Long COVID chest pain and spasms improved on breathing exercises, then relapsed
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill before improving or writing
- 15 months
- Last post
- Jun 2023
In their words
- Now: Relapsed
After starting gabapentin I felt good for a week (only central chest stiffness bothered me) until I ate vegan spaghetti that was left out for 10 hours. The next morning I started feeling like shit again, chest pain came back, spasms increased
In context ↗
Read from 9 of their posts and comments; links to the 4 this page draws on
Summary
After COVID-19 they developed long COVID with chest and back pain, muscle spasms and myocarditis, and saw dozens of doctors without help. A Chinese medicine doctor's breathing exercises largely cleared a burning chest pain, though acupuncture and cupping did not help; sessions cost about 120 euros each. Gabapentin gave a good week, then food poisoning brought the chest pain and spasms back.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- acupuncture · No change
I've been doing acupuncture for many weeks but mostly for my chest. I don't feel it's helping
In context ↗ - Chinese cup and heat treatments · No change
I don't think her accupuncture and Chinese cup and heat treatments have helped.
In context ↗ - breathing exercises · Helped
her breathing exercises mostly got rid of one type of chest pain I had - burning chest pain
In context ↗ - diet suggestions · Helped
She also had great suggestions for diet which I think helped with possible acid reflux/GERD symptoms.
In context ↗ - gabapentin · Helped
After starting gabapentin I felt good for a week (only central chest stiffness bothered me) until I ate vegan spaghetti that was left out for 10 hours.
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Approaches: Other drugs and medicines
Their path
They say too little about how ill they were at each step to draw it on the severity scale, so the steps are listed as they describe them. Dates are when they posted.
| When | What happened |
|---|---|
| 2023-04-07 | Breathing exercises from a Chinese medicine doctor cleared burning chest painher breathing exercises mostly got rid of one type of chest pain I had - burning chest painIn context ↗ |
| 2023-06-24 | Felt good for a week on gabapentin, only central chest stiffness leftAfter starting gabapentin I felt good for a week (only central chest stiffness bothered me)In context ↗ |
| 2023-06-24 | Symptoms returned after food poisoning from spaghetti left out overnightThe next morning I started feeling like shit again, chest pain came back, spasms increasedIn context ↗ |
| 2023-06-24 | Still unwell with chest pain, spasms and abdominal pain; cardiologists disagree about myocarditis damagefeeling not well again, burning back and abdominal side pain, sharp pains in abdomenIn context ↗ |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Heart symptoms & palpitations
The next morning I started feeling like shit again, chest pain came back
In context ↗ - Pain & fibromyalgia
to help with my chest pain, back pain, and muscle spasms
In context ↗ - Gut problems
She also had great suggestions for diet which I think helped with possible acid reflux/GERD symptoms
In context ↗
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