Long COVID with palpitations, chest pain and brain fog, now recovered after a blood donation
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 7 months
- Last post
- Feb 2023
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I have been dealing with long covid close to a year now
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
Cant work out or do half of what i was able to do before this lab virus
In context ↗ - Now: Recovered
And now today I feel 100%! No nothings
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I caught covid in July and since then I've had some kind of chest pain/discomfort ever since.
Read from 14 of their posts and comments; links to the 7 this page draws on
Summary
A 23-year-old man got long COVID after COVID in July 2022, with palpitations, chest pain, breathlessness, brain fog and anxiety; doctors said he was fine. By November he was about 87% better, but chest pains and odd heart rhythms continued. Donating a pint of blood in January 2023 made him feel much better within a day and 100% a few days later, though he said it was too soon to tell if it would last.
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What they tried
What they credit
Their words about each treatment
- rest · Helped
Rest, vitamins (especially vitamin D) and liquids.
In context ↗ - prayer · Helped
It does mentally help cope with things, at least for me.
In context ↗ - blood donation · Helped a lot
1 day after I started to feel really good! Barley any pain and weirdness! And now today I feel 100%!
In context ↗
Approaches: Apheresis
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 |
|---|---|---|
| July 2022 | caught COVID; palpitations, chest pain and fear his heart would stopStarted with absolutely horrible heart palpitations, pain and just the feeling that my heart was going to stop.In context ↗ | Mild |
| 2022-10-07 | most symptoms gone, constant chest soreness remained, could not do half of what he could beforeI'm on Month 5 and although most of my symptoms are gone I have a constant chest sore/pain. Cant work out or do half of what i was able to do before this lab virusIn context ↗ | Mild |
| 2022-11-11 | felt 87.64% better but still had daily chest pains and odd heart rhythmsI'm like 87.64% better but I still get chest pains and weird heart rhythms everyday.In context ↗ | Mild |
| 2023-01-24 | a week of feeling 95% better, then an episode of strange chest and air-hunger feelingsI had a week of feeling 95% better but then had an episode where my chest just felt suuuuper weird and it felt like I wasn't getting enough airIn context ↗ | Mild |
| 2023-02-07 | symptoms gone after donating a pint of blood; back to running and errandsBut then after I got that pint of blood taken it was all gone.... I can't explain it.In context ↗ | Recovered |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Heart symptoms & palpitations
I still get chest pains and weird heart rhythms everyday
In context ↗ - Breathlessness
random breathing weirdness/ chest weirdness
In context ↗ - Brain fog
My symptoms have been chest pains, brain fog, high anxiety
In context ↗
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