Long COVID
No benefit
Long COVID sinus and throat symptoms, still no relief from steroids or antihistamines
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill for
- Not stated
- Last post
- Nov 2022
In their words
- Now: No benefit
No change so far.
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Read from 7 of their posts and comments; links to the 6 this page draws on
Summary
A person caught COVID in mid-2022 and was still ill six months later. They had sinus and throat trouble: thick gluey mucus, constant throat clearing, post-nasal drip and trouble swallowing, plus a sore neck. Steroids, antibiotics, sprays, antihistamines, neti-pot and a humidifier gave no relief. The symptoms left them scared and having panic attacks; no recovery was reported.
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What they tried
Also tried
prednisone· No changesteroids· No changeantibiotics· No changechlortrimeton· No changeFlonase· No changesimilar nasal spray product· No changegaviscon· No changehead of bed elevated· No changeno carbonation or alcohol· No changeantihistamine· Worseyoga swing (hanging upside down)· Not said
Their words about each treatment
- prednisone · No change
I just did five day course of 20 mg/day prednisone and it did absolutely nothing.
In context ↗ - steroids · No change
Have tried steroids , antibiotics, antihistamines, net pot, various sprays, humidifier. Nothing works.
In context ↗ - chlortrimeton · No change
I tried old school chlortrimeton with no change.
In context ↗ - antihistamine · Worse
I found that the antihistamine I took made it worse too. Seemed like the glue just became thicker and definitely didn’t help.
In context ↗ - Flonase · No change
I’ve tried Flonase but no luck with that.
In context ↗ - similar nasal spray product · No change
I did try a similar product and it seems similar to neti pot in that i spray in nose and it just comes out my mouth with no clearing of sinuses.
In context ↗ - yoga swing (hanging upside down) · Not said
I have a yoga swing (from a long time ago) and I’ve been hanging upside down a few minutes in the morning and I can feel things moving in my face but nothing ever comes out.
In context ↗ - gaviscon · No change
I’m trying gaviscon, head of bed elevated, no carbonation or alcohol. No change so far.
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Adverse events
- Chlorphenamine (Piriton, Chlor-Trimeton), H1 antihistamines (unspecified)“I found that the antihistamine I took made it worse too. Seemed like the glue just became thicker and definitely didn’t help.” In context ↗ Made symptoms worse
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Anxiety & low mood
I’ve had a couple panic attacks from not being able to swallow.
In context ↗ - Pain & fibromyalgia
My neck also feels sore.
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