Tag Archives: preventing COVID-19

INTRODUCING HEALTH BOOK

I have written a book on how I treated chronic fatigue and related illnesses. Most of the insights in this book teach how to be healthier, prevent illness, and lesson the burden of all medical problems. These recommendations are health practices that everybody should follow for good health. People without complaints as well as thoseContinue reading “INTRODUCING HEALTH BOOK”

BREAKTHROUGH COVID-19  INFECTION and LONG-COVID

Breakthrough COVID is the reappearance of COVID-19 illness after having overcome an initial infection. Long-COVID is the debilitating symptoms that persists after resolution of the disease. Fatigue, cognitive impairment, and pain are typical complaints associated with these and other “after-illness.”    Victims wonder: “How did I get sick? I had my vaccine and booster shots!” ImmunizationContinue reading “BREAKTHROUGH COVID-19  INFECTION and LONG-COVID”

LONG COVID IS BACK

The syndrome of symptoms that follows an acute infection with COVID-19 has been recognized for over a year. Lately, this prolonged disability has been in the news once again because of increasing infections by COVID variants in the United States and around the world. The primary symptoms are overwhelming fatigue, cognitive disorders including memory loss,Continue reading “LONG COVID IS BACK”

RESIST COVID AND OTHER INFECTIONS BY STRENGTHENING THE ENTRY POINTS

COVID-19 and other respiratory infections gain access to the body via the mucosal membranes of the mouth, nose, and eyes. These tissues are the body’s first line of defense against infectious diseases. It takes work to maintain their integrity and to strengthen them. Blocking the virus’s access is why we cover these holes in ourContinue reading “RESIST COVID AND OTHER INFECTIONS BY STRENGTHENING THE ENTRY POINTS”

PREVENTIVE HEALTH PRACTICES OBVIATE HEALING COMPLICATIONS

There is nothing in the world like the recovery from an illness or an injury.  The more extensive and wearying the disease, the greater the satisfaction when the episode is past.  Fear is replaced by hope.  Joy supplants pain. But reclaiming health is not the same as restoring the premorbid state.  As described in anContinue reading “PREVENTIVE HEALTH PRACTICES OBVIATE HEALING COMPLICATIONS”

NUTRIENTS FIGHT COVID

What a battle we’re having against this pandemic virus.  So many methods of preventing the infection are being explored.  The most hoped for solution is a safe and effective vaccine.  This antibody creator will be most useful if the immunity is long-lasting, like the measles vaccine.  Other approaches include innate immunity, viral suppression for shortContinue reading “NUTRIENTS FIGHT COVID”

IGNORING THE THREAT OF COVID-19

Lately, there has been increased exposure to and diagnosis of the coronavirus infections in many states.  More people are getting sick.  Hospital admission rates have gone up.  In some areas, inpatient capacity problems may develop. People in long term care facilities, meatpacking plants, any indoor place where people tend to congregate close together, elderly individuals,Continue reading “IGNORING THE THREAT OF COVID-19”

AGING, ILLNESS, AND COVID-19

It is widely publicized that people over 60 years of age are more susceptible to serious illness from the coronavirus which is causing the current pandemic.  Associated illnesses increase the risk of morbidity and mortality in elderly people who become infected with COVID-19. What is the problem that makes the demographic of the elderly moreContinue reading “AGING, ILLNESS, AND COVID-19”