Long COVID
No benefitIll for 14 months
Lung crackling every morning for over a year with long COVID, no improvement from inhalers
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill for
- 14 months
- Last post
- Feb 2025
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I was very sick about a month before this started
In context ↗ - Now: No benefit
It doesn’t get worse or better, just happens every morning.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
So I’m wondering if I had a weird strain of covid and stress response activated something crazy?
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Summary
Comet 38867 described over a year of morning rumbling and crackling in the lungs that eased after several deep breaths and neither worsened nor improved. A month before it began they had been very sick, possibly with COVID, followed by high stress. Chest imaging, lung function and other tests were normal apart from known mild asthma, and three steroid inhalers brought no improvement. Anxiety eased as test results came back normal.
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What they tried
Also tried
long term steroid inhalers· No change
Their words about each treatment
- long term steroid inhalers · No change
I tried three different long term steroid inhalers with no improvement.
In context ↗
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 |
|---|---|---|
| onset | very sick for a while, possibly a weird strain of COVIDI was very sick about a month before this startedIn context ↗ | Not stated |
| over a year | morning rumbling/vibration/crackling in the lungs beganI have had this same rumbling/vibration/crackling each morning for over a yearIn context ↗ | Not stated |
| 2025-02-13 | symptom unchanged every morning, tests normal, anxiety lessenedIt doesn’t get worse or better, just happens every morning.In context ↗ | Near normal |
Adverse events
- “I tried three different long term steroid inhalers with no improvement. I stopped those because they weren’t worth the side effects and effort without results.” In context ↗ Side effects
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Anxiety & low mood
His lack of worry along with all normal test results has helped lessen my anxiety over time.
In context ↗