Long COVID
Outcome unclear
Hoarse voice, throat tightness and speech fatigue in long COVID; speech therapy tried
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill for
- Not stated
- Last post
- Jan 2024
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
helped a lot with my post-covid speech issues
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
my post-covid speech issues
In context ↗
Summary
A Reddit user with long COVID described speech problems: a hoarse voice, throat tightness, and breathlessness and fatigue after speaking. Three sessions with a speech therapist helped a lot, and regular diaphragmatic breathing with longer exhales helped too. For three months they took 10 mg daily of something, which seemed to ease brain fog, PEM and perhaps dizziness a little, though they were unsure.
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What they tried
Their words about each treatment
- Speech therapist · Helped
For me, just 3 sessions with a speech therapist helped a lot with my post-covid speech issues. I had a hoarse voice, tightness in my throat, and increased symptoms such as SOB and fatigue after speaking.
In context ↗ - Breathing exercises · Helped
For me, focusing on breathing typically helps, but it seems important to make my breath regular, breathe with the diaphragm, and make the exhales longer, while "deep breathing" in the sense of taking a lot of air in can make symptoms worse.
In context ↗ - Zyrtec · Helped
It seemed to help me a bit with brain fog and PEM ... 10 mg daily. I have been taking it for 3 months now.
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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 | After |
|---|---|---|
| — | long COVID with speech problems after a COVID infectionmy post-covid speech issuesIn context ↗ | |
| 2023-09-21 | speech therapy helped post-COVID speech issuesjust 3 sessions with a speech therapist helped a lot with my post-covid speech issuesIn context ↗ | |
| 2024-01-23 | Zyrtec eased brain fog, PEM and dizziness a littleIt seemed to help me a bit with brain fog and PEM, perhaps dizziness as well.In context ↗ | Cetirizine (Zyrtec) |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Post-exertional malaise
It seemed to help me a bit with brain fog and PEM
In context ↗ - Breathlessness
I had a hoarse voice, tightness in my throat, and increased symptoms such as SOB and fatigue after speaking
In context ↗ - POTS & dysautonomia
perhaps dizziness as well
In context ↗