Long COVID with bedridden days; steroids helped, then sickness returned after course
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Moderate (mostly housebound)
- Ill before improving or writing
- Not stated
- Last post
- Dec 2022
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I was diagnosed with long COVID-19
In context ↗ - At worst: Moderate
I'm fine for a couple days Than bam sick for a few days like bed ridden sick
In context ↗ - Now: Relapsed
I was put on steroids they help a lot! But once there gone it's back to sick not sick
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I was diagnosed with long COVID-19
In context ↗
Read from 1 of their posts and comments; links to the one this page draws on
Summary
Glade 60778 was diagnosed with long COVID-19 and described an illness that cycled: a couple of days feeling fine, then a few days sick and bedridden. Steroids helped a lot while they were taking them, but the sickness was back once the course ended, leaving them saying they could not take it anymore. No onset date, duration or other treatments were reported.
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What they tried
What they credit
Their words about each treatment
- steroids · Helped
I was put on steroids they help a lot! But once there gone it's back to sick not sick
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 | After |
|---|---|---|
| — | diagnosed with long COVID, cycling between fine days and bedridden daysI was diagnosed with long COVID-19 I tell you what it the weirdest sickness I'm fine for a couple days Than bam sick for a few days like bed ridden sickIn context ↗ | |
| — | steroids helped a lotI was put on steroids they help a lot!In context ↗ | Corticosteroid pulses |
| 2022-12-13 | back to sick once the steroids were goneBut once there gone it's back to sick not sick I can't take it anymore!In context ↗ |
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