Long COVID air hunger and fatigue, now nearly back to normal
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 3.5 years
- Last post
- Feb 2024
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
My taste and smell also has never fully recovered since having covid in august 2020.
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
I didn’t have LC too bad myself
In context ↗ - Now: Near normal
after almost recovering from mine
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
since having covid in august 2020
In context ↗
Read from 7 of their posts and comments; links to the 6 this page draws on
Summary
The Reddit user caught COVID in August 2020 and had long COVID with air hunger, fatigue, anxiety, and lasting loss of taste and smell. They described it as not too bad; by late 2022 fatigue and breathing had eased, but smell and taste remained off and fungal issues/seb derm persisted. A later five-day course of Paxlovid shortened recovery from a sickness.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- daily steroid inhaler · Not said
I already take a daily steroid inhaler to help with my exercised induced asthma.
In context ↗ - asthma rescue inhaler · Not said
I go get my asthma rescue inhaler and I feel like I barely get anything into my lungs
In context ↗ - niacin · Not said
I just ordered some niacin based on what people have said really helps. Starting with a 100 mg dose
In context ↗ - various shampoos · Helped
My sebderm is under control but I’m still trying to help my husband’s
In context ↗ - paxlovid · Helped
I did 5 days of paxlovid recently for the first time and it really helped me out.
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Approaches: Antivirals
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 |
|---|---|---|
| August 2020 | COVID-19 infection; later loss of taste and smellsince having covid in august 2020In context ↗ | Mild |
| 2020-12-15 | post-COVID air hunger and anxietyBecause of my post covid air hungerIn context ↗ | Mild |
| 2022-11-01 | fatigue and breathing difficulties eased; smell/taste and fungal issues remainedthe fatigue and breathing difficulties eased awhile agoIn context ↗ | Near normal |
| 2024-02-29 | seb derm under control; remained involved in helping husband with hisMy sebderm is under controlIn context ↗ | Near normal |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Loss of smell or taste
My taste and smell also has never fully recovered since having covid in august 2020.
In context ↗ - Breathlessness
the fatigue and breathing difficulties eased awhile ago
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
will not help my anxiety at all
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