestinal system is not addressed, the self-reinforcing disease cycle cannot be broken.
We therefore recommend a ketogenic diet, possibly calorie-restricted (with strict avoidance of intolerant foods), limitation of physical and cognitive activity (heart-rate limits, time limits, pacing, monitoring via heart-rate variability analysis), and we aim for functional adaptation using hydrotherapeutic stimuli to resolve dysautonomia, vagal suppression in the brainstem, and thus the inflammatory reflex.
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I’m not a medical professional, but I would add urolithin-A to the nutritional approaches for mitochondrial repair. Let’s not forget the effects of red-light therapy and methylene blue on the mitochondria. Dr. Mobeen Syed described the ability to kickstart the mitochondria with MB in a 2023 FLCCC talk.
Next, for rebuilding the nervous system, low dose ketamine and to support it along the NMDA, AMPA receptor pathways, take Omega-3s (DHA), Magnesium Glycinate, and uridine. Zinc is a curious one that Scott Marsland is investigating https://substack.com/home/post/p-185242277 .
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NMDA Protection, AMPA Trouble (Part 4)
Blaylock’s 1997 insight on zinc and glutamate receptors — and how it helps explain the rapid changes we see after tapering in PASC and vaccine-injured patients
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Low-dose cortisone (like 10 mg, day), per William Jeffries’ excellent book, helps with chronic fatigue syndrome of any cause. Most CFS comes from vaccine use.
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