Long COVID chest pain and nausea after workouts, somewhat better keeping heart rate low
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 4 months
- Last post
- Jan 2021
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I had Covid in august last year
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
Up until last month I get chest pain and feel nauseous if I had a hard workout a day earlier
In context ↗ - Now: Somewhat better
now I try not to get my heart rate too high during workout and I don’t feel sick the next day
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I had Covid in august last year.
In context ↗
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Summary
Dove 73081 had COVID-19 in August 2020 and lingering symptoms. They needed extra sleep to feel normal-ish and for months had chest pain and nausea the day after hard workouts. Around December 2020 they tried not to get their heart rate too high during workouts and stopped feeling sick the next day, though they still needed more sleep.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- sleeping more · Helped
I found that I need to sleep more to feel normal-ish
In context ↗ - hard workout · Worse
I get chest pain and feel nauseous if I had a hard workout a day earlier
In context ↗ - not getting my heart rate too high during workout · Helped
now I try not to get my heart rate too high during workout and I don’t feel sick the next day
In context ↗
Approaches: Pacing · Radical rest
Their path
What they say at each step doesn’t fit the worst point or outcome above on the severity scale, so the steps are listed as they describe them. Dates are when they posted.
| When | What happened | After |
|---|---|---|
| August 2020 | COVID-19 infectionI had Covid in august last year.In context ↗ | |
| December 2020 | chest pain and nausea after hard workoutsUp until last month I get chest pain and feel nauseous if I had a hard workout a day earlier.In context ↗ | |
| January 2021 | limited workout heart rate and no longer felt sick the next daySo now I try not to get my heart rate too high during workout and I don’t feel sick the next day.In context ↗ | Pacing and the energy envelope |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Post-exertional malaise
I get chest pain and feel nauseous if I had a hard workout a day earlier.
In context ↗ - Sleep problems
I found that I need to sleep more to feel normal-ish.
In context ↗ - Heart symptoms & palpitations
I get chest pain
In context ↗
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