Connecting the Dots in Long COVID with Dr. Robert Groysman

After successfully treating his own Long COVID, founding the COVID Institute, treating hundreds of patients, and publishing the seven-volume Complete Long COVID Handbook series, Dr. Robert Groysman has published a peer-reviewed article in Frontiers in Medicine proposing a new way to understand Long COVID as a “network disorder.” In this episode, Dr. Groysman explains his mechanism-anchored model, in which six primary biological domains can interact with one another, amplify symptoms, and produce very different clinical presentations from patient to patient. The six primary domains include dysautonomia/POTS, mitochondrial and bioenergetic dysfunction, endothelial and microvascular dysfunction, gut dysbiosis and barrier disruption, mast cell activation/histamine-mediated signaling, and neuroendocrine/hormonal dysregulation. Secondary amplifiers may include persistent immune activation, viral antigen persistence, autoantibody formation, neuroinflammation, sleep-related destabilization, and small fiber neuropathy. Dr. Groysman discusses how this network model may help patients and clinicians move beyond symptom labels and toward more individualized, mechanism-informed evaluation and treatment strategies for Long COVID and related complex chronic presentations  Dr. Groysman also offers an online community for patients to ask questions and have discussions with him (and other members) at https://www.longcovidfamily.com/ If you liked this episode, we hope you will click subscribe so that you don't miss an episode. If you are so moved, donations are accepted to help to support our production costs  https://www.standinguptopots.org/donate Tell us what you think of The POTScast or send us your idea at info@standinguptopots.org! Find out more about Standing Up to POTS! Check us out on our Website: www.standinguptopots.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/standinguptopots/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/standinguptopots/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/POTSActivist  Medical Disclaimer: The information provided here is not intended to serve as professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. If you have health related issues, please contact a qualified health professional to get the personalized assessment, advice, and treatment that you need. Standing Up to POTS will not be liable for any direct, indirect, or other damages arising from the use of this podcast.