Severe breathlessness and near-fainting with long COVID, still no better
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill for
- 16 months
- Last post
- Aug 2024
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
she said it sounded to her like that’s what was happening to me
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
Now, I can’t do any form of exercise without almost passing out and barely being able to breathe.
In context ↗ - Now: No benefit
Now, I can’t do any form of exercise without almost passing out and barely being able to breathe.
In context ↗
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Summary
In April 2023, after a mysterious illness with COVID-like symptoms while COVID and RSV circulated at school, Oak 66551 developed severe breathlessness and near-fainting with exercise. They were later diagnosed with asthma and needed two inhalers. Recurrent colds worsened their breathing, and a cold during track season left them voiceless for a week. By August 2024 they still could not exercise without almost passing out or struggling to breathe.
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What they tried
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- two inhalers · Not said
I’ve been diagnosed with asthma (I didn’t have it before) and need two inhalers to manage my symptoms.
In context ↗ - albuterol inhaler · No change
my albuterol inhaler was barely making a dent in my symptoms
In context ↗
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 1 month after onset: the story doesn’t say how ill they were before that. 1 step has no time and sits in story order between the steps around it. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| April 2023 | mysterious illness with COVID symptomsFlash forward to April 2023, I get some mysterious illness.In context ↗ | Not stated |
| after being sick | severe breathlessness and near-fainting with exerciseAfter I was sick I started having bad respiratory symptoms. I almost past out almost every time I went to track practiceIn context ↗ | Mild |
| a few weeks later | acute breathlessness stopped but did not completely resolveThis stopped after a few weeks but it never completely went awayIn context ↗ | Mild |
| this year | worst cold with asthma exacerbation and lost voiceMy worse cold yet was during track season this year. ... I completely lost my voice for a week.In context ↗ | Mild |
| August 2024 | still breathless and near-fainting with exercise; recurrent coldsNow, I can’t do any form of exercise without almost passing out and barely being able to breathe.In context ↗ | Mild |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Breathlessness
I can’t do any form of exercise without almost passing out and barely being able to breathe.
In context ↗ - POTS & dysautonomia
I almost past out almost every time I went to track practice
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
Before I got sick, I only had issues with breathing after panic attacks.
In context ↗