Paul Savage MD describes a blood-cleaning treatment for long-COVID patients, metaphorically called an "oil change," where blood is filtered and albumin replaced. At least one patient recovered their sense of smell after the procedure.
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Savage coins it. Well, it is an oil change for the body. And the body is a machine, if we really think about it. And I guess another way that you can describe it's like dialysis. And I say that because when you talk about dialysis or you talk about even donating blood, like, red flags already kind of come up like, oh, how am I really going to feel after this? Good luck on your own. Here's some crackers. It's more of, let's clean you out, let's replace it with something called albumin and. And just kind of help with your blood volume there. I even have people who have long term Covid who are coming to see me. And I have one patient I actually did this week who their smell is getting better. They haven't had smells since they had Covid. So really seeing that we're treating the cause rather than just a symptom is really telling. And as we continue to do research and as we continue to support these patients, seeing how well and better that they are getting, again, not just as symptomatically, but as a whole.