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We can look back to SARS CoV1 and MERS (Middle Eastern Respiratory Virus) and study their long term effects on infected individuals. Many acutely infected patients dealt with long term effects. We should not be surprised at COVID 19 leaving long hauler symptoms. For those in functional medicine,...
Science longs to predict and COVID 19 offers a great opportunity. In this situation, researchers are working to predict which infected individuals will go on to develop Long COVID. From this study, it appears that women, Caucasians, and those with a normal Body Mass Index (BMI) have a higher...
Researchers were already asking questions about Long Hauler Covid back in December of 2020. They hypothesized that either ongoing viral infection after an inadequate immune response or a dysfunctional immune response were responsible for this chronic post viral malady affecting millions. Research...
On one hand, I appreciate the recognition that besides several million Americans having passed through acute COVID, we are now facing a few million Post COVID sufferers seeking answers. On the other hand, this article offers mental health support to help them cope with their illness but offers no...
Researchers from Radboud University Medical Center intensive care (IC) department compared the concentration of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) and interleukins 6 and 8 (IL-6, IL-8) between COVID 19 patients and those with ARDS (Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome) and septic...
Scientists consider whether anti-cytokine therapies tocilizumab and anakinra might alleviate disease severity in COVID 19. Tocilizumab (an IL-6 blocker) has been tested with possible benefit. These results have been mixed. Anakinra (an anti-IL-1 medication) as...
Science always tries to build on prior knowledge. Understanding how COIVID 19 creates such inflammation means evaluating whether this coronavirus mimics cytokine storm diseases which we already know, or stirs up different immune winds of its own. We have some experience and some therapies...
Every therapy, natural or pharmaceutical, has the potential for side effects and unintended consequences. Some of the most promising therapies turn out to be duds or even disasters when the secondary effects completely outweigh the primarily intended benefits. Before adding CBD to...
Sometimes you just need the big picture. This review of the endocannabinoid system as it impacts on inflammation serves as a great resource to consider whether or not CBD might help treat COVID 19. Understanding science in 2021 and beyond means taking time to understand the big picture behind a...
Costinuk and Jenabian ask a great question in Cytokine Growth Factor Review about whether or not CBD might be helpful in COVID 19 therapy. They do not report on their own research, but they provide one of the most concise reviews of CBD anti-inflammatory research which supports further study on...
With the past year of constant COVID19 news, of course, CBD had to get some attention. Normally in the natural world, CBD comes up in nearly every disease condition as a possible therapy. At our clinic, we have found some uses to be helpful and others not so helpful. Researchers...
CBD or cannabidiol, originating from hemp plants, seems to find a way to catch a headline in just about any disease out there. One might think it is a wonder drug when it even shows up on the list of possible therapies for COVID 19 infections. Researchers at the Dental College of...
