Long COVID chest pain and brain fog, now nearly back to normal after prednisone
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 2 months
- Last post
- May 2021
In their words
- At worst: Mild
I had almost all symptoms from diarrhea, cough, Chest pain, loss of taste and smell, tinnitus, fatigue, dizziness, and night sweats.
In context ↗ - Now: Near normal
after around mid February is when I really felt normal but now I went on a hike last week that was 7 miles and very steep and I felt like my chest pain especially around my heart came back.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I got Covid around December 20,2020
Read from 18 of their posts and comments; links to the 9 this page draws on
Summary
A 20-year-old woman developed long COVID after an infection in December 2020, with chest pain, loss of taste and smell, diarrhea, dizziness, tinnitus and a resting heart rate of 120-140. A five-day prednisone course cleared her chest pain and helped brain fog and fatigue, and she felt normal by mid-February 2021 on a vitamin regime. A steep seven-mile hike and her first Pfizer dose brought chest pain back, and random chest and arm pains persisted.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- prednisone · Helped a lot
it helped me so much out of everything I took prednisone is very great
In context ↗ - vitamin D 3 · Helped
Vitamin c, querctin , zinc, vitamin D 3, emergency C, and magnesium
In context ↗ - cutting out red meat · Helped
my vitamins daily walks and diet change has been great to me !
In context ↗ - niacin · Helped
I took some niacin and it helped clear it all away
In context ↗ - hot tea before bed · Not said
I also take vitamins everyday and drink hot tea before bed every night !
In context ↗ - COVID vaccination as treatment · Not said
the first dose of Pfizer triggered my tachycardia for 1 day only i was in bed all day and my heart rate was at 120+
In context ↗
Approaches: Diet · Exercise and activity · Supplements
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 | After |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-12-18 | COVID-19 with diarrhea, cough, chest pain, loss of taste and smell, tinnitus, fatigue, dizziness and night sweatsI had almost all symptoms from diarrhea, cough, Chest pain, loss of taste and smell, tinnitus, fatigue, dizziness, and night sweatsIn context ↗ | |
| 2021-01-09 | prednisone course; down to brain fog and ear ringingliterally the only symptom I have rn is brain fog and ear ringingIn context ↗ | Corticosteroid pulses |
| 2021-01-11 | symptoms returned after finishing prednisone: chest pain, dissociation, brain fogI finished my dose two days ago and I’m having symptoms again such as the chest pain mainly around the heart and I feel dissociation and just Brian fog overallIn context ↗ | |
| 2021-02-15 | felt normal after a vitamin regimeafter around mid February is when I really felt normalIn context ↗ | |
| 2021-03-10 | first Pfizer dose: tachycardia over 120, in bed all day for one daythe first dose of Pfizer triggered my tachycardia for 1 day only i was in bed all day and my heart rate was at 120+In context ↗ | |
| 2021-03-13 | chest pain returned after a 7-mile steep hikeI went on a hike last week that was 7 miles and very steep and I felt like my chest pain especially around my heart came backIn context ↗ | |
| 2021-03-20 | random little chest and arm pains; started a new job as a pickerstill I feel random little pains :/ or my arm just randomly hurtsIn context ↗ |
Adverse events
- COVID vaccination as treatment“the first dose of Pfizer triggered my tachycardia for 1 day only i was in bed all day and my heart rate was at 120+” In context ↗ Heart rhythm problems
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Post-exertional malaise
I went on a hike last week that was 7 miles and very steep and I felt like my chest pain especially around my heart came back
In context ↗ - Brain fog
I also had brain fog afterwards I took some niacin and it helped clear it all away
In context ↗ - POTS & dysautonomia
fatigue, dizziness, and night sweats
In context ↗ - Heart symptoms & palpitations
still I feel random little pains :/ or my arm just randomly hurts
In context ↗ - Loss of smell or taste
I’ve regained my smell and taste back slowly
In context ↗ - Tinnitus
the only symptom I have rn is brain fog and ear ringing
In context ↗ - Gut problems
I had almost all symptoms from diarrhea, cough, Chest pain, loss of taste and smell, tinnitus, fatigue, dizziness, and night sweats
In context ↗ - Neuropathy & tingling
numbness in my body especially face
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
at most times it’s my over whelming anxiety
In context ↗
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