Long COVID with severe cough, wheeze and chest tightness, now near normal after time
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 15 months
- Last post
- Mar 2026
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I would consider myself pretty much healed from long covid besides now having asthma
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
I would wheeze and cough occasionally but it was manageable
In context ↗ - Now: Near normal
I would consider myself pretty much healed from long covid besides now having asthma, its normally not too bothersome except when I have the flu/a cold.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
we got it at the same time last April, we both recovered within a week but after I developed a severe cough and wheeze
In context ↗
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Summary
A woman in her early twenties developed long COVID in April 2022, with a severe cough, wheeze and chest tightness that flared and at times made her feel she could hardly breathe; a chest X-ray was normal. A Symbicort inhaler helped while she used it. She improved after about 15 months, crediting time, and by 2026 was healed apart from asthma that flares with colds; one winter illness turned out to be pneumonia.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- Symbicort puffer · Helped
I was on Symbicort inhaler and that helped.
In context ↗ - edibles · No change
I've tried edibles but it's just not the same, they don't work well for me
In context ↗ - bong hit (smoking weed) · Worse
When I do occasionally take a bong hit it doesn't necessarily make my symptoms worse right away but the next day I definitely have more mucus and a little more wheezing
In context ↗ - time · Helped a lot
It took over a year for me but I think it just takes time.
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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. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2022 | COVID-19, then a severe cough and wheezewe got it at the same time last April, we both recovered within a week but after I developed a severe cough and wheezeIn context ↗ | Mild | |
| around November 2022 | came off the Symbicort puffer and felt better for about a monthI came off of it 3 months ago and felt better for about a month! Not perfect, I would wheeze and cough occasionally but it was manageable.In context ↗ | Mild | |
| February 2023 | flare of coughing fits at night and chest tightnessRecently things just flared up, coughing fits at night, chest tightness and feeling like I couldn't breathe.In context ↗ | Mild | |
| around July 2023 | started to feel better and stopped needing the pufferabout 3 months ago I started to feel better ... I don't want to jinx it but I feel 100% betterIn context ↗ | Near normal | Time and spontaneous remission |
| March 2026 | healed apart from asthma that flares with coldsI would consider myself pretty much healed from long covid besides now having asthma, its normally not too bothersome except when I have the flu/a cold.In context ↗ | Near normal |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Breathlessness
coughing fits at night, chest tightness and feeling like I couldn't breathe
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