Long COVID
Mild → somewhat betterIll 18 months before improving or writing
Long COVID with cold urticaria and random itching, somewhat better; Zyrtec eased flares
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 18 months
- Last post
- Jul 2024
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I'm starting the third month of when I was initially infected, symptoms slowly dissipated
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
it's never been so bad that I can't function
In context ↗ - Now: Somewhat better
It becMe less frequent and milder over the course of a year and a half then just stopped occurring. One day I just realized I wasn't getting it anymore.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I'm starting the third month of when I was initially infected
Summary
Cedar 11412 was infected in early 2021; by three months in, most symptoms had faded, leaving cold urticaria (red hives on cold skin) and random itching. It was never bad enough to stop them functioning, so antihistamines were not tried at first; Zyrtec, kept on hand, helped during flares. The hives faded over about a year and a half and then stopped.
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What they tried
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- Zyrtec · Helped
I always kept Zyrtec (an allergy med antihistamine) on hand and it really helped with the symptoms when I flared up
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Their path
What they say at each step doesn’t fit the worst point or outcome above on the severity scale, so the steps are listed as they describe them. Dates are when they posted.
| When | What happened |
|---|---|
| January 2021 | COVID infection; cold urticaria prominentI'm starting the third month of when I was initially infected ... It was really prominent at firstIn context ↗ |
| March 2021 | most symptoms faded; cold urticaria and random itching remainedsymptoms slowly dissipated but the only one that lingers on and off is Cold UrticariaIn context ↗ |
| mid-2022 | hives became milder and less frequentIt becMe less frequent and milder over the course of a year and a half then just stopped occurring.In context ↗ |
| 2024-07-20 | hives and itching no longer occurringOne day I just realized I wasn't getting it anymore.In context ↗ |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Mast cell (MCAS) & allergies
when my arms or chest gets too cold for too long, I would get red hives ... recently I have been getting itches randomly around my body
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