Long COVID
Outcome unclearIll for 5 months
Long COVID hair loss and distorted smell; gabapentin helped trigeminal neuralgia
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill for
- 5 months
- Last post
- Jan 2022
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I have it too. Covid September '21.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
Covid September '21.
In context ↗
Summary
A Reddit user who fell ill with long COVID after a COVID-19 infection in September 2021. They reported hair loss bad enough to cut off waist-length hair, distorted smell of eggs, chicken and onions, and pain diagnosed as trigeminal neuralgia that only gabapentin helped. In a later post the smell of chicken was starting to fade while eggs still smelled wrong; they had earlier said over-the-counter painkillers did nothing.
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What they tried
Also tried
gabapentin· Helpedover the counter pain medication· No change
Their words about each treatment
- over the counter pain medication · No change
Nothing over the counter touched the pain- still doesn't.
In context ↗ - gabapentin · Helped
I was prescribed gabapentin which is the only thing that helped.
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 |
|---|---|
| September 2021 | COVID-19 infection, followed by long-COVID symptomsCovid September '21.In context ↗ |
| 2022-01-02 | facial pain diagnosed as trigeminal neuralgia; gabapentin the only thing that helpedI was prescribed gabapentin which is the only thing that helped.In context ↗ |
| 2022-01-30 | hair loss and distorted smell persisting; smell of chicken starting to fadeI have recently noticed that chicken is losing the bad smell but eggs still have it.In context ↗ |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Hair loss
Hair loss so bad I had to cut off waist length hair
In context ↗ - Loss of smell or taste
a smell I can't describe with eggs, chicken, cooking oil and sometimes onions
In context ↗ - Headaches & migraine
I had this..I ended up being diagnosed with Trigeminal Neuralgia.
In context ↗ - Neuropathy & tingling
Nothing over the counter touched the pain- still doesn't.
In context ↗