Long COVID

LONG COVID has become a major public health concern and already overwhelming Conventional care physicians, who are unsure of how to define or treat it.

At IHM we are providing 1) Screening for COVID and 2) Bioelectric Medicine, Biofeedback Neurofeedback for individuals experiencing Long-COVID Symptoms. Primarily through the utilization of tCES, taVNS and Infrared Therapy.

Long COVID is a condition of persisting symptoms after having had COVID, whether initially Symptomatic or Asymptomatic.

The global prevalence of long COVID conditions after infection could be as high as 43%, with the most common symptoms being Fatique and Memory problems. Both Chronic Fatique or as in ME/CFS symptoms (with Pain) including Memory Deficit, are addressed at IHM with Photobiomodulation. Upon Irradiation, the Mitochondrial membrane potential is raised and Oxygen levels and ATP generation are increased. 

Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a neuroinflammation-linked condition to chronic symptoms include severe fatigue, musculoskeletal pain, and post-exertional malaise with worsening of symptoms following exertion, to which restoring membrane potential with Photobiomodulation attenuates these symptoms.

Overall, Cognitive or Memory problems has affected about 88% with long COVID; 86.7% with Fatigue; to which 85.9% of people are experiencing ongoing relapses from “Stress”.

IHM has been offering anti-Stress Neurofeedabck therapies since the early 90’s. General stress, Chronic Stress, Stress with Anxiety, PTSD, including Secondary Stress Syndrome.

Adults have a higher risk of being newly diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder after a COVID-19 diagnosis as reported by ( S Lopez-Leon  2021).

The most common psychiatric symptoms of Long COVID presented are Anxiety, Insomnia, -Both of which Cranial Electric Stimulation (CES) has proved efficacious.

Several Neuropsychiatric symptoms have been reported, such as headache (44%), attention disorder (27%), and anosmia (21%). Including Brain fog and Neuropathy. Stress, Headaches, and Memory is modifiable with Bioelectric Neurotherapies such as Cranial Electric Stimulation; trancutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation and Irrdiation with Near & Far Infrared.

Inflammaging is the culprit and represented as accelerated epigenetic aging with a loss of control over systemic inflammation. In our research Inflammaging appears to be the most prominent underlying factor contributing to Long COVID. To which tVNS modulates and Biophotomodulation heals.. For healing we also look to Stem Cells and Homeopathy,

At IHM we are targeting the inflammaging symptoms with aricular taVNS. Trancutaneous Aricular Vagal Nerve Stimulation ( taVNS) is utilized at IHM also for attenuating symptoms of immune dysregulation; dysfunctional brainstem/vagus nerve signaling, and the ongoing over-activity of immune cells, Inflammaging, Autoimmunity, Dysautonomia ,Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome.

Inflammaging is linked to persistent activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome as present in COVID and Long COVID symptoms. We find taVNS a beneficial strategy for controlling the intensity of inflammaging.

Neurofeedback Bioelectric Brain Stimulation and restoration of the Mitochondria with Photobiomodulation. All are Non-invasive therapies and an Alternative treatment modality to long term Drug management for Long COVID.