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Great reminder today from Dr K - this is precisely why I ask the question on the new patient case review form: 'Have you ever been knocked unconscious even if only for a few seconds?' ...research shows that concussion patients can experience chronic brain inflammation for years after the initial injury, resulting in serious long-term …
I keep seeing reports that Long Covid sufferers are having cognitive issues like brain fog and neurological/brain/nervous system issues like anxiety, depression and PTSD. Here's one for a start: More Evidence COVID 'Brain Fog' IsBiologically Based (which basically says it is neuroinflammation in many cases) Treating Long Covid Trauma & PTSD The PTSD is totally …
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I think I said right at the start of this in my Covid factsheet that I would be tempted to make sure there was no blood brain barrier (BBB) breach or neuroinflammation (NI) ongoing after Covid infections. I was worried that some people were having hallucinations etc. Ongoing NI can cause all sorts of problems …
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When I did my neuroinflammation course last year, I learned something. It never occurred to me that if a patient is not getting well, no matter every intervention I and others tried, that it might be the result of a brain injury years before causing ongoing inflammation throughout the nervous system. I started regularly asking …
What illness doesn't have inflammation involved somewhere? But other than the standard ESR and CRP tests done by your doctor, how else can you get some clues to how bad the inflammation is and what might be causing it? Whether looking at gut, brain or systemic inflammation, there are options. Here's the new page for …
Great piece from Dr Kharrazian today on email which gives me my latest gut tip for you. (If you missed any, you can catch up here). Is your chronic gut problem really a brain problem? Read on... How could the gut possibly affect mood? While they may be far apart on an anatomy diagram, the …
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Great tip here today from Dr Marilyn Glenville - try this cognitive impairment test to see how your brain is working: The Six Item Cognitive Impairment Test Taken from my book Natural Solutions for Dementia and Alzheimer’s This test is used to screen those individuals who are thought to be at risk of dementia. You can …
During my recent neuroinflammation training, I came across a couple of 'new' reasons why we may be hyper-sensitive to things. One of them is the concept of neurons being too close to threshold. I recently saw Dr Datis Kharazzian explaining this so I'll share that and you can see what I mean... If you are …
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Bless me, readers, for I have sinned: it has been 6 months since my last update. I can't believe that. Time really does fly. I thought it was about time I brought you up to date with how I'm getting on - I know many of you like to follow my story 🙂 In my …