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“These are patients that have been unwell for a very long time,” emphasises Dr Glynne. “They’ve been to the long Covid clinic and they’ve been to their GP, and nothing’s helped. So they come to me with very debilitating symptoms – maybe they can’t even work. Then you start them on HRT and they just can’t believe it.”
Married GPs compared notes on their patients to make a startling conclusion - treatment for the menopause could alleviate symptoms
She and Paul – who has also adopted HRT as a treatment – are currently seeing three types of women. There are those who have overlapping Covid and menopause symptoms, for whom HRT can treat the former and make it easier to identify the latter
The second are perimenopausal women who have been misdiagnosed with long Covid, and who may have experienced more severe onset of menopausal symptoms due to Covid. “We will never know, but either way HRT is likely to be of benefit,” says Dr Glynne.
Finally, a third group has manageable menopausal symptoms, but are struggling with long Covid specific ones, such as inflammation of the heart. “But because oestrogen is anti-inflammatory, it is possible that HRT may indirectly boost their immune systems, optimising their response to other drugs and facilitating recovery,” says Dr Glynne. “In all three groups, oestrogen deficiency underlies or contributes to symptoms.”
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/body/doctors-treating-long-covid-hrt/
Married GPs compared notes on their patients to make a startling conclusion - treatment for the menopause could alleviate symptoms
She and Paul – who has also adopted HRT as a treatment – are currently seeing three types of women. There are those who have overlapping Covid and menopause symptoms, for whom HRT can treat the former and make it easier to identify the latter
The second are perimenopausal women who have been misdiagnosed with long Covid, and who may have experienced more severe onset of menopausal symptoms due to Covid. “We will never know, but either way HRT is likely to be of benefit,” says Dr Glynne.
Finally, a third group has manageable menopausal symptoms, but are struggling with long Covid specific ones, such as inflammation of the heart. “But because oestrogen is anti-inflammatory, it is possible that HRT may indirectly boost their immune systems, optimising their response to other drugs and facilitating recovery,” says Dr Glynne. “In all three groups, oestrogen deficiency underlies or contributes to symptoms.”
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/body/doctors-treating-long-covid-hrt/
