symptoms to as long as four months after the onset of acute infection with associated degrees of muscle weakness and even paralysis. In one very acute case, clinical resolution with seen with only 24 hours of magnesium chloride treatment. Other patients required weeks to months of magnesium chloride to realize significant, and sometimes complete, resolution of muscle paralysis.
As much of the total magnesium in the body is located inside the muscle cells, it would appear that the restoration of muscular stores of magnesium can mitigate and even reverse what is “traditionally” regarded as permanent post-polio damage.
Magnesium chloride has also been found to be a powerful anti-pathogen agent in general. Some studies have also shown magnesium to strongly support the phagocytic capacity of white blood cells.
In the current COVID pandemic, it is very important to make magnesium one of the essential nutrients to be supplemented, both for prevention as well as for treatment. But it is important that the form of magnesium is magnesium chloride, in order to provide the added antiviral effect against COVID as Dr. Neveu directed at the poliovirus. All magnesium supplements are not the same.
For example, in one test tube study, magnesium sulfate helped to protect the measles virus from being inactivated, while magnesium chloride enhanced the inactivation of the same virus.
Most supplements are promoted with the assumption that the negatively-charged anion (e.g., chloride) is inconsequential to the clinical impact of the positively-charged cation (e.g., magnesium).
The potential contributions (or downsides) of the cation and anion in any supplement should be researched as best as possible in order to make the optimal selection.
Magnesium is a vital nutrient mineral needed to be ingested in large amounts on a regular basis in order to maintain optimal health. The ability of magnesium to keep cellular levels of calcium suppressed appears to be the primary way in which body-wide good health is supported. All diseases are worsened by deficient body stores of magnesium, and even a few diseases appear to be primarily caused by such deficiency. Magnesium has been shown to have unique abilities to neutralize the toxicity of drug and poison overdoses and minimize the possibilities of sudden death from cardiac arrhythmia. It has also been shown to have a vital role in the ability of the body to defend against all pathogens, especially viruses. Magnesium chloride should prove to be a powerful agent in helping to prevent and resolve COVID infections as well.
Thomas E Levy, MD, JD
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