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submitted 3 months ago by aaaaace to c/longcovid@lemmy.world

I can't get researchers interested, but in the 4+ years I've been working on this myself, the higher the elevation I'm at the better I feel.

Just tried 10k feet for a month and it's better than 8k. If I could try 12k, I would. I did more hiking steps than ever in July, and on steep terrain.

I'm wondering if cells in a hypoxic situation are less useful to the virus we now know* resides in neurons of LC carriers.

I still have ridiculous sinus production at times that tries to drown me, various attacks on my organs, etc.

I remember living in the desert and people were there because a family member had TB and they moved there. Perhaps mountain climate will be recognized as a tonic for LC some day.

If anyone wants help, I'll try, but I'm doing lots of things at once, mostly unchanged.

*https://mastodon.social/@MEActNOW/112455219446314775

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[-] FundMECFSResearch 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Have you considered that when you feel better you’re more likely to try hiking/travel to places with higher elevations? And you could be mixing up correlation and causation?

Or that many people with long COVID feel better in the short term (days weeks or months) after exercise due to adrenaline, but it sometimes leads to a long term worsening through PEM. As someone connected to a couple researchers and serving as advisor to a government research effort, I’m not sure I see anything worth spending the very limited resources researchers have here.

You might want to clarify what long covid subtype you have though so I can make a mental note incase I hear something similar from someone else with a similar subtype.

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