This post is not intended to make any medical claims to treat Long Covid, Post Treatment Lyme Disease, or any other post infection chronic condition. In a previous post different tests were reviewed to The maker of CopperOne would like to conduct clinical trials so that such claims could legitimately be made. Questionnaires are great. They minimize the use of needles for blood draws. Redman and coworkers administered many neurological questionnaires. [1] This test was published in a journal that seems to have died out. http://orthomolecular.org/library/jom/index.shtml
The trouble with our last clinical trial is that the participants may have gotten bored answering the two questionnaires and and might have checked boxes without thinking. This gem published back in 1977 seems to be more interesting and to the point. The literature on Covid-19 and the autonomic nervous system is impressive. Dividing symptoms between sympathetic and parasympathetic branches is less common. We have covered how Long Covid symptoms are extremely similar to post treatment Lyme Disease (PTLD).
As a Long Covid or PTLD patient, do you see yourself in these questions? Does the switch from the cholinergic to the adrenergic questions force you to pay attention?
| symptom | 15 points | 10 points | 5 points | 0 points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| symptom | very frequently | often | sometimes | rare or never |
| diarrhea | ||||
| heartburn | ||||
| urge to frequent urination | ||||
| one or more muscle feel weak | ||||
| sleeping more than usual | ||||
| flushing of the face | ||||
| waterish mouth | ||||
| excessive appetite | ||||
| feel sexually aroused | ||||
| have difficulty breathing | ||||
| dry palms | ||||
| Begin Cholinergic | ||||
| constipation | ||||
| one or more muscles feel tense | ||||
| sleeping less than usual | ||||
| palor of face | ||||
| cold feet | ||||
| wet hands | ||||
| we armpits | ||||
| heart palpitations | ||||
| dry mouth | ||||
| goose pimples | ||||
| butterflies in stomach | ||||
| poor appetite |
If you already are a CopperOne customer, did the answers to any of these questions change when you started?
Referees
- Rebman AW, Bechtold KT, Yang T, et al. . The clinical, symptom, and quality-of-life characterization of a well-defined group of patients with posttreatment Lyme disease syndrome. Front. Med. 2017;4:224 10.3389/fmed.2017.00224 [PMC free article]
- Neziroglul F and Yaryura-Tobias J A (1977) Development of an Autonomic Nervous System Questionnaire: Diagnostic Aid in Measurement ofAnxiety, Depression, and Aggression. Orthomolecular Psychiatry vol 6, no 3, 1977, Pp. 265-271 free article