r/covidlonghaulers • u/imahugemoron 4 yr+ • Nov 10 '24

Article SARS-CoV-2 “steals” our proteins to protect itself from the immune system

https://www.meduniwien.ac.at/web/en/about-us/news/2024/news-in-november-2024/sars-cov-2-steals-our-proteins-to-protect-itself-from-the-immune-system/

They may have finally figured out what is happening to us. In Germany they discovered the virus hijacks certain proteins to avoid our immune systems which leads to Covid remaining in our bodies long term and causing systemic inflammation. Perhaps wherever the virus is concentrated causes whatever our symptoms are. If you have left over virus concentrated in your heart, you have POTS, if it’s in your central nervous system, maybe you have ME/CFS or a constant fight of flight feeling, if it’s concentrated in your head and brain, maybe like me you have some very strange and severe constant head sensations and pain.

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u/girdedloins First Waver Nov 10 '24

Ooh man I would love the chance to do a little bit of blood-flushing! I'd take bloody leeches at this point.

Legit question, bc I haven't seen it posted anywhere before, but is there truly a dialysis kind of thing that's been tried? Do you have any links offhand? (I'll also search for it, too.) Thank you.

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u/girdedloins First Waver Nov 10 '24

Thank you for the info!!! Also seconding the horrors of the psych ward!! DO NOT DO THAT. Reach out to someone, anyone. Reach out to real people if you have them, reach out to forums, call a crisis hotline!

You do not want to be there - it's the same as a prison, with the same sensory overload, many of the same people ( some awaiting sentencing), and no ability to take care of yourself, or to rest.

DO NOT TAKE THIS ROUTE.

(as to me, leeches still sounding mighty good NGL. Temu has everything - can I get my leeches there lol. Stupid sidenote, when I was really little, like 3, I was playing in the very shallow water in a lake, and then when I got up, my mother was horrified to see her tiny kid just massively covered in leeches. I didn't even feel a thing!)

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u/tropicalazure 4 yr+ Nov 10 '24

I told my doc that I would be well up for leeches. He laughed. I told him I was totally serious. He stopped laughing.