Unlocking hope: Birmingham physician’s leap forward in lengthy COVID analysis
Up to date: 3:32 PM CDT Aug 9, 2024
NOTHING WRONG WITH YOU. YET THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT USED TO RUN FIVE MILES A DAY AND NOW CAN’T RUN AT ALL. BIRMINGHAM DOCTOR SAYS HE’S OFFERING HOPE TO THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN TOLD THERE’S NOTHING WRONG. HIS PIONEERING RESEARCH INTO LONG COVID AS A DISEASE IN THE VEINS, NOT JUST LUNGS, IS GAINING GLOBAL ATTENTION. THIS, AS HE COLLABORATES WITH MEDICAL RESEARCHERS AROUND THE WORLD. WVTM 13 BRITTANY DECKER SPOKE TO HIM ABOUT WHAT HE’S DISCOVERED AND HOW PEOPLE HAVE COME HERE FROM ALL AROUND FOR TREATMENT. MOST OF THE PATIENTS THAT I SEE, ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT ARE FROM OUT OF STATE, USUALLY HAVE SEEN UPWARDS OF 50 DOCTORS BY THE TIME THEY SEE ME, AND MOST OF THE DOCTORS HAVE TOLD THEM THAT THERE’S NOTHING WRONG. TAKE JAMES RILEY, FOR EXAMPLE. HE WAS IN TOP SHAPE UNTIL A ROUTINE TEST IN MARCH OF 2021, REVEALING AN ASYMPTOMATIC COVID 19 CASE. AND AFTER A NAVY REQUIRED VACCINATION THAT SUMMER, HE STARTED TO HAVE EXCRUCIATING PAIN IN HIS LEFT LEG. SOON, HE WAS CRAWLING TO GET AROUND. RILEY TRIED MANY TREATMENTS TO EASE HIS PAIN, BUT IT PERSISTED AND HE SINKS. BATTLE WITH THE DELTA VARIANT. IN AUGUST 2021 LED TO HOSPITALIZATION, BUT HE SAYS THE TRADITIONAL TREATMENT DIDN’T WORK IN MY CASE, VERY, VERY SICK, BUT CHOSE TO LEAVE THE HOSPITAL. AND IT WAS FROM THERE THAT I GOT TREATED. DOCTOR VAUGHAN TREATED HIM AND I LITERALLY WATCHED EVERY SINGLE DAY. THESE DRUGS AND, UM, TREATMENT WORK BEHIND THESE PERSONAL STRUGGLES. A DIFFERENT APPROACH FROM DOCTOR JORDAN VAUGHAN, INTERNAL MEDICAL SPECIALIST AND CEO OF MEDHELP CLINICS IN BIRMINGHAM. OVER 2000 PEOPLE NOW AND YOU KNOW, THE SUCCESS HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE, HE EXPLAINS. AT FIRST, DOCTORS THOUGHT COVID 19 WAS JUST A RESPIRATORY ILLNESS SIMILAR TO THE FLU, CAUSING SYMPTOMS LIKE A COLD OR TROUBLE BREATHING. BUT STUDYING THE VIRUS MORE. DOCTOR VAUGHAN REALIZED IT’S A DISEASE AFFECTING BLOOD VESSELS AND HOW OXYGEN IS DELIVERED AND MOVES AROUND THE BODY. THIS EXPLAINS WHY SOME PEOPLE CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE ONGOING ISSUES KNOWN AS LONG COVID, EVEN AFTER RECOVERING FROM THE INITIAL INFECTION, TEENY LITTLE VESSELS ARE EITHER HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF SLUDGE OR IN A SENSE, THEY ARE DAMAGED IN A WAY THAT DOESN’T ALLOW THOSE RED BLOOD CELLS TO GET OUT THERE. YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE PRETTY SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS. HE’S HELPED PEOPLE WITH ONGOING VISION PROBLEMS, BRAIN FOG OR FATIGUE BALANCE, OR ISSUES WITH THE HEART. LONG COVID WAS OH WOW, THERE’S THIS WHOLE OTHER SET OF PEOPLE THAT ARE THAT ARE ALIVE, BUT THEY’RE THE 35 YEAR OLD, 40 YEAR OLD LAWYER THAT CAN’T WALK UP THE STAIRS NOW. NOW, THE TYPICAL MEDICAL SYSTEM SAYS, HEY, BE LUCKY, LUCKY YOU’RE ALIVE. BUT HE’S LIKE, WELL, ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, THERE’S A LOT MORE TO LIVING THAN BREATHING. AND SO IN A SENSE, IT WAS TRYING TO GET THEM BACK TO SOME SEMBLANCE OF QUALITY OF LIFE. THERE WAS MICROSCOPE. YOU CAN SEE WHAT’S HIDDEN FROM PLAIN VIEW. THIS IS HEALTHY HUMAN BLOOD, THIS LONG COVID PATIENT BLOOD WITH TINY BLOOD CLOTS CAUSING ISSUES. DOCTOR VAUGHAN SAYS HE’S HAD THE FREEDOM TO GET THE RESOURCES AND DO THE RESEARCH BECAUSE THEIR ORGANIZATION IS INDEPENDENT. BUT HE’S COLLABORATED WITH OTHER RESEARCHERS AT HARVARD, YALE, MOUNT SINAI AND OTHERS IN SOUTH AFRICA AND ENGLAND, AND LEARNING HOW TO TREAT PATIENTS. THE ABILITY TO KIND OF TAKE THAT BENCH SCIENCE AND APPLY IT TO WHAT I WAS ALREADY SEEING IN THE CLINIC, AND THEN UTILIZE MEDICINES THAT ARE ALREADY FDA APPROVED FOR OTHER THINGS, AND THEN TRY TO HELP PEOPLE GET BETTER, WAS WHAT I JUST DECIDED TO DO. IT’S WHAT THE SINGH FAMILY SAYS HELPED THEM. IT’S HELP. HE’S BEEN DOING THIS FOR FOUR YEARS. I’VE WATCHED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE GO THROUGH MIRACULOUS STORIES OF PEOPLE. HE’S TREATED, YOU KNOW, HE’S TREATED US. THERE’S HOPE. AND JAMES RILEY GOING FROM NUMEROUS TREATMENTS, NOT WORKING TO NOW ROCK CLIMBING AND SIGNIFICANT STRIDES IN GETTING BETTER. BRITTANY DECKER WVTM 13. A NONPROFIT FOUNDATION WAS ESTABLISHED TO SUPPORT RESEARCH FOR PATIENTS DEALING WITH LONG COVID. DOCTOR VAUGHAN SAYS HE AIMS TO PROVIDE HOPE, HEALING AND EFFECTIVE TREATMENTS FOR THOSE AFFECTED BY LONG COVID AND VACCINE INJURIES. YOU CAN LEARN MORE AT MV
Unlocking hope: Birmingham physician’s leap forward in lengthy COVID analysis
Up to date: 3:32 PM CDT Aug 9, 2024
Birmingham’s Dr. Jordan Vaughn, the CEO of Medhelp Clinics, is main groundbreaking analysis into lengthy COVID-19, difficult the irritating narrative for sufferers who have been informed there is not anything unsuitable. “They’ve been informed, ‘Oh, not anything is unsuitable with you’ — but those are individuals who run 5 miles an afternoon now can’t run in any respect,” Vaughn mentioned.Vaughn’s pioneering paintings makes a speciality of figuring out lengthy COVID as a vascular illness, dropping gentle on the way it affects blood vessels and disrupts oxygen supply within the frame lengthy after the preliminary an infection subsides. >> WVTM 13 ON-THE-GO: Obtain our app for freeVaughn’s cutting edge way has garnered global reputation, with collaborations extending to scientific researchers at prestigious establishments similar to Harvard, Yale, and Mount Sinai.Along his medical observe, Vaughn co-founded the Microvascular Analysis Basis, devoted to advancing therapies and offering hope to these suffering from lengthy COVID and vaccine accidents. Be informed extra about their efforts right here.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Birmingham’s Dr. Jordan Vaughn, the CEO of Medhelp Clinics, is main groundbreaking analysis into lengthy COVID-19, difficult the irritating narrative for sufferers who have been informed there is not anything unsuitable. “They’ve been informed, ‘Oh, not anything is unsuitable with you’ — but those are individuals who run 5 miles an afternoon now can’t run in any respect,” Vaughn mentioned.
Vaughn’s pioneering paintings makes a speciality of figuring out lengthy COVID as a vascular illness, dropping gentle on the way it affects blood vessels and disrupts oxygen supply within the frame lengthy after the preliminary an infection subsides. >> WVTM 13 ON-THE-GO: Obtain our app for freeVaughn’s cutting edge way has garnered global reputation, with collaborations extending to scientific researchers at prestigious establishments similar to Harvard, Yale, and Mount Sinai.Along his medical observe, Vaughn co-founded the Microvascular Analysis Basis, devoted to advancing therapies and offering hope to these suffering from lengthy COVID and vaccine accidents.
Be informed extra about their efforts right here.
