Breaking Down the Science of Long COVID

The Dr. Josh Axe Show

Dr. Josh Axe

Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness, Christianity

4.9 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2023

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

You may be suffering from Long COVID! Long COVID has rapidly become a health crisis, with 20 million Americans reporting symptoms lasting months after their initial infections. What exactly is behind these lingering issues and cognitive dysfunction? In today’s episode, Dr. Josh Axe gets to the bottom of long COVID, sharing the science behind it and actionable solutions to start feeling better. You’ll learn: Millions of Americans are experiencing significant limitations in their ability to perform day-to-day activities Symptoms of Long COVID including fatigue, brain fog, headaches, and anxiety The surprising root cause of Long COVID symptoms The Dr. Axe Long COVID protocol Join us as Dr. Axe helps make sense of the long COVID crisis with science-backed advice for recovery. You’ll get his science-backed protocol to equip yourself or loved ones with practical support if struggling with post-COVID complications. Want more of The Growth Lab with Dr. Josh Axe? Subscribe to the YouTube channel. Follow Dr. Josh Axe Instagram Twitter Facebook Tik-Tok Follow Leaders Instagram Twitter Facebook Email Newsletter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	20 million Americans are experiencing long COVID.
0:03.5	And listen, I actually think there's a lot more people that are still experiencing the
0:07.6	side effects of when they had COVID.
0:09.7	Any one of these symptoms, it could be due to long COVID, according to Mayo Clinic.
0:15.0	Number one is fatigue.
0:16.5	Muscle pain.
0:16.8	Number three, digestive disorders.
0:19.0	Number four, and this was really common in women, abnormal menstrual cycle. Next up, mental health issues such as depression and anxiety. Next, neurological issues such as a loss of taste and smell, brain fog or lack of concentration, headaches, heart issues like palpitations.
0:38.2	Next is blood clots.
0:39.9	If you want to improve long COVID, we've got to address the health of your blood.
0:46.4	This is the Dr. Axe long COVID protocol.
0:51.9	Hey everyone, I'm Dr. Josh Axe.
1:05.9	Welcome to the show. On today's episode, I'm going to be digging into the science behind long COVID and giving my exact protocol and recovery plan for long COVID.
1:11.0	Now, here's the reality today, 20 million Americans are experiencing long COVID.
1:18.7	And listen, I actually think there's a lot more people that are still experiencing the side effects of when they had COVID, and they don't even realize it.
1:22.2	And I would ask you this, remember when you might have had COVID in the past?
1:24.5	Is there anything since then?
1:30.3	Fatigue, brain fog, just something that's going on that you still had since then.
1:37.4	Well, there are millions, tens of millions of people where that's the case according to scientific studies.
1:53.1	And basically what long COVID is, is if you had COVID four weeks after having COVID, if you still have symptoms, sometimes even months or years later, that's the definition of long COVID anywhere from a month or longer where those symptoms keep going.
2:03.9	You know, more than one and four long COVID patients reported having severe limitations in their ability to perform, even day-to-day activities, even in 2023.
2:05.3	And so the reality is long COVID is affecting a lot of people to a certain degree, and a lot of
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