Any advice for a sick girlfriend?
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Hello all,
About a month ago now, I caught covid from a work conference. What can you do.
I got away just about unscathed, with no lingering issues.
My girlfriend though has had some health problems since. Per her:
Low grade fever 2 weeks Waking up covered in sweat every morning 1 week Body aches 2 weeks, somewhat bettyer except period youch Headache on/off 2 weeks sometimes behind eyes sometimes at base of skull Nausea accompanying headache Lethargy 2 weeksDoctors have her on a course of doxycycline for a few days now, which has ended throat/tonsil soreness.
Any ideas as to therapies that could be useful? I've been having her consume more supportive foods, like ice cream, drinking baking soda in water, but not anything more.
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High dose vitamin C, at least 5 grams a day, preferably closer to 10. Taking around 2 grams 5x daily would get it done. It's important to not take it all at once though, because you can only absorb so much at one time. I'd space it out about every 3 hours. One or two aspirins dissolved in hot water and baking soda will help with the aches and fever.
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@Mulloch94 I've been having her take orange juice with vitamin C. Frankly, I'm a bit nervous with such a high vitC dose. Wouldn't the body of this water-soluble vitamin just be urinated out anyway?
The antibiotics don't seem to help at all. I'm considering an opportunistic fungal infection of the pulmonary system at this point. I think I'll have to get serious and use a blood test.
Welcoming any advice.
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@Mulloch94 Commercial vitamin C is definitely playing a role in keeping her sick. I don't doubt it. I would never take it.
Vitamin C is the one vitamin that is present in such huge quantities it is totally unnecessary to take. But then to take one of the most contaminated commercial vitamins that exists while sick, that is truly not the right move. I don't think I've ever seen Ray recommend vitamin C, not even a citrus-derived form.
I would suggest looking in the environment if there's anything keeping her this sick. Salty broth (check signature) is good for healing, as well as marmalade. Vitamin D in olive oil (nothing else!) could be quite helpful right now too. Not letting the blood sugar drop would be good.
A bath with pounds of baking soda (and some food to accompany it) is a very good idea.
Also, quitting starches may help. Lots of carrot salads too. Like 2 a day.
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@aeblyve It's safe, there's been people who've taken upwards of 20 grams a day for long periods without adverse effects. It can increase bowel movements, and creates a watery consistency like diarrhea. That's when you know you've reached your limit and you should probably back off a couple grams.
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@aeblyve I don't think the antibiotic will help to kill covid. All the antibiotic will do is prevent an infection from covid. I was sick a week ago with a virus (possible covid, or the flu, never tested) and I got a pretty severe infection in the sinuses from it. I was blowing brown shit out, and got on some tetracycline to clear that up. That's basically all an antibiotic will do. But they're not good for killing viruses.
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antibiotics can be super useful in the midst of a viral infection. anything happening in the gut is exacerbating the effects of the virus, hence clearing up the bacteria (and as a result, the endotoxin) in the intestines can help to improve the situation vastly.
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I understand that her COVID, per a test at urgent care, has cleared at this time. This is why I am considering a secondary opportunistic infection as the culprit.
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@CO3 Right, but that's not killing the virus, only reducing the symptoms. Also charcoal might be a better solution for that, unless you have a lot of antibiotics on hand. I don't like using my stash unless I absolutely have no other choice.
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@aeblyve Have you looked into halotherapy? Salt nebulizers, or salt inhalers, will dramatically increase disinfecting the pulmonary system. That will help avoid the worst aspects about the disease. Once that shit gets settled in the chest it can become lethal, so you want to avoid lung infections as much as possible.
There's two different types of halotherapy. The "wet" kind like nebulizing, and the "dry" kind just breathing in microscopic salt particles from an inhaler. I prefer the dry kind, but it's worth experimenting with.
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If she can afford it, I'd recommend a high quality stool test like the GI-MAP. You'd want to know if it is a protozoa or endotoxin-producing bacteria, or other pathogen, as different types of dysbiosis require modified approaches. I had Blastocystis hominis and Giardia infection, after a few days of low-grade fever it went away, but over the next few months my libido, strength, hormones, sleep, all tanked.
Did a long herbal parasite cleanse after doing the GI-MAP, along with several liver flushes in my case. Really helped. (Certain organisms can travel up the bile duct into the liver, gallbladder, and apparently even the pancreas, hence the liver flushes.)
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@Mulloch94 This halotherapy is interesting. Is it safe and effective?
At this time I am also considering if they prescribed her the "wrong" antibiotic, and another would help her instead.
In any event, I am sending her to be with her mother out-of-town to reduce the stress of our urban environment here.
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@aeblyve Yes very effective for me, I'm sure if you research it you'll find more testimonies as well. I'm not aware of any bad side effects ever reported from it. The worse that can happen is it simply isn't effective. She might cough up congestion at the beginning of the treatment, but that is normal as things clear up. It's more of a "holistic" thing, so you won't exactly find much scientific research on it. But it was first discovered in the 19th century when people realized salt miners had exquisite lung health. Unlike other miners, who developed respiratory issues.
