Long COVID, now recovered after time and symptom management
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill before improving or writing
- Not stated
- Last post
- Oct 2024
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
it helped all my symptoms significantly ... the only permanent fix ive found is time. and symptom management til it went away
In context ↗ - Now: Recovered
the only permanent fix ive found is time. and symptom management til it went away
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
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Summary
A person with long COVID tried prednisone, which helped all their symptoms significantly, though they said it was not a permanent fix. They said the only lasting solution they found was time, along with symptom management, until the illness went away. They named no remaining symptoms and did not say how long the illness lasted or how limited they had been.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- prednisone · Helped a lot
it helped all my symptoms significantly ... it isn't a permanent fix
In context ↗ - time · Helped a lot
the only permanent fix ive found is time. and symptom management til it went away
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 | Where they were | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | long COVID symptomsit helped all my symptoms significantlyIn context ↗ | Not stated | |
| — | prednisone helped all symptoms significantly but was not a permanent fix | Not stated | Corticosteroid pulses |
| 2024-10-24 | symptoms went away over timethe only permanent fix ive found is time. and symptom management til it went away.In context ↗ | Recovered | Time and spontaneous remission |
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