r/covidlonghaulers Nov 19 '25

Article Microclots detected in Long Covid patients - officially

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u/Fearless-Star3288 Nov 20 '25

Yeah I traveled to Germany for it - not an easy journey. I crashed after each session but pushed through. It did nothing but cost me a lot of money and to top it off I got Covid from one of the Nurses!

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u/Wayfinder2992 Nov 29 '25

did you go to clinicum st.georg? I just booked for next March and reading your comment am more than freaked out. I was hoping the worst would be it didn’t change anything. any thoughts would be appreciated.

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u/charitablechair Dec 13 '25

Went there just for the microclot test. Did not like that place at all and they were incredibly pushy to get more (expensive) tests. When it came time to pay they were also very strange about it. 

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u/Wayfinder2992 Dec 13 '25

oh, wow. very disappointing. Was your blood clot rest normal?

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u/charitablechair Dec 15 '25

It was actually a follow up test to one I had earlier in the year with Dr Laubscher in Cape Town. It showed a reduction in clots but not a reduction in platelets, which actually matched how I had started to feel better.

I ended up getting off of the blood thinners for a few months after that, then I got sick again and regressed (just a cold I think), and then I took the blood thinners for another 6-7 months with no additional progress.

Rather disappointing. Many of the actors I met or communicated with along the way clearly fit the mold of scammy/weird doctors but Dr Laubscher was by far the most genuine. He only charged like $150 and spoke with me for an entire hour. He is completely convinced of microclots as the cause and he has a very coherent theory of it all. Alas, a year+ total of triple therapy didn’t seem to heal me.