Primalta / Programmes / Long-COVID & post-viral fatigue
01 · After the virus
Long-COVID & post-viral fatigue
For people whose exercise tolerance never came back after an infection. This is the indication with the most direct clinical evidence behind it.
Post-viral fatigue can leave people unable to return to the activity levels they had before — a walk, a flight of stairs, a working day. Interval hypoxic–hyperoxic therapy is done at rest: you sit and breathe through a mask while the oxygen in the air is cycled between lower and higher concentrations, under monitoring.
A controlled pilot trial during inpatient rehabilitation measured improvements in exercise capacity and functional outcome in patients with long COVID. It is a small study, and we say so — but it is why this programme exists.
For post-viral fatigue we usually recommend the thirty-session programme over ten to twelve weeks, with repeat bloods at session fifteen and three physician reviews.
How a course works
- A sixty-minute physician assessment, including your hypoxic response, comes first
- Sessions of 40–60 minutes, sitting at rest, two to three a week
- Pulse and oxygen saturation monitored throughout every session
- Hypoxic depth reset as you adapt
Courses
- A single session — AED 300, the full 40–60 minute protocol
- The ten — AED 2,500 (AED 250 a session), two to three sessions weekly over four to five weeks
- The thirty — AED 7,000 (AED 233 a session), ten to twelve weeks, repeat bloods at session 15 and three physician reviews
The evidence
Read the study yourself.
Individual results vary. We make no claim about what the therapy will do for you specifically.
Questions
Before you book.
Is it safe if I still get breathless?
Every patient is assessed and safety-screened by a physician first, including a test of how your body responds to lower oxygen. Pulse and oxygen saturation are monitored throughout every session, and we will tell you plainly if the therapy is not appropriate for you.
Do I have to exercise during sessions?
No. Sessions are done sitting at rest, which is why the programme suits people whose exercise tolerance is still low.
How many sessions are recommended?
For post-viral fatigue we usually recommend the thirty-session programme — two to three sessions a week over ten to twelve weeks.