Long COVID-19 Symptoms Remedied by Anti-Viral Treatment in Neurosurgical Patients
- 1 Neurosurgery, Beatty LLC, Fairway, KS, United States
Abstract
The pandemic of COVID-19 is the largest in this century. Aside from the acute infection, some of the patients have been challenged with a complication that is known as long COVID-19. The symptoms of long COVID-19 are extensive and diverse. Long COVID-19 continues to plague many patients post-COVID-19 infection. No universal treatment has been found. This study presents four patients who suffered from long COVID-19. Each patient presented with a different and diverse symptom of long COVID-19. Each of the patient's symptoms resolved or greatly improved upon taking the anti-viral drug acyclovir. Acyclovir has been in use since 1981 and is generally considered safe. A novel theory as to the pathophysiology of long COVID-19 symptoms and the result of a new treatment is presented. The purpose of this study is to provide a foundation for much bigger studies and useful resources for further testing to halt long COVID-19.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3844/ajidsp.2023.39.44
Copyright: © 2023 Robert Michael Beatty. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the
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Keywords
- Long COVID-19
- Post COVID Conditions
- Long Haul COVID
- Post-Acute COVID-19
- Long-Term Effects of COVID
- Chronic COVID
- Post-Acute Sequelae SARS-CoV-2 Infection
- PASC
- Acyclovir
- Treatment COVID-19