Infectious Disease Professor: How I Recovered from Long Covid | Dr. Paul Garner @RaelanAgle
Infectious Disease Professor: How I Recovered from Long Covid | Dr. Paul Garner  @RaelanAgle
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Paul Garner is Professor emeritus in evidence-based public health in infectious diseases. A medic, he trained in London, he worked in Papua New Guinea; then to the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and then the Liverpool School. He is recognised globally for his work in evidence synthesis and guideline development in infectious diseases, and is a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher in 2013, 2014, and 2015 reflecting the quality and impact of his work.

Paul developed the post-COVID-19 condition. He recovered through a biopsychosocial approaches. An eternal optimist, he believes long covid will open the minds of professional and the public alike to a broader understanding of health and illness.

RESOURCES MENTIONED

πŸ“Œ Nuffield - nuffieldhealth.com/about-us/our-impact/healthy-life/covid-19-rehabilitation-programme

πŸ“Œ Recovery Norway (recovery stories) – recoverynorway.org

πŸ“Œ The Collaborative on Fatigue and related symptoms Following Infection (COFFI) - coffi-collaborative.com

πŸ“Œ The patient-researcher videos - youtube.com/@FatigueScienceTalks

πŸ“Œ The Norwegian Brief Outpatient Rehabilitation Programme - youtu.be/R6diiifcSQs?si=hGGTiPShFmKZFibR

πŸ“Œ 8 core points to help understand chronic fatigue conditions – tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02813432.2023.2235609

πŸ“’ The Yellow wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman illustrates attitudes towards the
mental and physical health of women in the 19th century – nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/theliteratureofprescription/exhibitionAssets/digitalDocs/The-Yellow-Wall-Paper.pdf

πŸ‘‰ Two articles illustrating we have known about the illness and the science for years:

πŸ“Œ Ader R, Cohen N. Behaviorally conditioned immunosuppression. Psychosom
Med. 1975;37(4):333-40.
πŸ“Œ Hurry J. The vicious circles of neurasthenia and their treatment. London: J &
A Churchill; 1915.

πŸ“„ NICE Guideline NG206 – nice.org.uk/guidance/ng206

πŸ“– Criticisms of NICE Guideline - simonwessely.com/Downloads/Publications/CFS/2023_white_a.pdf

πŸ“– New NICE guideline: More ideology than science? - researchgate.net/publication/358532478_New_NICE_guideline_on_chronic_fatigue_syndrome_more_ideology_than_science#fullTextFileContent

πŸ“– Anomalies in the review process - simonwessely.com/Downloads/Publications/CFS/2023_white_a.pdf

πŸ“— PACE Trial – thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(11)60096-2/fulltext

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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 🌟 Meet Professor emeritus Paul Garner
01:52 🧭 Long Covid Without a Roadmap
05:17 πŸ” The Moment He Realized: β€œThis is Me”
06:21 πŸ“ž WHO Call, Fear Spike, Sudden Collapse
06:46 😡 Severe Fatigue, Brain Fog, Speech Issues
09:12 πŸ‹οΈ HIIT at 12 Weeks β†’ Big Crash
12:50 🌱 A Recovered ME/CFS Patient Changes Everything
14:28 🍰 β€œIt Was the Cake” (Really?)
17:58 ✨ Neuroplasticity Flip: Safety & Hope
19:50 🚴 Immediate Gains He Experienced
23:21 πŸ” Rewiring Through Graded Exposure
24:41 ⚠️ The Unconscious Trigger
26:42 βœ… What Worked for Dr. Paul
33:30 πŸ“š The PACE Trial Controversy
34:46 🧾 NICE Guideline Critique
52:18 🧭 How to Move Forward in Recovery

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REMINDER: This is for information purposes only and nothing I share should be considered medical advice. Please make your own assessment, do your own further research, and consult your trusted healthcare professionals before deciding if anything I talk about here might be right for you.

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