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An Osteopathic Perspective on COVID-19: Is There a Missing Link to Treatment?

Journal: The AAO Journal Date: 2020/09, 30(3):Pages: 7-13, type of study: article

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Keywords:

osteopathic manipulative treatment [2973]
OMT [2951]
article [2076]
Covid-19 [76]
pulmonary diseases [1]
pandemic [28]
lymphatic system [40]

Abstract:

As the COVID-19 pandemic progressed across the globe, clinical reports and autopsies on patient deaths proved that the pulmonary complications were the result of an acute respiratory distress syndrome caused by an excessive inflammatory response; a cytokine storm. Through literature research and review it has become apparent to the author that the lymphatic system is a vital, somewhat overlooked, missing link in the treatment of COVID-19 pulmonary infection. The major challenges the whole world is facing now have been a shortage of supplies such as PPE, or personal protective equipment, and intensive care facilities to treat the overwhelming numbers of COVID-19 cases, in under-developed countries as well as developed countries. Osteopathic manipulative medicine (OMM) and osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) have been proven, for over a century, to be very effective in the treatment of pulmonary diseases and previous pandemics. Osteopathic professionals must challenge the present paradigm of modern medicine which, only too often, relies less on the body’s own capacity to regulate itself, to compensate, and to heal, and more on outside intervention such as medications and vaccinations. Osteopathic physicians are needed to step forward and discuss, explain, teach and train the importance of the lymphatic system as a major component of the circulatory as well as the immune system which plays a vital, pivotal, role in fighting diseases such as the COVID-19 coronavirus. A “viral infection protocol” (VIP), as discussed in this article, needs to be promoted as a mainstream adjunct, along with all of the other modalities of modern medicine, to health professionals and the public, in the event that the health care systems are overwhelmed. The VIP treatment is easy to train and to certify practitioners, with proven results in other pulmonary infections and epidemics. It may prove invaluable in preventing clinical deterioration of masses of patients, who then would require more expensive, less available, and more dangerous technological interventions.


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