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Recovery From Covid 19:The Problem Of Long Covid

January 7, 2021 by Dr Kar

The ongoing Coronavirus pandemic started in the city of Wuhan in China in December 2019. It has been about one year since the first infections were detected there. In January 2020 the World Health Organization declared the SARS CoV2 infection a public health emergency of international concern.

Long Covid

Many people who had the Covid 19 infection have recovered uneventfully, some have needed admission into ICUs. Unfortunately some people have died. Amongst the people who recovered, many have been experiencing multiple symptoms for weeks or even months after they were supposed to have “recovered”.

If your symptoms have continued for longer than 4 weeks after a Covid 19 infection and they cannot be explained as any other disease, then you have Long Covid. Other terms used to describe this are Covid Long Haulers, Post-Covid Syndrome.

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Filed Under: Covid 19 Tagged With: Brain fog, Fatigue, Long Covid

Multiple Sclerosis: Looking Beyond Prescription Medicines

Multiple Sclerosis: Looking Beyond Prescription Medicines

September 20, 2019 by Dr Kar

(This post was previously published on my old website April 2019. Updated September 2019)

This is how a conversation with me goes. “Dr. Kar, I have been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis by my Neurologist ……..at (name of some well-known hospital ) and I have been recommended ……….(name of medicine). I have researched on the internet and found out that MS is not curable and I will need long-term treatment. I have profound fatigue and my doctor says that is a part of my disease and nothing much can be done about it. However, I also found out that many people have benefited by Functional Medicine treatment. I want to know what else I can do to feel better”.

My perspective is that of a Functional Medicine doctor. My modalities of treatment fall in the category of “what else I can do to feel better”.Can I help you “cure” your disease? It depends on your definition of cure! Can I help you reach NEDA (No Evidence of Disease Activity)? Quite possible! I am not an alternative medicine practitioner. My perspective is that of a practitioner of Western Medicine who uses science to back up recommendations. This goes beyond using ONLY prescription drugs. I am not against the use of prescription drugs, but very often many of you are unable to continue the medications, either because of the cost or because of side effects from the drugs. Or you may have early symptoms that do not justify the use of potentially toxic medicines. In such a situation what else can you do?

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Filed Under: Autoimmune Diseases, Multiple Sclerosis Tagged With: Fatigue, Multiple Sclerosis

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