Long COVID
Mild → much betterIll 3 years before improving or writing
Long COVID bloodshot eyes, severe anxiety, much better after stronger steroids and plugs
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 3 years
- Last post
- Sep 2025
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I got the Omicron variant of covid 3ish years ago ... 3 years later in my eyes are still red all the time
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
I'm in sales and have to meet with people and it's all I think about on every single visit
In context ↗ - Now: Much better
Got put on better sterioids and got plugs put into my eye drainage ducts to hold the moisture in. Another month later amd going great. So relieved to get rid of the redness.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I got the Omicron variant of covid 3ish years ago
Summary
After a COVID Omicron infection about three years earlier, they had bloodshot eyes for over 30 days and severe new anxiety. The redness later returned and persisted, and Lumify and moisturizing drops stopped helping. In 2025 high-strength steroid eye drops helped but redness returned after a month; stronger steroids plus punctal plugs then resolved it, and they reported going great.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- Lumify · Helped
I have been using lumify to help but it does not work nearly as well as it used to.
In context ↗ - moisturizing drops · No change
I use moisturizing drops too and they don't help.
In context ↗ - steroid eye drops · Helped
I finally saw a doctor and got put on high strength steroid drops. Worked great by redness came back after a month. Got put on better sterioids
In context ↗ - plugs in eye drainage ducts · Helped
got plugs put into my eye drainage ducts to hold the moisture in. Another month later amd going great.
In context ↗
Approaches: Other drugs and medicines
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 |
|---|---|
| 3ish years ago | Omicron infection with bloodshot eyes and severe new anxietyI got the Omicron variant of covid 3ish years ago and my eyes were bloodshot for over 30 days.In context ↗ |
| after over 30 days | Eye whiteness returned as sickness resolvedThe whiteness eventually return as I got over the sickness which included anxietyIn context ↗ |
| 2025-04-25 | Red eyes persisted; Lumify less effective3 years later in my eyes are still red all the time and I have been using lumify to help but it does not work nearly as well as it used to.In context ↗ |
| 2025-09-01 | Redness resolved with steroid drops and punctal plugsAnother month later amd going great. So relieved to get rid of the redness.In context ↗ |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Vision problems
my eyes were bloodshot for over 30 days
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
sickness which included anxiety that I had never had before
In context ↗