Long COVID
Outcome unclearIll for 2.5 years
Mild long COVID symptoms for 2.5 years; N95 masks helped
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill for
- 2.5 years
- Last post
- Jul 2025
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I actually got long covid while wearing a medical and cloth mask combo
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
my symptoms have always been mild relatively speaking
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I had covid january 2021
In context ↗
Summary
They got COVID in January 2021 and likely had it two to four more times while working in hospitality. Their symptoms, which they aren't sure are long COVID, were mild: ear pain, tinnitus, muffled hearing, post-nasal drip, sore throat, chronic cough, blocked nose and worse IBD and reflux; doctors attribute these to allergies, though they never had allergies before. After 2.5 years, antihistamines, Flonase, cough drops and salt-water gargles barely helped. They later said N95 masks helped them.
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What they tried
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- zyrtec chewables, benedryl · Helped
i taken zyrtec chewables, benedryl, flonase, cough drops warm salt water gargles ... everything if it helps barely helps
In context ↗ - kn95s and then n95s · Helped
I have started wearing kn95s and then n95s ... Wearing n95s has helped me
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 |
|---|---|---|
| January 2021 | COVID infection while working in hospitalityI had covid january 2021In context ↗ | Mild |
| 2025-07-13 | still has long COVID; now wears KN95 and N95 masksI actually got long covid while wearing a medical and cloth mask comboIn context ↗ | Not stated |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Tinnitus
off and on ear pain, eustian tube dysfunction, tinnitus, mufflesd hearing
In context ↗ - Flu-like symptoms
post nasal drip, sore throat, chronic cough, blocked nose
In context ↗ - Gut problems
my ibds and acid reflux are woerse too
In context ↗ - Mast cell (MCAS) & allergies
it is so awful ive never had allergies in my life before
In context ↗