Long COVID
Mild → somewhat betterIll 6 months before improving or writing
Long COVID after-images, glare sensitivity and starbursts, somewhat better by month three
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 6 months
- Last post
- Aug 2022
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I was infected in Feb 2022 with mild symptoms but the visual disturbance started at around 9th day.
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
I find myself cannot even sit still to have a meal or drink or doing anything basically.
In context ↗ - Now: Somewhat better
although it has improved somewhat at month 3, I am becoming increasingly frustrated
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I was infected in Feb 2022 with mild symptoms
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Summary
Harbor 11549 was infected with COVID-19 in February 2022 with mild symptoms; around day nine a visual disturbance began, with after-images, glare sensitivity and starbursts. Light sensitivity was initially overwhelming and eased to glare sensitivity, with some improvement by month three. They took eye supplements, Chinese herbs and had two acupuncture sessions; at month six they were still frustrated and unsettled.
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What they tried
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Their words about each treatment
- VITALHEALTH EYE-PRO · Not said
I am taking eye supplements VITALHEALTH EYE-PRO
In context ↗ - acupuncture · Not said
been to two acupuncture sessions
In context ↗ - Chinese herbs · Not said
taking some Chinese herbs
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Their path
How ill they were on the ME/CFS severity scale, estimated from what they describe at each point, with time counted from when the illness began. Hover or tap a point. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 2022 | COVID-19 infection, mild symptomsI was infected in Feb 2022 with mild symptomsIn context ↗ | Mild |
| around 9th day, Feb 2022 | visual disturbance began: after-images, glare sensitivity, starburststhe visual disturbance started at around 9th day ... The light sensitivity was initially overwhelmingIn context ↗ | Mild |
| month 3, around May 2022 | visual symptoms improved somewhatit has improved somewhat at month 3In context ↗ | Mild |
| month 6, August 2022 | still frustrated, unable to settle even for a meal or drinkI am at month 6 and although it has improved somewhat at month 3, I am becoming increasingly frustratedIn context ↗ | Mild |
Adverse events
- Acupuncture“during the second acupuncture session, I noticed I can faintly see some branches that I have researched down to be possibly Purkinje Tree when I closed my eye” In context ↗ Side effects
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Vision problems
after image (most evident while watching TV which make most motion look slightly blurry
In context ↗ - Light & noise sensitivity
The light sensitivity was initially overwhelming and but it has since subsided to glare sensitivity
In context ↗