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Long COVID Treatment in Greenville, SC

Long COVID Treatment at IHP Greenville. Dr. Hendry, DAOM — functional medicine, root-cause diagnostics, personalized care. Call (864) 365-6156.

Long COVID — post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC) — affects an estimated 10–30% of COVID-19 survivors, producing a heterogeneous constellation of symptoms including fatigue, brain fog, dyspnea, heart palpitations, post-exertional malaise, pain, and neurological symptoms that persist weeks to months beyond the acute infection. At Integrative Health Partners, Dr. Hendry treats long COVID through a multi-system integrative approach that addresses the overlapping biological mechanisms now identified in long COVID research: mitochondrial dysfunction, viral persistence, microbiome disruption, autonomic dysregulation, and systemic inflammation.

How Long COVID Treatment Works

Long COVID treatment at IHP combines comprehensive functional medicine investigation (microbiome assessment, inflammatory markers, mitochondrial function, autoimmune markers, and HPA axis function), acupuncture (for autonomic regulation — particularly for dysautonomia/POTS symptoms — and systemic anti-inflammatory effects), Chinese herbal medicine (antiviral and immune-regulating formulas, mitochondrial support), ozone therapy (for antiviral, anti-inflammatory, and mitochondrial activation effects), and targeted supplementation protocol.

Your First Appointment

Describe your COVID infection history (when, severity) and the timeline of lingering symptoms. Describe which symptoms are most limiting (fatigue vs. brain fog vs. dyspnea vs. pain vs. autonomic). History of prior chronic illness before COVID is relevant — some patients had subclinical conditions unmasked by COVID.

Why Dr. Hendry for Long COVID Treatment

Dr. Hendry's functional medicine investigation capabilities, combined with his ozone therapy training (AAOT) and electroacupuncture expertise for neurological conditions, provide a uniquely comprehensive toolkit for long COVID's multi-system pathophysiology.

Frequently Asked Questions

Current leading mechanisms: viral persistence in tissue reservoirs with ongoing immune activation; reactivation of latent viruses (EBV, HHV-6) by the immune dysregulation of COVID; mitochondrial dysfunction and cellular energy impairment; microbiome disruption; autonomic nervous system dysregulation (dysautonomia/POTS); microclotting and endothelial dysfunction; and autoimmune processes triggered by molecular mimicry.
Multiple early clinical reports and one published pilot trial found acupuncture beneficial for long COVID fatigue, dyspnea, and cognitive symptoms. The autonomic regulation and anti-inflammatory mechanisms of acupuncture address several of the identified long COVID pathways.
Ozone therapy's antiviral, immune-modulating, mitochondrial-activating, and anti-inflammatory effects are mechanistically relevant to long COVID. European physicians using ozone therapy for long COVID have reported meaningful improvements in fatigue and cognitive symptoms.
Evidence-supported: nattokinase (for microclot resolution), nicotinamide riboside/NMN (for mitochondrial NAD+ recovery), CoQ10 (mitochondrial support), low-dose naltrexone (for neuroimmune modulation), melatonin (antiviral and anti-inflammatory at higher doses), and alpha-lipoic acid (for autonomic and mitochondrial support).
Long COVID is highly variable — some patients respond rapidly (6–8 sessions), while others with severe multi-system involvement require 20+ sessions over 4–6 months.
Integrative Health Partners, 319 Wade Hampton Blvd, Ste A, Greenville, SC 29609. Call (864) 365-6156.

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