Long COVID
Outcome unclearIll for 18 months
Long COVID for at least 18 months, tried cold showers and ice water
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill for
- 18 months
- Last post
- Jun 2024
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I wish I had known this the first 18 months
In context ↗
Read from 1 of their posts and comments; links to the one this page draws on
Summary
A Reddit user in a long COVID forum wrote that cold showers, ice face dips and submerging their hands and wrists in ice water all helped them. They said they wished they had known this during their first 18 months of illness, suggesting they had been unwell at least that long. Their posts give no detail on how severely they were affected or on their state beyond cold water helping.
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What they tried
Their words about each treatment
- cold showers, ice face dips, ice water on hands and wrists · Helped
cold showers, ice face dips and submerging my hands and wrists in ice water all help
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 | After |
|---|---|---|
| — | long COVID, unwell for at least the first 18 monthsI wish I had known this the first 18 monthsIn context ↗ | |
| 2024-06-27 | cold water helpscold showers, ice face dips and submerging my hands and wrists in ice water all helpIn context ↗ | Cryotherapy and cold exposure |