Long COVID with head pressure, dizziness and crashes, improved then relapsed worse
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 5 months
- Last post
- Dec 2020
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I’ve been having some very uncomfortable symptoms since getting sick 4-5 months ago (which doctors now think could have been corona).
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
Still unable to run but was feeling like I could walk outside and get up and do activities.
In context ↗ - Now: Relapsed
Now that I got sick with corona, it brought back all those painful head symptoms that I was describing...
In context ↗ - Began after: another virus
I got sick back in late January with this “flu”.
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Summary
A man in the US fell ill in late January 2020 with a flu-like illness doctors later thought might have been COVID. For months he had head pressure, dizziness, blood pooling, palpitations and next-day crashes after exertion, while scans and blood work were normal. He improved in June and July, then symptoms returned worse in August, and a positive COVID test in December brought the head symptoms and breathlessness back.
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What they tried
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Their words about each treatment
- laying somewhat flat and wrapping a band around my head · Helped
The only thing that seems to help is laying somewhat flat and wrapping a band around my head to relieve the pressure.
In context ↗ - run cold water on my eyes · Not said
forces me to run cold water on my eyes to relax my heart rate
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Their path
How ill they were on the ME/CFS severity scale, estimated from what they describe at each point, with time counted from when the illness began. Hover or tap a point. The chart starts 5 months after onset: the story doesn’t say how ill they were before that. 1 step says too little to place on the scale and is only in the table. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were |
|---|---|---|
| late January 2020 | flu-like illness, later thought possibly COVIDI got sick back in late January with this “flu”.In context ↗ | Not stated |
| June-July 2020 | a few good weeks; back at the gym and runningi started to have a few good weeks in June and July...going to the gym, running, working etc.In context ↗ | Near normal |
| August 2020 | symptoms returned worse, possibly after overexertionmaybe I overexerted myself or something was triggered, but I got the worst of these symptoms again.In context ↗ | Mild |
| December 2020 | COVID infection brought back head symptoms and breathlessnessNow that I got sick with corona, it brought back all those painful head symptoms that I was describing...In context ↗ | Mild |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Post-exertional malaise
Really Fatigued and lightheaded the next day if i over exert myself
In context ↗ - Headaches & migraine
Throbbing heavy head pressure when waking up
In context ↗ - POTS & dysautonomia
Blood pooling into my knees and legs when laying down for long periods of time
In context ↗ - Heart symptoms & palpitations
Tachycardia and heart palpitations anytime I use the bathroom
In context ↗ - Gut problems
makes me nauseous and feel like throwing up
In context ↗ - Temperature regulation
feeling extreme hot internally at random times of the day
In context ↗ - Breathlessness
I’ve been dealing with shortness of breath as well.
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