Let’s get this out of the way first: Long COVID is absolutely real. If you or your child is still struggling weeks or months after a COVID-19 infection—despite negative test results, normal labs, or being told “they’ll grow out of it”—you’re not imagining things. At The Spero Clinic, we’ve seen firsthand how Long COVID can completely disrupt a young person’s life. And we’ve helped many of them find their way back to health.
One of the biggest challenges in diagnosing Long COVID is that it doesn’t behave like a typical illness. There’s no clear timeline, no standard checklist of symptoms, and no single test that can confirm it. That leaves many children and teens undiagnosed—or worse, misdiagnosed with anxiety, depression, or told “it’s all in their head.”
The truth is that Long COVID is a neuro-immune condition, meaning it affects both the nervous system and the immune system. Symptoms can be vast, overlapping, and hard to quantify—especially in children who may struggle to articulate what they’re feeling.
Because Long COVID doesn’t fit neatly into one medical category, many doctors are unsure how to approach it. Most systems are still focused on acute care—not chronic, systemic, post-viral conditions. As a result, many pediatric patients are left without answers or support.
We’ve treated children who were told they’d “just have to live with it,” and we watched them walk out of our clinic in remission. Our approach goes deeper than symptom management. We focus on the central nervous system, especially the vagus nerve, to restore the body’s ability to heal from within.
We don’t question whether Long COVID is real—we treat it as the complex neuro-immune condition it is. And we treat the children suffering from it with the compassion, attention, and tailored care they deserve.
We’ve helped children who hadn’t left their beds in months walk out of our clinic smiling. We’ve seen symptoms labeled “incurable” resolve when the nervous system was supported correctly. And we’ve been approached by medical professionals seeking help for the most complex Long COVID cases—because what we do works when nothing else has.
Disclaimer: The information written on this website is designed to provide helpful information on various conditions and the subjects discussed. This website is not meant to be used to diagnose or treat any medical condition or to replace the advice of your physician(s). The author of this website does not claim to treat, diagnose or cure Long COVID, CRPS, EDS/POTS, AMPS, or any other specific condition or infection. The Spero Clinic treats the central nervous system only, often resulting in the body being able to heal itself.
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