Still with long COVID cough, fatigue and PEM after a month in a humid climate
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill for
- 4 years
- Last post
- Jul 2026
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I still have this persistent cough ... I have chronic fatigue, and post-exertion malaise
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
I used to be a runner and very, very active, and no longer can do the sports I used to do
In context ↗ - Now: No benefit
My life has never been the same.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
So I had COVID in the summer of 2022 - I was out for almost 5 weeks, very sick
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Summary
Trail 31381 caught COVID in summer 2022 and was very sick for nearly five weeks. Four years on they still have a chronic cough with bloody phlegm, chronic fatigue and post-exertional malaise, breathlessness on hills, and cannot do the sports they used to. Their mental health declined. A month in Bali's humid climate cleared the cough within a week, and they wonder whether their dry home climate is a factor.
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What they tried
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Their words about each treatment
- sprays · No change
I've been told it's post-nasal-drip and have been given al lthe sprays and nothing has worked.
In context ↗ - Bali (humid climate) · Helped
I was in Bali for a month, and the cough and phlegm went away within a week
In context ↗
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. The chart starts 2 months after onset: the story doesn’t say how ill they were before that. 1 step has no time and sits in story order between the steps around it. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were |
|---|---|---|
| after summer 2022 | persistent cough with bloody phlegm, chronic fatigue, PEM; can no longer run or do sportsMy life has never been the same.In context ↗ | Mild |
| before July 2026 | cough and phlegm cleared during a month in Bali's humid climateI was in Bali for a month, and the cough and phlegm went away within a weekIn context ↗ | Mild |
| 2026-07-19 | still coughing phlegm most mornings, chronic fatigue, PEM; awaiting lung CTI still have this persistent cough, I still cough stuff up most morningsIn context ↗ | Mild |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Post-exertional malaise
I have chronic fatigue, and post-exertion malaise
In context ↗ - Breathlessness
walking up a hill feels like I've sprinted a marathon
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
my mental health declined drastically
In context ↗ - Flu-like symptoms
chronically feeling like your body is fighting something
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