Long COVID

Long COVID refers to a state in which various symptoms continue for 4 weeks to several months after recovering from a COVID infection. Common symptoms include fatigue that doesn't improve with rest, brain fog that makes the head feel foggy, post-exertional malaise (PEM) where even light activity causes days of illness afterward, loss of smell or taste, heart palpitations, shortness of breath, and sleep disturbances. The full cause isn't yet known, but it's thought to involve lingering inflammation and an imbalance in the autonomic nervous system and circulation.

Our Korean Medicine Clinic's Perspective

Our clinic sees this condition as a state where the energy greatly depleted by fighting a major infection remains alongside heat and waste that haven't yet been fully cleared from the body. We focus on clearing what remains, replenishing the depleted qi and blood, and stabilizing the autonomic nervous system so the body can return to its own path of recovery.