Long COVID
Moderate → no benefitIll for 3.5 years
Long COVID with breathlessness and worsening hair loss; supplements did nothing
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Moderate (mostly housebound)
- Ill for
- 3.5 years
- Last post
- Apr 2026
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
It began shortly after I had covid. ... I believe post covid/ long covid is the same as mcas
In context ↗ - At worst: Moderate
I struggled with breathing and standing for longer than 5 minutes ... I also couldnt eat for around two weeks because everything made me sick.
In context ↗ - Now: No benefit
The hair situation hasn't improved at all since then and it's getting slowly but surely worse.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
It began shortly after I had covid.
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Summary
Osprey 67325's hair loss began around September 2022, shortly after COVID. Soon after the infection they struggled to breathe and to stand for longer than five minutes, could not eat for two weeks, lost 10 kg and burped for three months. The hair loss has kept worsening, and they also have fatigue and new food sensitivities and allergies. Supplementing low vitamin D and ferritin, a high-protein diet, rosemary oil and a dermaroller did nothing.
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What they tried
Also tried
vitamin D supplement· No changesupplement for low ferritin· No changehigh-protein diet· No changestaying hydrated· No changerosemary oil· No changedermaroller· No changeTrichosense supplements· Not said
Their words about each treatment
- vitamin D supplement · No change
Unfortunately none of this has made any difference at all so far.
In context ↗ - rosemary oil · No change
have been using rosemary oil and used a dermaroller consistently for three months
In context ↗ - Trichosense supplements · Not said
sold me three overpriced supplements (all Trichosense)
In context ↗
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 | Where they were |
|---|---|---|
| September 2022 | hair loss began shortly after a COVID infectionI'm really struggling with ongoing hair loss that started around September 2022. It began shortly after I had covid.In context ↗ | Not stated |
| about two weeks after the covid infection | breathing and standing trouble, could not eat for two weeks, hair fell out in clumpsI struggled with breathing and standing for longer than 5 minutes ... I also couldnt eat for around two weeks because everything made me sick.In context ↗ | Moderate |
| April 2026 | hair loss still worsening, ongoing fatigue and new food sensitivities and allergiesThe hair situation hasn't improved at all since then and it's getting slowly but surely worse.In context ↗ | Not stated |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Hair loss
The hair situation hasn't improved at all since then and it's getting slowly but surely worse.
In context ↗ - Breathlessness
I struggled with breathing and standing for longer than 5 minutes
In context ↗ - POTS & dysautonomia
I struggled with breathing and standing for longer than 5 minutes and my arms turned grey and hurt when I raised them for too long
In context ↗ - Mast cell (MCAS) & allergies
I also have fatigue and food senitivities and allergies I never had before
In context ↗