Long COVID
Outcome unclearIll for 3 years
Long COVID eye dryness and pressure, still badly affected, crediting time and less worry
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill for
- 3 years
- Last post
- Dec 2025
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
my eyes have been for sure the worst thing in my long covid journey
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
even if i try to train again slowly.. my body overheats and just gives up
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
my eyes have been for sure the worst thing in my long covid journey
In context ↗
Read from 12 of their posts and comments; links to the 10 this page draws on
Summary
A 20-year-old man with long COVID since about 2023, whose very first symptom was double vision. His eyes worsened over nearly three years, with dryness, eye pressure and aggressive blinking, which he rated the worst part of his illness; he credited time and trying not to worry as helpful. Eye drops gave no or little relief, Ikervis cyclosporin helped inflammation attacks but not dryness, and a Bruder mask gave only short-lived or occasional relief; he was still badly affected in December 2025.
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What they tried
Also tried
Time· HelpedCod Liver Fishoil· Helpediron· HelpedIkervis-Cyclosporin· HelpedBruder eye mask· Helped · wore offVismed· No changePolyval antihistamines· No changeCornegel Fluid· No changeBepanthen· No changeRicinus oil· No changeHylo Dual Intense· No changeHylo Care· No changeEvoTears· No changeSoftacore· No changeThoaloz Duo· No changeTears Again Liposomal Spray· No changenot eating gluten, seed oils or industrial sugar· No changenot eating gluten, seed oils or industrial sugar· No changeanti histamines· Worsetrying to train again slowly· Worse
Their words about each treatment
- Time · Helped
Time. And trying not to worry as much as possible
In context ↗ - anti histamines · Worse
I think my dry eyes are also a side effect from the anti histamines
In context ↗ - Cod Liver Fishoil · Helped
I really can recommend Cod Liver Fishoil i orderd it from iherb :) it helped me alot
In context ↗ - trying to train again slowly · Worse
even if i try to train again slowly.. my body overheats and just gives up
In context ↗ - iron · Helped
Slow wound healing was also a problem for me iron helped my skin a lot
In context ↗ - Ikervis-Cyclosporin · Helped
Im also on Ikervis-Cyclosporin im on it now for around 7-8 months and it helped me a lot against inflammtion attacks on the eyes
In context ↗ - Bruder eye mask · Helped
The bruder eyd mask is a game changer but only for a short amount of time and not always helpful sadly.
In context ↗ - Vismed · No change
I really tried multiple eye drops, and nothing helped ... Vismed
In context ↗ - Polyval antihistamines · No change
I really tried multiple eye drops, and nothing helped ... Polyval antihistamines
In context ↗ - Cornegel Fluid · No change
I really tried multiple eye drops, and nothing helped ... Cornegel Fluid
In context ↗ - Bepanthen · No change
I really tried multiple eye drops, and nothing helped ... Bepanthen
In context ↗ - Ricinus oil · No change
I really tried multiple eye drops, and nothing helped ... Ricinus oil
In context ↗ - Hylo Dual Intense · No change
I really tried multiple eye drops, and nothing helped ... Hylo Dual Intense
In context ↗ - Hylo Care · No change
I really tried multiple eye drops, and nothing helped ... Hylo Care
In context ↗ - EvoTears · No change
EvoTears (actually not bad at all but didn’t help against dryness)
In context ↗ - Softacore · No change
I really tried multiple eye drops, and nothing helped ... Softacore
In context ↗ - Thoaloz Duo · No change
I really tried multiple eye drops, and nothing helped ... Thoaloz Duo
In context ↗ - Tears Again Liposomal Spray · No change
I really tried multiple eye drops, and nothing helped ... Tears Again Liposomal Spray
In context ↗ - not eating gluten, seed oils or industrial sugar · No change
im already not eating gluten, seed oils or industrial sugar. Still very bad and damaged eyes.
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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 | Where they were |
|---|---|---|
| ~2023 | Long COVID begins with double vision as the very first symptomI have double Vision since nearly 3 years that actually also was my very first symptomIn context ↗ | Mild |
| 2024-12-15 | Could no longer train; exertion makes his body overheat and give upeven if i try to train again slowly.. my body overheats and just gives upIn context ↗ | Mild |
| 2025-11-15 | Eyes worsened year by year; dryness severe, double vision and eye pressureThen it always got worse year for year and the dryness kills meIn context ↗ | Mild |
| 2025-12-04 | Still badly affected by irritated, damaged, dry eyesirritated, damaged, dry eyes its aweful and its ruins my day a lotIn context ↗ | Mild |
Adverse events
- H1 antihistamines (unspecified)“I think my dry eyes are also a side effect from the anti histamines so yeah..” In context ↗ Side effects
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Vision problems
I blinking much lore aggressvely, dryness, eye pressure, double vision and so on
In context ↗ - Temperature regulation
my body overheats and just gives up
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