Tag: post acute sequelae of COVID-19

High Monocyte Levels Persist in Recovered COVID-19 and Long COVID Syndrome and How Intermittent Fasting Helps

Posted on by Jesse Santiano, M.D.

A new study from the John A. Burns School of Medicine at the University of Hawaii showed persistently high levels of monocytes are present in people who recovered from COVID-19 and those with Long COVID. Monocytes are white blood cells involved in fighting viral infections. In the presence of microbes and foreign substances, the monocytes…

The SARS-CoV-2 Spike proteins can cross the blood-brain barrier and cause brain inflammation

Posted on by Jesse Santiano, M.D.

The blood-brain barrier (BBB) protects the brain from harmful molecules and infections. COVID-19 and the Long COVID syndrome have neurologic and psychiatric effects. This article presents three studies that show evidence that the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 can cross the BBB and wreak havoc by itself. Endothelial cells line the inside of the BBB, and…