Long COVID Treatment, Symptoms, and Recovery (Long Haulers)

He is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine and an Associate Professor at the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine.

TOPICS IN THIS VIDEO INCLUDE:

00:00 Defining “Long COVID” and other names for persistent symptoms after COVID 19 recovery
01:49 Studies on symptoms and symptom duration in long COVID patients
04:07 Dr. Seheult’s synopsis on long COVID side effects and how long they might last
07:07 As medical professionals, how do we follow up with COVID 19 patients?
09:49 Cardiopulmonary symptoms to monitor post-COVID & suggested timeline for chest x-rays
13:55 How and when to use ECG/EKG for monitoring long COVID symptoms
15:26 How and when to use an echocardiogram for long hauler patients
17:03 How and when to use a Pulmonary Function Test, especially for COVID patients with ARDS
18:35 When to refer to a specialist, and Dr. Seheult’s experience as a pulmonologist
22:26 Neurological implications for COVID 19 long hauler symptoms
23:38 Signs and symptoms to check when monitoring blood clots; anticoagulant use
25:22 Olfaction and Post-Infectious Smell Loss (PISL)
28:50 Does olfactory training with essential oils work for restoring patients’ ability to smell?
40:10 Assessing and treating symptoms of fatigue for COVID 19 long hauler patients
41:24 Does getting a COVID 19 vaccine help reduce long COVID symptoms?

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[Medcram]

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[mtcoiner]

Who else finds themselves here because they feel like they are dying for no apparent reason?

[adeeperluv]

Hospitalized in April and I’m still having shortness of breath, worsened asthma, pain in chest, brain fog, increased heart rate, depression due to isolation, anxiety, pneumonia in lungs. I can’t get an appointment with Pulmonary specialist because they’re all booked up. I pray I get better.

[shannonmckenna]

Long hauler here also 😢
It’s to the point that people in my life have cut me out. Thinking there is nothing wrong with me. As most days I look totally normal. Yet inside my body there is a war being fought. 6 months post Covid 😢

[gustavdesnica]

My story, 35 years old. I had dizziness for 2-3 months. Weakness and tingling in the left leg and vision problems. Extreme insomnia that still lasts as well as episodes of moderate anxiety. I did an MRI/MRA. Everything is ok about the brain. There is hope for all of us.

[Yahoo]

Where does this guy get his energy to keep producing these high level informative lectures. He must be a great doctor.

[Kteeee]

I had acute Covid for about 3 weeks and didn’t get any respiratory symptoms. I had fever, aches and pains, fatigue, acid reflux, pressure in my ear, headache etc.

Then a couple months later it started with issues breathing, pressure in my sinuses, ear pressure, horrible fatigue, brain fog, stiff neck, random racing heart and fluttering, feeling like I was coming down with something, tinnitus, blurry vision, pain, headache, daily diarrhea that’s hard getting out, rash on my face, folliculitis, loss of skin pigment on my genitals, low appetite, intolerance to eating, incontinence, difficulty urinating, high blood pressure and several times I got ringing and pressure in my ear coupled with the room closing in on me and then i would fall and lay in a cold sweat with my heart racing until I got really tired and fell asleep. I went to the ER over this once and they said my heart was ok. Also have had random left side groin pain, swelling/pressure in my testicles and pain during orgasm.
Eating made many of these symptoms worse and I wasn’t hungry so I lost 25 lbs.

It’s been hell but now 7 months later, after eating lots of fruits and vegetables, taking my vitamins and taking a probiotic im feeling about 75% better about 90% of the time. I still have that 10% where symptoms come back but I was convinced I was dying for months and I’m doing MUCH better than I was. I would stare in the mirror and look at myself and the little processing power my brain still had would process that I looked and felt like a cancer patient. I wrote letters to my family saying how much I love them because I was sure I was on my way out and the doctors couldn’t figure out what was wrong with me. I did lots of tests that came back ok.

Anyway, it has SUCKED a lot but I’m starting to feel better. This took away over half a year of my life. I haven’t been able to work. So for anyone dealing with this, please stay hopeful that time will heal you!
I didn’t think there was ANY chance this would start to just go away but it did. Stay strong!

[tuanhluong]

Gosh. How can people "dislike" this video. Unbelievable. This lecture probably takes him at least a few days to prepare and put together all the information in a form that we can understand. Thank you for for this!!!

[minituremarvels]

I made a comment a while back on experimenting with water fasting to combat my Long Covid. I was suffering with debilitating fatigue and PEM that would leave me unable to do the laundry. Breathlessness, the lot. Life felt on hold for the best part of a year. I did a 3 day water fast (with salt/electrolytes), and can now happily say my condition is cured. Resolved 95% within a week of the fast, brief minor recurrence of very mild fatigue for a few days here and there, now 100% gone. Just a case of rebuilding strength and cardio now. Can do full strength training sessions as per pre Covid, no PEM to speak of. I’d highly recommend people to try this, with proper research and advice from a doctor. Any questions, I’ll do my best to help. May everyone recover as fast as possible. Cheers 🙂

[alansaldivares]

It's been 8 months since I started to have shortness of breath, cough, dizziness, palpitations, weakness, muscle aches, night sweating, confusion, bloating. I've done MRIs, CAT Scans, X-rays, any type of blood works, treadmill test, methacholine challenge, spirometry, lung functional test, and who knows what else. I tested negative 3 times, I never had a positive test (PCR, Antigen, and blood). Once I even coughed up blood, but an Angiogram showed there was nothing in my lungs. My PC physician thinks it's just anxiety, but today after speaking with one good doctor who is a friend of mine and who has been in the battle frontline, told me that there are a few breakthrough cases like mine, where all tests for Covid are negative but the symptoms are still there. Humanity was not prepared for this virus and any of its variants, but I do believe there is a light at the end of the tunnel (of hope for sure).

[wandakinney]

As a survivor, this speaks directly to what I'm experiencing post Covid. The after affects of this virus are very taxing, and I pray we all make it through soon.

[kennyw]

These medical presenatations are medical school quality. Thank you Dr. Seheult for taking the time from your busy practice to put these together. A much deserved thank you to the MedCram staff too.

[bobbyjohnson]

I got covid in Nov of 2020. Very mild symptoms, no treatment at all. I feel like I have aged 20 years in the last year and a half and have a handful of these symptoms daily.

[DizzyRascal]

ATTENTION! How I got better
I was struggeling with long covid for so long. What I did to get better was 30 minutes in the sauna then 15 minute cold shower then back into the sauna for 15 minutes quick rinse in cold shower. Please if you are struggling please try this. The ymca usually has saunas. I explore you to spread this I don't know if it's causation or correlation but it helped me

[lj]

My 19 year old son is still struggling with diminished taste and smell after almost a year, but since starting a high quality fish oil 2 times a day, he is starting to notice an improvement! Will definitely start working with essential oils!

[ajaytamang]

M 30 yrs male . A COVID 19 patients. It's been 5 months of recovery but not fully. Before being COVID patient I used to run for 1 hour and Used go to gym. Now I can't even run for five minutes. My breathing is not normal as before. If I walk for an hr. I need to sleep whole day. I feel very tired. And m very out of focus and I can't socialize like before. I just want to be normal. I am so afraid if it's for life. M getting dippressed day by day.

[nataliaibanez]

I have had Long COVID for over 7 months... can't wait to be myself again

[Emy]

2 years...body aches, shortness of breath, fatigue. I developed pneumonia with covid-19 with loss of taste, smell, body aches, fatigue, shortness of breath even when speaking. My symptoms lasted 40 days, and now I have the body aches, fatigue and my breathing has gotten better since I returned to the gym 4 days a week.

[edventures]

I started to have SOB in late March 2020 and as I'm typing this its January 02, 2022, and trough out this time my symptoms have gotten worse, and doctors can't find anything wrong with me. I've seen 3-4 Primary doctors, cardiologist, 3 pulmonologists and I'm currently talking to 1 pulmonologist and still haven't found anything, they say its anxiety. every time i go to the ER they send me home because they say its anxiety. I know my body and it's not anxiety. I started to watch these covid long symptom videos and I think I must've contracted covid in December 2019 because i have every single symptom. SOB, heart rate increases out of nowhere, vision got worse, lightheadedness, body aches, sweating overnight, legs feel weak, body feels weak, headaches. sucks i can't work, i'm in bed most of the time. It's still not confirmed I'm a covid long hauler, but it seems to add up. I'll be informing my pulmonologist next time I see him, but man appointment times are 1-2 months apart since so many patients need help right now.
If anyone has any info that can help please let me know! thank you.

[tihkgom]

Thank you. My doctor just took blood test and told me to take some iron. 🙄 I have never in my life suffered this bad that I can’t get anything done. I had to give up on taking care of my kid. Now her dad takes care of her. I want my life back. 8 months so far. I wasn’t hospitalized but I had stressful life having just given birth to baby by c-section. Fatigue, headache, hard time thinking and body pain everywhere are my biggest symptoms.