“The viral infection appears to be a trigger that turned a well-compensated subclinical disease into full-blown POTS,” he explains. “We do not know exactly why some patients develop POTS or other types of CVAD after SARS-COVID 2 infection while others do not. However, based on what we...
Five years ago this month I started photographing COVID nurses realizing that their stories were going to be critical in our understanding of what was happening to us and the world. This month Philadelphia's Mutter Museum of the College of Physicians put up a 5 years pandemic retrospective of...
COVID-19 is a frightening, stress-inducing, and unchartered territory for all. It is suggested that stress, loneliness, and the emotional toll of the pande
The flu-shot is not a live virus and you should consider having this vaccination yearly; talk to your doctor about getting this vaccine each fall. Can I get a COVID vaccine if I use Humira? Talk to your doctor who prescribed your Humira before getting any vaccination, including the COVID...
For anyone who knows a COVID-19 VIRUS patient who is "intubated" with a breathing tube ("endo-tracheal" tube), who is also on a special breathing machine (respirator), YOU CAN LEARN THE "LARSON MANEUVER", which you can teach to the Covid-19 virus patient's caregivers, so that when...
As a result of Covid, I had purchased an oximeter to keep track of my oxygen levels. I was in the habit of checking my levels every morning. This particular morning, I could not register a rhythm of my heart rate. I asked my husband to check, and he couldn’t find a rhythm either...
(such as people with asthma or heart disease), the treatment of HIV appears to reduce the risk of complications by bolstering the immune response. It is only people who are untreated, have a high viral load, or have a CD4 under 350 who are at high risk of severe COVID complications....
Sadly in the past few weeks, the spasms have been returning, and they gain in strength and intensity every day. I will just put it out there that it is arduous! I do not want to go back to that exhausting, wearisome, frustrating, painful, annoying, crappy, and burdensome life! (I ...
Nausea, Spasms Chardi, Praseka (Nausea) Obesity Ati-sthoulya Respiratory, Mental, Cardiac, and Digestive disorders result from dysfunctional Vata Dosha and Vagus. PQ-3: Besides regulating survival and homeostasis, vata dosha controls higher neural functions. Does the vagus regulate higher neural func...
Pretending one feels unwell to the point of believing that one is unwell and to support that, one might even take several screening tests, like covid tests, etc. Avoiding people, not getting back to them. Avoiding using spare time more productively. Avoiding TV or movies that might trigger ...