'Oxygen can heal': Hyperbaric chamber treatment offers breakthrough solution for long COVID-19

THESE DAYS, BUT LONG COVID IS STILL OUT THERE IN THE BEGINNING, TREATMENT SEEMED VERY HIT OR MISS, BUT THERE’S BEEN A BREAKTHROUGH IN THE APPROACH. NOT ONLY WILL THIS NEW TREATMENT SHOCK YOU AS WESH 2’S MICHELLE MEREDITH REPORTS, IT’S HAPPENING RIGHT HERE IN CENTRAL FLORIDA’S BACKYARD. SO WE CAN FULLY BREATHE IN THE AIR TO THE BOTTOM OF OUR LUNGS. LYNETTE MILLER KOVAC TEACHES MEDITATION CLASSES IN THE VILLAGES, TEACHING HOW TO BE CENTERED. LIVE IN THE MOMENT. BUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, LYNETTE SAYS SHE WASN’T LIVING AT ALL. SUFFERING FROM LONG COVID. TAKE A DEEP INHALE. IT WAS JUST A FRIGHTENING EXPERIENCE. I FELT LIKE I WAS DYING, I WAS A CO-REPORTER AND EVENTUALLY I HAD TO STOP THE PROCEEDINGS AND SAY, I CAN’T RETAIN ANY LONGER. I LOST ALL EMOTION TO THE BEAUTIFUL BLUE SKY, TO PEOPLE, TO THE, UM, TO GOD, TO ANIMAL. JUST NO. NO JOY AT ALL. LYNETTE WAS ABLE TO CONNECT WITH A PROGRAM RIGHT HERE IN CENTRAL FLORIDA’S BACKYARD, AND THEY TREAT LONG COVID. IT’S CALLED A LVIV CLINICS. AND HOW DO THEY DO IT? WELL, USING, OF ALL THINGS, A HYPER BARIC CHAMBER. NOW, WHEN YOU THINK OF A HYPERBARIC CHAMBER, YOU THINK OF THOSE LITTLE TUBES THAT THEY USED TO PUT DIVERS IN WHEN THEY SURFACE TOO FAST. WELL, THIS IS TODAY’S HYPERBARIC CHAMBER. IT KIND OF LOOKS LIKE THE FIRST CLASS SECTION OF AN AIRPLANE. SO WHEN YOU SEE AREAS OF GREEN AND BLUE, WE SEE DYSFUNCTION. RV DOCTORS SAY THE HYPERBARIC CHAMBER FEEDS HIGH LEVELS OF OXYGEN TO THE BRAIN, GIVES THE BRAIN ENERGY WHEN THE LEVEL OF OXYGEN IS REDUCED, THE BRAIN PANICS, CALLS IN THE TROOPS, STARTS REPAIRING COVID DAMAGED BRAIN CELLS, AND USES THE NEW ENERGY TO DO IT. OH, THE OXYGEN CAN HEAL. WE CAN CONCEPTUALIZE THAT, BUT THE KEY IS TO USE IT AS A VESSEL TO TRIGGER THE BODY TO HEAL ITSELF. AND THERE’S NOTHING STRONGER THAN THE BODY TO HEAL ITSELF. BREATHING IN THAT BEAUTIFUL OXYGEN, THE CLINIC SAYS THEY’VE TREATED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WITH LONG COVID FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. LYNETTE SAYS WEEKS AFTER HER FULL TREATMENT, SHE’S BACK. MY MY WORLD OPENED UP AND IT WAS THE SAME. IT WASN’T THE FOG. IT WASN’T THE THE THAT FEELING ANYMORE TO TO FEEL LOVE AGAIN, WHICH I DIDN’T FEEL. THAT’S PROBABLY THE BIGGEST THING. YEAH. THE BIGGEST BONUS OF ALL IN THE

Although we may not hear much about it these days, long COVID-19 is still out there. In the beginning, treatment seemed to be a hit-and-miss, but the approach has had a breakthrough.Lynette Malkovich teaches meditation classes in The Villages, instructing people on how to be centered and live in the moment. But a year and a half ago, Malkovich said she wasn't living at all as she was suffering from long COVID-19."It was a frightening experience. I thought I was dying," Malkovich said.But Malkovich connected with a program in central Florida's backyard – Aviv Clinics located in The Villages – that treats long-term COVID-19 using a hyperbaric chamber. Doctors at Aviv Clinics said the hyperbaric chamber delivers high levels of oxygen to the brain, energizing it. When the level of oxygen level is reduced, the brain panics and starts using the new energy to repair COVID-19-damaged brain cells. "Oh, the oxygen can heal. We can conceptualize that, but the key is to use it as a vessel to trigger the body to heal itself, and there's nothing stronger than the body to heal itself," said Dr. Mohamad Elamir, an Aviv doctor. The clinic said they've treated thousands of people with long COVID-19 worldwide.Malkovich said weeks after her full treatment, she's back."To feel love again, which I didn't feel, that's probably the biggest thing," Malkovich said.

THE VILLAGES, Fla. —

Although we may not hear much about it these days, long COVID-19 is still out there. In the beginning, treatment seemed to be a hit-and-miss, but the approach has had a breakthrough.

Lynette Malkovich teaches meditation classes in The Villages, instructing people on how to be centered and live in the moment.

But a year and a half ago, Malkovich said she wasn't living at all as she was suffering from long COVID-19.

"It was a frightening experience. I thought I was dying," Malkovich said.

But Malkovich connected with a program in central Florida's backyard – Aviv Clinics located in The Villages – that treats long-term COVID-19 using a hyperbaric chamber.

Doctors at Aviv Clinics said the hyperbaric chamber delivers high levels of oxygen to the brain, energizing it. When the level of oxygen level is reduced, the brain panics and starts using the new energy to repair COVID-19-damaged brain cells.

"Oh, the oxygen can heal. We can conceptualize that, but the key is to use it as a vessel to trigger the body to heal itself, and there's nothing stronger than the body to heal itself," said Dr. Mohamad Elamir, an Aviv doctor.

The clinic said they've treated thousands of people with long COVID-19 worldwide.

Malkovich said weeks after her full treatment, she's back.

"To feel love again, which I didn't feel, that's probably the biggest thing," Malkovich said.

'Oxygen can heal': Hyperbaric chamber treatment offers breakthrough solution for long COVID-19

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