- Some two million Britons are believed to be suffering from long Covid symptoms
- Using microcurrent therapy can help long Covid patients feel less fatigued
A battery-powered gadget first used in veterinary medicine can help ease some of the worst symptoms of long Covid, a study has shown.
The Arc4Health armband is the size and shape of a TV remote and sits in a velcro cuff – similar to a blood pressure monitor – that is then strapped around a leg or arm.
Known as microcurrent therapy, it emits a weak electric current into the skin, and 53 per cent of long Covid patients who wore it for three hours a day, across three months, said they felt less fatigued.
Other symptoms of the condition, such as breathlessness and altered senses of smell and taste, also improved, the research found.
Fifty-four Arc4Health users with long Covid – which affects about two million Britons – answered a survey about their symptoms at the start of the study. Fatigue was the most commonly reported problem, as well as the most reduced at the end of the 12-week investigation.
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