Long COVID
No benefitIll for 18 months
Long COVID chest pain unchanged a year and a half on, cause not found
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill for
- 18 months
- Last post
- Mar 2022
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I've had chest pain since I contracted Covid in September 2020
In context ↗ - Now: No benefit
I feel basically the same as when it began a year and a half ago
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I've had chest pain since I contracted Covid in September 2020
In context ↗
Summary
Hawk 40506, a 21-year-old man, developed persistent chest pain after COVID-19 in September 2020. X-rays, EKGs, a heart monitor, CT and MRI found no explanation, and Aleve and ice worked pretty well but didn't completely get rid of the pain. He felt much better during the summer, but by March 2022 said he felt basically the same as when the illness began a year and a half earlier, while early severe anxiety had improved a lot.
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What they tried
Their words about each treatment
- prednisone · No change
some prescriptions (prednisone being one). None of it could fully explain/stop the pain
In context ↗ - Aleve · Helped
Aleve and ice work for me pretty well but I haven’t been able to completely get rid of it
In context ↗ - SSRI · Not said
I did a huge medical run with no progress outside of comfort I wasn’t gonna die and an SSRI prescription
In context ↗ - cardio · Not said
Also tried behavioral changes (no drinking, no smoking, no exercise, eating as healthy as I could imagine, cardio, combinations of this)
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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 |
|---|---|
| September 2020 | Chest pain began after COVID-19I've had chest pain since I contracted Covid in September 2020In context ↗ |
| summer 2021 | Felt much better over the summerI felt much better in the summerIn context ↗ |
| March 2022 | Back to feeling as at the startI feel basically the same as when it began a year and a half agoIn context ↗ |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Heart symptoms & palpitations
I've had chest pain since I contracted Covid in September 2020
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
I also had really bad anxiety problems in the beginning that have improved a lot
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