Long covid patients travel abroad for expensive and experimental “blood washing”
Madlen Davies
Abstract
Patients with long covid are travelling to private clinics in Cyprus, Germany, and Switzerland for blood filtering apheresis and anticoagulation drugs. Experts question whether these invasive treatments should be offered without sufficient evidence. <b>Madlen Davies</b> reports
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)ApheresisMedicineCoronavirus InfectionsIntensive care medicineFamily medicineVirologyImmunologyPathologyOutbreakInfectious disease (medical specialty)DiseasePlateletLong-Term Effects of COVID-19Travel-related health issuesThermal Regulation in Medicine