Question: How to distinguish between long Covid and post-vaccine syndrome?
A recent preprint by Bruce Paterson’s team at InCellDX1, a research company that produces test and treatment protocols for Long Covid and post-vaccine syndrome suggests that long Covid can be distinguished from post vaccine syndrome by the symptoms: long Covid patients (PASC post-acute sequelae of COVID-19) typically suffer from shortness of breath and loss of taste/smell, however post-vaccination individuals, while also suffering from fatigue, neuropathy, brain fog and headache, did not have these other symptoms.
There was variability in symptoms according to the vaccine administered, however, the predominant symptoms were fatigue (28/50), neuropathy (27/50), brain fog (23/50) and headache (23/50). All of these symptoms were reported in all four of the vaccines administered in this cohort. Notably infrequent in the post-vaccination individuals with PASC-like symptoms compared to PASC itself were shortness of breath and loss of taste/smell.
While the preprint only involves 50 patients in the study group, even so, it suggests a way to tell the difference between PASC and post-vaccine syndrome.
Dr Paterson’s treatment protocol involves Maraviroc, an HIV drug, and atorvastatin to target vasculature inflammation2.
The Epoch Times points out that many doctors find a protocol using ivermectin, N-acetylcysteine (NAC), and nattokinase to be effective.
Further reading:
Preprint https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.03.24.24304286v1.full.pdf
Preprint https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.03.24.24304286v1.full.pdf Persistence of S1 Bruce K. Patterson, Ram Yogendra, Edgar B. Francisco, Emily Long, Amruta Pise, Eric Osgood, John Bream, Mark Kreimer, Devon Jeffers, Christopher Beaty, Richard Vander Heide, Jose Guevara-Coto, Rodrigo A Mora-Rodríguez Spike Protein in CD16+ Monocytes up to 245 Days in SARS-CoV-2 Negative Post COVID-19 Vaccination Individuals with Post-Acute Sequalae of COVID-19 (PASC)-Like Symptoms preprint medRxiv doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.03.24.24304286
https://www.theepochtimes.com/health/vaccinated-people-show-long-covid-like-symptoms-with-detectable-spike-protein-245-days-after-vaccination-preprint-study-5617223