Long COVID aches and headaches, near normal after stopping BP meds and salty food
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill before improving or writing
- 18 months
- Last post
- Jan 2025
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I have to chalk it up to post covid.
In context ↗ - Now: Near normal
95% of my symptoms are gone. My blood is within normal ranges accept my platelets are low.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I had covid 1 month before it all started.
In context ↗
Summary
This person developed long COVID symptoms a month after a COVID infection: aching, twitching muscles, headaches, a raised heart rate and low potassium after cutting salt. They stopped their blood-pressure medication and ate salty food again, which eased the aches. Around 1.5 years later they said 95% of their symptoms were gone, with only low platelets left.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- meds for the hypertension problem · Not said
My Dr put me on meds for the hypertension problem. I stopped taking them.
In context ↗ - stopping salty food · Worse
He wanted me to stop eating salty food. So I did. Well that caused my potassium to drop low. Which made my heart rate come up more.
In context ↗ - eating salty foods · Helped
I started eating salty foods. The aches went away my potassium is in great ranges now. My blood pressure is stable
In context ↗ - time · Helped a lot
95% of my symptoms are gone ... It just took time to go away.
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Their path
How ill they were on the ME/CFS severity scale, estimated from what they describe at each point, in the order they describe; they don’t give enough times to place each step. Hover or tap a point. 1 step says too little to place on the scale and is only in the table. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | COVID infection followed about a month later by symptomsI had covid 1 month before it all started.In context ↗ | Not stated | |
| 2024-08-22 | 95% of symptoms gone, only low platelets left95% of my symptoms are gone.In context ↗ | Near normal | Time and spontaneous remission |
| 2025-01-03 | Chest pain gone; fears it returningMine is gone now but it's the fear of it returning that gets meIn context ↗ | Near normal |
Adverse events
- “Well that caused my potassium to drop low. Which made my heart rate come up more. I was in pain aches all over.” In context ↗ Refeeding or deficiency problems
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Pain & fibromyalgia
I was in pain aches all over
In context ↗ - Headaches & migraine
Headaches whatever.
In context ↗ - Heart symptoms & palpitations
Which made my heart rate come up more
In context ↗ - POTS & dysautonomia
I think focusing on the pots was making it worse for me
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