Long COVID
Outcome unclearIll for 4 years
Long COVID with severe iron deficiency: debilitating heavy muscles, tried iron infusions
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill for
- 4 years
- Last post
- Jul 2026
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I have been dealing with severe iron deficiency for the last 4 years (probably existed before COVID infection but became debilitating afterward)
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
probably existed before COVID infection but became debilitating afterward
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Read from 1 of their posts and comments; links to the one this page draws on
Summary
A Reddit user in a long COVID community described four years of severe iron deficiency that became debilitating after a COVID infection. When their iron is low their muscles feel like jelly and everything feels heavy, but iron infusions make their muscles noticeably stronger, a difference their physiotherapist also saw.
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What they tried
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- iron infusions · Helped
When my iron is low, my muscles feel like jelly, as if I have no control or strength. ... after I get iron infusions, my muscles legitimately get stronger
In context ↗ - PT · Not said
even my PT noticed a huge difference
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| onset | iron deficiency became debilitating after a COVID infectionprobably existed before COVID infection but became debilitating afterwardIn context ↗ | |
| 2026-07-29 | muscles stronger after iron infusionsafter I get iron infusions, my muscles legitimately get stronger (even my PT noticed a huge difference)In context ↗ | Iron infusion / ferritin repletion |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Muscle weakness
When my iron is low, my muscles feel like jelly, as if I have no control or strength. Everything is heavy.
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