S Sheeba1*, M Murugan2 and AS Suman Sankar3
1 Research Scholar, Department of Organon of Medicine, Sarada Krishna Homoeopathic Medical College India
2 Department of Organon of Medicine, Sarada Krishna Homoeopathic Medical College, India
3 Department of Repertory, Sarada Krishna Homoeopathic Medical College, India
*Corresponding author: Sheeba S, Research Scholar, Department of Organon of Medicine, Sarada Krishna Homoeopathic Medical College, Kulasekharam, Kanniyakumari District, Tamil Nadu, India
Submission: January 07, 2026; Published: February 05, 2026
Volume2 Issue2 February 05, 2026
COVID-19 had a major impact on the world stage. COVID-19 has long-lasting effects on a small percentage of people globally, even though most of its victims recover in a few weeks these effects might persist for a few weeks or for several months. This page covers all aspects of COVID-19 side effects and highlights how homeopathy can help with them. This study focuses on several articles that highlight research on different post-Covid problems. Numerous papers that highlight the research on different post-Covid problems and the function of homeopathic remedies are the topic of this review. Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 is the mechanism by which the severe acute respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infects host cells and causes COVID-19. Despite the fact that 80% of infections are minor or asymptomatic, people with moderate to severe COVID-19 experience a variety of symptoms, such as neurological, vascular and respiratory issues. The post-COVID situation of those who have recovered from the virus in terms of their physical, mental and sociocultural well-being poses a threat to the future of the planet, despite the encouraging fact that the number of recovered individuals exceeds the number of deaths. The postrecovery time and long-term consequences of COVID-19 are mostly unknown. Due to the fact that it has only been researched briefly and the concepts are currently in a state of flux. Using information from many study papers and the body of existing literature, this attempt aims to determine the extent and constraints of homoeopathy in post-COVID syndrome spans.
Keywords:Covid-19; Homoeopathy; Literature; Respiratory; Sars-CoV-2
In December 2019, clusters of atypical pneumonia were reported in Wuhan, China, and were later identified as being caused by a novel coronavirus, now known as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). The disease caused by this virus was named Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and rapidly progressed into a global pandemic. The novel coronavirus was named severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARSCoV- 2, 2019-nCoV) because of its high similarity (80%) to SARS-CoV, which caused Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) and high mortality during 2002-2003 [1]. It was believed that a zoonotic transmission connected to a seafood market in Wuhan, China, was the first source of SARS-CoV-2. In the subsequent outbreak, it was eventually found that personto- person transmission had a major role [2]. The sickness caused by this virus was named Coronavirus Disease 19 and a pandemic was declared.
Pathogenesis
Coronaviruses are positive single-stranded, enclosed, big RNA viruses that not only infect humans but a variety of other animals as well. Tyrell and Bynoe, who collected the viruses from people with common colds, published the first description of coronaviruses in 1966 [3]. They were given the name “coronaviruses” (Latin: corona=crown) based on their morphology, which consisted of spherical virions with a core shell and surface projections resembling a solar corona. Alpha, beta, gamma and delta coronaviruses are the four subfamilies that make up this virus family. Gamma and delta viruses appear to have a different origin than alpha and beta coronaviruses, which are thought to have come from mammals, particularly bats. The beta- coronaviruses, one of the seven coronavirus subtypes that can infect people, can result in serious illness and even death, whereas the alpha-coronaviruses can produce asymptomatic or infections with quite minor symptoms. SARS-CoV2 is closely linked to SARS-CoV viruses [4,5] and the B lineage of beta-coronaviruses. The Membrane Glycoprotein (M), Small Membrane Protein (SM), Spike Protein (S) and Membrane Glycoprotein (M) are the four major structural genes, with an extra membrane Glycoprotein (HE) present in the HCoV-OC43 and HKU1 beta-coronaviruses [6].
Symptomatology
The most prevalent clinical symptoms in people with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) include fever, coughing, shortness of breath and other respiratory problems in addition to other non-specific symptoms such headache, dyspnea, fatigue and muscle pain [7,8]. In contrast to 81.3% of COVID-19 patients, 98-100% of SARS or MERS patients experienced fever [9]. Despite the fact that patients first experience a fever and/or respiratory symptoms, different degrees of lung abnormalities eventually emerge in all patients and these can be seen on chest CT (CT) [10]. Although diarrhea is present in approximately 20-25% of patients infected with MERS-Cov or SARS-Cov, intestinal symptoms have rarely been reported in patients with COVID-19 [11]. After more than two weeks, the lesions are gradually absorbed with residual frosted glass opacities and sub pleural parenchymal bands. In these patients who have recovered from COVID-19 pneumonia [12]. Furthermore, bilateral pneumonia and pleural effusion occurred more frequently in refractory individuals [13].
Those who have contracted the COVID-19 virus are reporting a variety of symptoms. Symptoms persist for weeks or months after the COVID-19 disease has subsided. The term “post-COVID-19 syndrome” or “long COVID” is used to describe these symptoms. This syndrome is characterized by COVID-19 illness-like symptoms or by hangovers from treatment and hospitalization. These symptoms are being reported by many individuals with minor symptoms as well as asymptomatic patients, in addition to those with severe COVID- 19 sickness. The symptoms of post-COVID-19 syndrome range from minor ones like fatigue, fever and headache to more serious ones like autoimmune illnesses or multisystem inflammatory syndrome [14].
Post-Covid-19 syndrome clinical manifestations
Covid-19/long covid subacute: Long COVID or sub-acute COVID-19 is a term used to describe people who exhibit varied combinations of the following symptoms from week 4 to week 12 following their initial COVID-19 infection. The following are the long COVID-19 symptoms are extreme exhaustion, lack of appetite, mental dullness, trouble focusing, anxiety and depression, lack of sleep, headache, fever, loss of smell and taste, chest discomfort, joint pain, muscular pain, palpitations, coughing, dyspnea or shortness of breath, vertigo or dizziness, especially when standing [15].
Dyspnea
The Mount Sinai Hospital did a cross-sectional observational study titled “Post-acute COVID-19 syndrome severely impairs health and wellbeing despite. Dyspnea is discovered to be a common sign of acute COVID 19 infection, even in cases of less severe acute infection. In 60% of patients after COVID, it remained. According to this study, 87.4% of patients who had recovered from COVID19 reported that at least one symptom, particularly fatigue and dyspnea, persisted in their cases [16,17]. After recovering from COVID-19, out of 100 patients, 78 in an observational cohort study participants had abnormal cardiovascular MRI results (median, 71 days after diagnosis) and 36 of them complained dyspnea and unusual exhaustion [18]. According to recent research, COVID-19 primarily affects the lung, which exhibits pathologies like diffuse alveolar epithelium destruction, capillary damage/bleeding, hyaline membrane formation, alveolar septal fibrous proliferation and pulmonary consolidation in survivors who have been discharged from the hospital [19,20]. Treatment for interstitial lung disease frequently focuses on reducing inflammation because it can cause fibrosis in some types of the condition [21]. The inflammatory and hyper coagulable status of COVID-19 is associated with an elevated risk of thromboembolic events. Pulmonary fibrosis and pulmonary embolism must therefore be taken into account in post-COVID dyspnea [22].
Persistent cough
One of the most prevalent early symptoms of COVID-19, reported by 60-70% of symptomatic patients, is a dry cough [23,24]. Online polls have revealed that 20-30% of persons continue to have a dry cough 2-3 months after contracting COVID-19, according to a study published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine [25-27]. The reflexive act of coughing happens when peripheral sensory nerves are activated and enter the vague nerves, which then send signals to the brainstem’s solitary nucleus and spinal trigeminal nucleus [28]. There is a chance that SARS-CoV-2 will infect the sensory nerves that control coughing, causing neuro inflammation and neuro immune interactions as causes of cough hypersensitivity [29].
Fatigue
An individual’s ability to perform to their normal capacity is hampered by fatigue, which is defined as “a subjective, unpleasant symptom that encompasses complete body emotions ranging from tiredness to exhaustion generating a relentless overall condition.” 3 Patients experience exhaustion as both physical and mental, including weakening of memory, trouble concentrating and problems with cognitive skills. Physical fatigue is the inability to execute physical activities as effectively as one used to before develop COVID [30]. What needs to be taken into account is the fact that exhaustion persisted for months following the initial virus attack. Chronic fatigue is defined as weariness that lasts longer than six months. Persistent fatigue is a common feature of long COVID and has a variety of underlying causes [31].
Autoimmunity
Autoimmunity has emerged as a characteristic of the Post-Covid Syndrome (PCS), which may be related to sex. Acute COVID-19 has been linked to the discovery of new-onset autoantibodies [32] and latent Poly Autoimmunity (PolyA) may have an impact on hospitalized patients’ prognoses [33]. The final analysis showed 116IgG and 104IgM antibodies. Thyroglobulin IgG autoantibodies were present in more than 10% of the individuals. In between 5% and 10% of the patients, there were additional anti-cytokine IgG autoantibodies. IgM positivity was often low. Latent autoimmunity, which is defined as having just one IgG autoantibody and PolyA, which is defined as having two or more IgG autoantibodies, were discovered in 83% and 62% of patients, respectively. In >85% of patients, anti-SARSCoV-2 IgG antibodies were discovered. IgG anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies were linked with age and BMI. PCS is characterized by autoimmune and latent autoimmunity is associated with humoral response to SARS-CoV-2 [34].
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), an independent sequela of any traumatic incident, is the most anticipated and diagnosed condition of great public health concern as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic [35]. Numerous traumatic events that occurred during the pandemic, such as the psychological trauma of quarantine and isolation, the loss of loved ones, the morbid fear of contracting COVID-19, the stress of financial burden due to loss of employment coupled with fear of the future, domestic violence & sexual abuse in women due to home arrest during lockdowns and fear of social stigma, resulted in PTSD manifestations [36]. The incidence of PTSD was estimated to be 28.2% in a few recent surveys carried out during the first and second phases of the pandemic [37-39], confirming the prevalence reported by the studies done. One in four people subjected to a traumatic incident (natural or man-made) at some time in their lives have PTSD, which has a global frequency of 12-15% [40]. A recent systematic review conducted during the pandemic also confirmed the same [41]. It was found in a previous meta-analysis and a recent review that 17-44% of critical illness survivors, especially those who needed hospitalization or ICU care, reported clinically significant PTSD symptoms [42]. The cases were evaluated every three months for the CAPS-5 score and evaluated monthly for clinical progress. After six months, the outcome was evaluated clinically and objectively using the CAPS-5 score [43].
Mucormycosis
A rare but serious fungal infection known as Mucormycosis (formerly known as zygomycosis) is brought on by a class of molds called mucoromycetes. It is a potentially fatal illness that mostly affects immuno-compromised people, especially those with diabetes mellitus, haematological cancer, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and solid organ transplantation [44]. Particularly in critically immunocompromised patients who are subjected to invasive emergency procedures like mechanical ventilation, Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT), Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO), insufficient nursing ratios, prolonged hospital stays and breaches in asepsis, these events cause secondary bacterial and fungal infections [45]. Multiple cranial nerve palsies, unilateral periorbital facial pain, edema of the eyelids, orbital inflammation, blepharoptosis, proptosis, acute ocular motility changes, internal or external ophthalmoplegia, headache and acute vision loss are signs and symptoms suggestive of Mucormycosis in susceptible individuals [46]. It is not possible to diagnose Mucormycosis using circulating antigen detection tests, which are comparable to galactomannan detection for invasive aspergillus’s. Because of this, diagnosis requires a biopsy of samples from clinically afflicted locations [47].
Hyperglycemia
Early research found that a group of COVID-19 people without a history of diabetes or a diagnosis of it had a greater prevalence of hyperglycemia. With a number of acute diseases and viral infections, the occurrence of moreover, new-onset diabetes following hospitalization has been recorded in the past [48]. It is unknown whether or not this diabetes will persist because there has been a limited amount of long-term follow-up on these patients. Because the exact mechanism and epidemiology of new-onset diabetes connected to COVID-19 are unknown, it is difficult to give care options for those who have the illness [49]. It has been found that, on the one hand, diabetes patients are more likely to experience a severe Covid-19 sickness and on the other hand, it has been noted that severe metabolic consequences of pre-existing diabetes, such as diabetic ketoacidosis and hyperosmolarity, require extraordinarily high doses of insulin in Covid-19-infected persons [50]. Moreover, compared to people with normal glucose levels, individuals with hyperglycemia had significantly bigger neutrophils, D-dimers and inflammatory markers [51]. Diabetes Warning Symptoms include Frequent urination, which may involve getting up in the middle of the night to go to the restroom or occurring more frequently during the day [52]. Although weariness is a common symptom, it can be difficult to differentiate between COVID-19 cases because most patients continue to experience it for a long period after their acute illness [53]. In clinical variations of type 2 diabetes [54,55]. The Pre-existing Diabetes with COVID-19 infection that is wellknown during the COVID-19 infection, undiagnosed diabetes was discovered with pre-diabetes that developed into type 2 diabetes as a result of stress with complication 0f systemic illness or COVID-19 infection. Stress-and hormone-induced hyperglycemia WITH COVID-19-related new-onset diabetes mellitus.
Hematological complication
Micro and microvascular thrombotic problems have become frequent clinical sequelae of the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in critically unwell and hospitalized patients [56,57] Although less common than venous thrombosis, the risk of pulmonary microvascular thrombosis and arterial thrombotic events (infarction, stroke, limb ischemia) is also elevated (up to 17% in a recent meta-analysis) 13-17. An immuno thrombotic condition known as COVID-19-Induced Coagulopathy (CIC) that appears to be more pro thrombotic than haemorrhagica [58]. In terms of pathogenesis, SARS-CoV-2 directly infects vascular endothelial cells and creates a favorable environment for immune cell migration and aggregation by inhibiting ACE-2 receptor activation and accumulating angiotensin II. 30,31 Endothelial damage, the production of pro-inflammatory and pro coagulant cytokines and the activation of the coagulation cascade all contribute to altered thrombin generation and hemostatic environment [59]. After the acute stage of the disease, it has been hypothesized that low-grade endothelial activation, together with subsequent downstream signaling of pro thrombotic pathways and lowlevel inflammation, may continue [60]. Whilst it is uncertain how long the hyper inflammatory state lasts, it is likely related to the severity and duration of the post-acute COVID-19 phase thrombotic complications risk. Long-term COVID-19 autoimmunity may also include B cells [61].
In one hospitalized cohort, antiphospholipid antibodies were found in 52% of patients (anti-phosphatidylserine/prothrombin IgG in 24%, anti-phosphatidylserine/prothrombin IgG in 18% and anti-cardio lipid IgM in 23%). There was a correlation between higher neutrophil activity and worse outcomes [60]. According to a recent study, SARS-CoV-2 can potentially disrupt the differentiation of hematopoietic stem cells, resulting in acute anemia of inflammation, thrombocytopenia and thrombosis. The cumulative incidence of thrombosis (segmental pulmonary embolism, intra cardiac thrombus, ischemic stroke and VTE) at 30 days was 2.5% in a single-center retrospective report of 163 patients who did not receive thrombin prophylaxis post discharge, 0.6% for VTE alone (median time to event: 23 days) and 3.7% for hemorrhage [62]. Four examples of catastrophic massive artery thrombose were documented by fet al.44. The patients had asymptomatic SARSCoV- 2 infection, were young, and had no known cardiovascular risk factors. There was a long latency (median time 78 days from seroconversion) between the positive serology and the incident. Three individuals suffered from large-vessel ischemic strokes, myocardial infarction and acute limb ischemia brought on by aortic emboli. All patients also exhibited a hyper-coagulable state, which was shown by considerably elevated levels of factor VIII, von Will brand factor antigen, D-dimer levels and hyperfibrinogenemia. The severity of the COVID-19 infection (ICU stay, length of hospital stays), as well as the usual risk factors for thrombosis and unfavorable outcomes, are linked to the probability of thrombotic problems in the post-acute context [63]. Although it occurs infrequently, autoimmunity Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP) has been identified as a COVID-19 late manifestation. Immune system dysregulation, molecular mimicry, epitope dissemination and susceptibility mutations in SOCS 1 are potential pathways driving SARS-CoV-2-mediated immunological thrombocytopenia. In the post-acute phase, between 3 and 4 weeks after the onset of COVID-19 symptoms, delayed-onset ITP has been documented. In a sizable cohort of 271 hospitalized COVID-19 patients in China, Chenet et al. observed that 11.8% of patients had delayed-phase thrombocytopenia with a presumed immunological etiology [64].
SIRT1 molecular mechanism
Sirtuin-1 (SIRT1) is a NAD⁺-dependent deacetylase that regulates key cellular processes including inflammation, oxidative stress, mitochondrial biogenesis and cellular survival by de acetylating transcription factors and histones. SIRT1 suppresses pro-inflammatory signaling primarily by de acetylating the p65 subunit of NF-κB, thereby reducing the transcription of cytokines such as IL-6, TNF-α and IL-1β and attenuating chronic inflammation. SIRT1 also activates metabolic and stress-response regulators like PGC-1α and FOXO proteins, promoting mitochondrial function and resilience against oxidative damage. Under oxidative stress, NAD⁺ depletion diminishes SIRT1 activity, leading to increased NF-κB activation, cellular senescence and endothelial dysfunction, which are relevant to the pathogenesis of chronic lung and systemic disease. Nutritional and pharmacological activators of SIRT1 (e.g., polyphenols) have been proposed to restore its activity, thereby improving inflammatory regulation and cellular metabolism in post-infectious and aging-related conditions [65].
Post-COVID Syndrome (PCS) has emerged as a significant global health concern, characterized by persistent multi-system symptoms that extend beyond the acute phase of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Respiratory compromise, chronic fatigue, neurocognitive disturbances, metabolic imbalance, thrombo-inflammatory tendencies and autoimmune manifestations collectively contribute to long-term morbidity and reduced quality of life. Despite increasing clinical recognition, the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms remain incompletely understood and definitive therapeutic strategies are still evolving. Recent scientific discussions highlight the role of immune dysregulation, endothelial dysfunction, mitochondrial stress and altered cellular repair pathways in PCS. In this context, molecular regulators such as Sirtuin-1 (SIRT1) have gained attention due to their involvement in inflammation control, metabolic balance and cellular resilience. Impaired SIRT1 activity may represent one of the biological links between viral injury and chronic post-infectious sequelae, opening avenues for integrative and supportive therapeutic approaches. From a homoeopathic perspective, PCS represents a dynamic and individualized postinfectious state rather than a uniform disease entity. The principles of individualization, totality of symptoms and holistic patient assessment may offer supportive value in addressing the diverse and fluctuating symptom patterns observed in PCS. While emerging clinical observations suggest potential benefits, rigorous, welldesigned clinical studies are required to establish evidence-based roles, clarify mechanisms and define therapeutic boundaries. In summary, post-COVID syndrome demands a multidisciplinary and patient-centred approach. Integrating evolving biomedical insights with individualized therapeutic models may contribute to improved long-term recovery, provided that future research continues to emphasize scientific validation, safety and clinical relevance.
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