Long-COVID aus Sicht der Anthroposophischen Medizin – Symptome und Behandlungsmöglichkeiten. Empfehlungen einer internationalen Expertenkommission für medizinische Fachkräfte

Henrik Szőke, Markus Sommer, Eva Streit, Christian Grah, Madeleen Winkler, Philipp Busche, Severin Pöchtrager, Jan Mergelsberg, Carla Wullschleger, Katharina Gerlach, Rolf Heine, Robert Fitger, Harald Matthes, Georg Soldner
Artikel-ID: DMS-21451-DE
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14271/DMS-21451-DE

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Eine wachsende Anzahl von Menschen ist von einem Long-COVID-Syndrom mit oft langanhaltender erheblicher Beeinträchtigung ihrer Gesundheit betroffen. Dabei treten unterschiedliche Bilder mit prolongierter Hyperinflammation, Schädigungen und funktioneller Einschränkung der Muskulatur, des Herzens, des Nervensystems und der Sinnesorgane auf. Eine größere Gruppe eher jüngerer Patienten und Patientinnen weist die Symptomatik eines postviralen Chronic-Fatigue-Syndroms/Myalgischen Enzephalomyelitis-Syndroms (CFS/MES) auf. Diese Patienten hatten öfter einen eher milden COVID-19-Verlauf und können danach eine langanhaltende CF-/ME-Symptomatik entwickeln. In diesem Beitrag werden Aspekte zum Verständnis der Störung sowie ein multimodales Therapiekonzept der Anthroposophischen Medizin dargestellt.

Long COVID from the perspective of Anthroposophic Medicine – symptoms and treatment options. Recommendations of an international expert commission for health professionals

A growing number of people are affected by a Long COVID syndrome with often long-lasting, significant impairment of their health. Different pictures with prolonged hyperinflammation, damage and functional restriction of the musculature, the heart, the nervous system and the sensory organs occur. A relatively large group of rather younger patients shows symptoms of post-viral chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis syndrome (CFS/MES). These patients more often had a rather mild COVID-19 course and may subsequently develop long-lasting CF/ME symptoms. This article presents aspects for an understanding the disorder as well as a multimodal treatment concept of Anthroposophic Medicine.

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