January 2024 - Breakspear Medical

COVID-19 & cytokine storms

January 29, 2024
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Conditions, Long Covid, ME/CFS, Post-viral fatigue

COVID-19 can exploit deficiencies in the immune system's antiviral defenses. However, restoring key nutrients, such as vitamin D, can help strengthen the body's ability to fight infection. Covid can cause massive inflammation Covid can cause what is called a cytokine storm, which leaves us vulnerable to reactivation of dormant viruses, such as herpes and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). Essentially what happens…

Long Covid – it isn’t an entirely new thing

January 24, 2024
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Conditions, Long Covid, ME/CFS

Recent research shows Covid can cause long-term fatigue with similar symptoms to ME/CFS. Jean Monro, Environmental Naturopath, explains the reasons for the similarities and how Breakspear Medical treats the root causes prolonging post-viral illness. Long Covid and ME/CFS For the last few years, we've all been inundated with information about Covid. Recent research indicates that up to 1 in 5…

Running marathons after ME/CFS

January 24, 2024
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Conditions, ME/CFS, Services

In April 2018, Angeline Cottrill, a recovered ME/CFS sufferer, completed the hottest London Marathon on record. She is planning on running in the 2024 London Marathon, which will be her third London Marathon. Edited excerpt from Breakspear Medical Bulletin Issue 44: Her name is Angeline Few of us have dreamed to run a marathon and fewer still have suffered and…

Winter infections

January 16, 2024
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Winter bugs can cause havoc to the healthiest of us. Anyone with existing chronic conditions should take extra care because even a simple cold can suppress the immune system and, as we have seen with COVID-19, other dormant infections can be re-activated, potentially causing long-term problems.

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