01/22/2021
I am not sure I will keep posting here. Obviously, I am concerned about free speech. There is NO excuse for the censorship of scientific information or opinion.
Nevertheless, the treatment of COVID illness in the USA and worldwide is in general very poor. The doctors seem to have no clue about what they are treating.
The seriousness of the illness is DIRECTLY related to iron levels in the body. Everyone with iron overload (nearly all men, all Type 2 DM, all caused by iron) and conditions that contribute to increased iron stores, e.g., not being a regular blood donor, or iron-related pathology such as Hemochromatosis, Thallasemia, etc. are going to be the most serious illness with COVID and have the highest risk of dying.
Therapeutic Phlebotomy to reduce iron and the Hematocrit are often needed early on in the illness, which is not being recognized or why. The why is the key. Iron causes the blood to thicken in several ways. First, one needs to understand the physiology of COVID illness is related to the Spike protein attaching to the Beta-Hemoglobin subunit with the release of free iron. There is no more dangerous or inflammatory substance that can be in the blood of the human than free iron (lead is more inflammatory, but it will never reach the high levels of iron).
As iron is released, it is absorbed by Fibrinogen, its binding protein, which coils and shrinks as it absorbs the iron becoming Alpha Amyloid a "prion" protein of Fibrinogen (i.e., exactly the same amino acids in a different molecular shape). Ferritin is NOT a measure of iron or its levels, period.
The acute and overwhelming release of iron from the RBCs causes a left shift in the Oxy-Hemoglobin curve to the left simulating rapid blood loss and causing a rapid release and overproduction of RBCs into the bloodstream. I have seen the Hematocrit rise to 63.5 on day two of COVID illness (normal male upper limit 50, women 46.6) in a Heterozygous H63D Hemochromatosis patient. Sadly, due to the incorrect reporting of normal values of Ferritin, most of the Hemochromatosis disease in the world is not being recognized. Hemochromatosis is 5% of the population, not 1% and Heterozygous in most cases is the same as the disease.
As the Fibrinogen (the sponge for iron in the blood) absorbs iron, it now becomes soluble Alpha Amyloid. As Alpha Amyloid further absorbs iron it further shrinks and coils and at about 40% coiling, if folds on itself and becomes insoluble Beta Amyloid which clumps and causes at least a 20% increase in blood clotting leading to stroke and cardiovascular clotting events, MI, PE, and more tissue and bloodstream clotting than I have ever seen before from any condition ever, and I managed many OB Eclamptic and pre-Eclamptic patients over the 30 years of my OB practice known to have blood clotting problems, and never was the blood as thick and clotting as much in any of those patients as I have seen with COVID illness.
A Day 10 Fibrinogen in a very ill COVID patient was 635 (normally less than 400, up to 500 laboratories upper normal). The RBC increase also increases iron in the blood which compounds the problems. Between Fibrinogen elevation and increased RBCs leading to increase thickness of the blood, these patients struggle to get oxygen to the tissues, also many of the RBC's after losing iron, do not carry oxygen which is a big problem.
The blood in these patients is like Molasses. It clots in the tubing we use repeatedly requiring dilution with normal Saline and heparin to complete most blood treatments.
Remember, the supplements I recommend everyone have on hand ready to take for viral illness are very important.
Pectasol 1 tsp 4x per day (do not wait until the illness to order this from my site, thank you for supporting my work and not Mr. Bezos, Aurorahealthandnutrition.com). This MCP product is known in over 50 scientific articles to downregulate Gal-3 a direct cancer pathway stimulated by iron. Yes, iron causes most cancer also via GAl-3 upregulation.
The heart and lungs have high levels of Gal-3 receptors, hence with the release of loads of free iron, more Cardiac and Pulmonary inflammation, edema, and potentially Fibrosis can occur with healing leading to loss of function.
It was shown that 56% of college athletes had measurable Cardiac inflammation during COVID illness on MRI scan. Two weeks later 39% still had measurable Cardiac inflammation on MRI. If these are healthy young people, the more elderly patients should expect these findings to approach nearly 100%. This specific substance has not been tested in COVID illness, however, the physiology is very apparent. And we know of no other substance that directly downregulates Gal-3.
Melatonin Max 60 mg, 1, 4x per day for a viral illness, over 100 health benefits, no side effects at any level, no downregulation of natural Melatonin production, and significant immune-stimulating properties and viral killing properties.
And Argentyn 23 Silver Hydrosol (NOT Colloidal), 1 tsp every 3-4 hours for nearly all viral infections and most bacterial infections. One has to hold it sublingual for 2-3 minutes to get it into the Lymphatics where it is needed to fight viral illnesses.
For those over 60, male, or those with iron conditions, I recommend Bolouke 2 every 6-8 hours to thin the blood. This product from Earthworms is one of the best natural blood anticlotting substances on the planet. I recommend my patients continue it two times per day for at least a month after the viral illness. I am not sure if an adult ASA is enough in these patients. We are talking about very thickened blood.
The thick blood and iron physiology is simply the reason people die from COVID illness, nearly 100% of the time. It clots the blood to an irreversible level causing tissue hypoxia and further increasing inflammation and Cytokine release, a storm caused by iron.
Please pay close attention to the above simple description of the illness. Please share with your doctor. Remember, Ferritin goes way up in these patients due to the tissue's iron saturation. Ferritin is not a measure of iron levels. We simply cannot measure iron in the human by any known test.
I saw a patient with the "Long Haul" COVID illness two days ago who could barely walk he was so weak. His O2 saturation was down to 91%. His Ferritin was over 2600, normal is less than 30. All lab values reported worldwide for Ferritin are incorrect. A perfect Ferritin in the human would be zero. After one treatment, he had over 50% of his energy return. He is now on the Pectasol 4x per day to try to reverse the Cardiac and Pulmonary chronic disease we hope. We treated him again today with notable further improvement.
I am NOT talking about the treatment of COVID illness specifically due to the potential for attacks from other ignorant doctors. However, the iron physiology we observe with COVID illness is unlike any other viral infection any of us in medicine have ever seen, and its seriousness has been largely completely unrecognized to date. There is only one Scientific article published in April 2020 suggesting reducing iron may be an important addition to the treatment of COVID illness.
Please take enough D to not be deficient, no more. D is definitely a hormone, not a vitamin. Its purpose is to regulate Calcium. It is NOT immune-stimulating, however, a deficiency is associated with immune failures.
Please do NOT take Zinc without knowing your HTMA copper level.
Ascorbic acid (not the C vitamin) is known to increase Ferritin and increase iron toxicity through the destruction of Ceruloplasmin.
And please understand, the anti-inflammatory drug, Ivermectin is a weak addition, our Ultrcure Curcumin product on my site is over 10 x stronger and it is food and has zero toxicity at any level (except rare allergic issues), except GI distress from not absorbing it if too much is taken.
The Ascorbic acid, Zinc, D hormone, A vitamin (drug), Ivermectin approach is stupidity at its best.
Blessings,
Dr. Robert Thompson
Three quarters of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 were still experiencing at least one symptom of the infection 6 months after being discharged, according to a follow-up study of 1733 patients.
