Mysterious Ailment, Mysterious Relief: Vaccines Help Some COVID Long-Haulers

Summary

The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, two doses, is credited with turning around long COVID that had lasted nearly a year. Before vaccination she had headaches, shortness of breath, extreme fatigue and loss of smell, and said she felt like she had aged 20 years. A few days after her second dose her energy returned, breathing eased and her sense of smell came back. She called it the closest she had felt to her pre-COVID self and said it was like being a new person. The account does not report whether the improvement lasted beyond the period described or required further doses.

Symptoms mentioned

Symptoms: Breathlessness, Headaches & migraine, Loss of smell or taste, Pain & fibromyalgia.