Long COVID
Mild → no benefit
Long COVID with chest pain, racing heart and constant weakness, still symptomatic
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill for
- Not stated
- Last post
- Oct 2023
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
throughout my stints of covid I noticed various consistent and recurring symptoms surfacing for me after I was no longer “sick”
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
All I want to is be able to play soccer without immediately feeling sick and have deep conversations with my friends again and pursue my life’s goals without feeling physiologically sidelined…
In context ↗ - Now: No benefit
starting few mild and slowly intensifying and collecting
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
Ever since the pandemic started I have had Covid a total of 3 times, the first time occurring after getting 2 doses of the vaccine
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Summary
A 26-year-old man who had COVID three times developed chest pain, a racing heart, breathlessness, gut problems, muscle pain and constant weakness, and could no longer sing properly or play soccer. His symptoms built gradually after each infection and worsened after appendicitis in April 2023. He was still symptomatic when he posted in October 2023, asking where to find help.
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What they tried
Also tried
IV treatment· Helped a lot
Their words about each treatment
- IV treatment · Helped a lot
Eventually I was lucky enough to get that IV treatment at a hospital and that totally cleared it up for me pretty quick.
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Their path
What they say at each step doesn’t fit the worst point or outcome above on the severity scale, so the steps are listed as they describe them. Dates are when they posted.
| When | What happened |
|---|---|
| during the pandemic | first COVID infection, after two vaccine doses; bedridden with pain and breathing troubleI was bedridden and in tons of pain and had trouble breathingIn context ↗ |
| — | hospital IV treatment cleared the infection; back to exercisingEventually I was lucky enough to get that IV treatment at a hospital and that totally cleared it up for me pretty quickIn context ↗ |
| — | recurring symptoms appeared after the COVID infections and slowly intensifiedstarting few mild and slowly intensifying and collecting to the point where I am now finally able to connect all the dotsIn context ↗ |
| April | appendicitis; symptoms all got worseI also had appendicitis in April, which is when I started to notice the symptoms all getting worse in generalIn context ↗ |
| 2023-10-19 | still symptomatic daily, unable to exercise, sing or socialise as beforeI hate living like this. All I want to is be able to play soccer without immediately feeling sickIn context ↗ |
Symptoms mentioned
Anxiety & low moodBrain fogBreathlessnessFlu-like symptomsGut problemsHeart symptoms & palpitationsMast cell (MCAS) & allergiesMuscle weaknessPain & fibromyalgia
Their words about their symptoms
- Heart symptoms & palpitations
chest pain and racing heart
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
lots of anxiety around all things (never really happened before)
In context ↗ - Brain fog
short-term memory loss and brain fog
In context ↗ - Mast cell (MCAS) & allergies
completely intolerant to alcohol (unable to take a sip without an immediate allergic type of reaction)
In context ↗ - Gut problems
GI issues: constipation, diarrhea, bloating and heartburn
In context ↗ - Muscle weakness
weakness ALL the time
In context ↗ - Pain & fibromyalgia
muscle pain, vascillations, and tightness all over
In context ↗ - Breathlessness
out of breath and unable to take a full, deep breath
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