Patients who have recovered from COVID-19 but still continue to experience symptoms after two weeks are now known as “long-haulers.” These symptoms include persistent fatigue, shortness of breath, brain fog, migraines, and more. Some patients have even shown permanent lung damage. Doctors still don’t know very much about the syndrome, but research has begun on how to treat certain symptoms. One patient, Stephanie Gaboury, has seen great results from hyperbaric oxygen therapy, which she received at Healing with Hyperbarics in North Dakota. The therapies are a slow, consistent protocol that increases the levels of oxygen going into the bloodstream. It’s thought that the oxygen helps cells to get rid of inflammation in the way it’s normally supposed to, according to Dr. Daphne Denham. Gaboury has reported that since receiving the therapies, her brain fog and fainting spells have gone away and her debilitating fatigue has improved.
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