Long COVID breathlessness and fatigue, now much improved; famotidine cleared reflux
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 3 months
- Last post
- Feb 2022
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
In sep of 2021 i got covid and 2 weeks later i developed what i’ve been told is long covid.
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
I don’t smoke often only occasionally with friends as my long covid issues have made it harder.
In context ↗ - Now: Near normal
luckily these past 2 months my long covid has gotten wayyy better
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
In sep of 2021 i got covid and 2 weeks later i developed what i've been told is long covid.
In context ↗
Read from 6 of their posts and comments; links to the 4 this page draws on
Summary
A 16-year-old male got COVID in September 2021 and developed long COVID two weeks later, with chest and joint pain, breathlessness, reflux and fatigue. Symptoms peaked in late 2021 and then eased; by February 2022 he said his long COVID had improved a lot. Daily famotidine cleared his reflux, which returned when he forgot or ran out of it, and he still had nausea and body pain in February 2022.
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What they tried
Their words about each treatment
- pepcid · Helped
i’m on pepcid as well, it’s helped me a lot! pretty much rids me of symptoms as long as i take it everyday.
In context ↗ - weed · Worse
outside of smoking itself making my chest pains worse the effects of weed in general puts pressure like feeling in my ears and jaw
In context ↗ - pepto · Not said
i’ve also taken pepto, famotidine, and tylenol
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Their path
How ill they were on the ME/CFS severity scale, estimated from what they describe at each point, with time counted from when the illness began. Hover or tap a point. The chart starts 1 month after onset: the story doesn’t say how ill they were before that. 1 step says too little to place on the scale and is only in the table. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were |
|---|---|---|
| September 2021 | got COVID, long COVID symptoms two weeks laterIn sep of 2021 i got covid and 2 weeks later i developed what i've been told is long covid.In context ↗ | Not stated |
| late 2021 | peak of long haul symptomsat the peak of my long haul symptoms i had chest pains in several places in several different waysIn context ↗ | Mild |
| 2021-12-27 | long haul symptoms less severe, felt normal enough to smoke againmy long haul symptoms have gotten less severe and i feel normal enough to do soIn context ↗ | Mild |
| 2022-02-23 | long covid much better over the past two months, still reflux and nauseathese past 2 months my long covid has gotten wayyy betterIn context ↗ | Near normal |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Heart symptoms & palpitations
at the peak of my long haul symptoms i had chest pains in several places in several different ways
In context ↗ - Breathlessness
i did have shortness of breath
In context ↗ - Pain & fibromyalgia
have had pain in my neck, back, side, and upper ribs
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
my health anxiety is getting the best of me
In context ↗ - POTS & dysautonomia
it'll feel like my blood pressure is drastically low as if i'm slowly on the verge of passing out
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