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My Formula C Story
Have you heard about Formula C? It is a 100% natural tincture that was developed by doctors to address Long COVID symptoms. It has worked great for me and I believe it will help you too! Learn all about Formula C and how it helped to restore balance in my life after my 2024 COVID-19 infection. Keep Moving, Keep Breathing! -Nurse Laney
Restoring Resilience and Long COVID Recovery
Are you surviving or thriving? This article discusses the resilience and strategies that people can use to get back to a place of thriving.
Post COVID-19 Lung and Oxygen Issues
Many people who have had COVID-19 have experienced pulmonary (lung) complications and/or damage. Some have experienced neural complications causing central sleep apnea. This article discusses these issues and offers information on what to expect for treatment.
Children’s Health & Long COVID
As a nurse specializing in pediatrics, I have often used kidshealth.org to help parents and children understand healthcare and medical diagnoses. This is a great resource for teaching the community about medical issues and what to expect. -Nurse Laney
The Root of Long COVID
What causes Long COVID? The disruption of the immune system, causing it to turn on itself, and leading to post COVID complications weeks, months and years after being exposed to the spike protein in the virus or the vaccine.
Long COVID & the Ears: What you need to know about tinnitus, balance, and hearing
This article provides an overview of the ear structure and how COVID can affect hearing, tinnitus, and balance, along with practical information on steps you can take to manage symptom flare ups.
How Low Oxygen Levels Affect Your Body
This article discusses how low oxygen levels affect the body when silent hypoxia, a condition that occurs during and after COVID infections develops.
What You Need to Know About Post Viral Syndrome & Diarrhea
This article discusses post COVID diarrhea and offers tips for finding the causes and ways to address this issue.
Micro-clotting in Long COVID
COVID affects the platelets in the blood, making them sticky and causing micro clots that affect the brain, fingers and toes, and internal organs. This article explains the process.
Post-COVID food allergies
Many people with Long COVID are finding that they have new food allergies and sensitivities through post COVID immune system disruption that causes the overproduction of histamines and leads to inflammation of nerves causing organ dysfunction.
Can COVID affect eyes and vision?
An issue that has not received a lot of attention in COVID-19 and Long COVID discussions is that the virus can cause minor or major vision changes that may be temporary or permanent. This article discusses some of these issues.
Can COVID-19 Impact Nails?
This article provides information on the 5 most common skin and nail issues associated with long COVID. These are indicators of the histamine cascade, inflammation, hypoxia (low oxygen), micro clotting, and vascular (blood vessel) constriction caused by the cytokine storm (immune system disruption). The images in this article may be too graphic for some viewers.
COVID-19 and Iron Deficiency
As the name implies, iron deficiency anemia is due to insufficient iron. Without enough iron, your body can't produce enough of a substance in red blood cells that enables them to carry oxygen (hemoglobin). As a result, iron deficiency anemia may leave you tired and short of breath. This article explains the signs and symptoms of iron deficiency in long COVID.
Histamine Release & Long COVID
This article explains the role histamines play in Long COVID, how they affect the body, what triggers the histamine cascade, and what you can do to counter them. (Image: Mast cell releasing histamines).
Curbing fear, anxiety and depression with positive affirmations
COVID-19 can cause inflammation of the nervous system interrupting hormone regulation, including serotonin and melatonin absorption. This is a lingering symptom of the virus and will resolve with time and the proper medications. This article gives practical advice for reframing your mindset when you are feeling defeated by Long COVID.
COVID-19 and Suicide Risk
COVID-19 can lead to depression, anxiety, and suicide. This is part of the illness and will get better with time. This article offers suicide resources for people feeling hopeless and for friends and family of someone needing help.
Post COVID-19 Nutrition
This article explains how mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS), one of the root causes of Long COVID, affects the body and how nutrition can help improve symptoms.