Long COVID breathlessness, unable to climb stairs, much better after diet and medication
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 2 months
- Last post
- Mar 2022
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
First, I have "mild" long covid.
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
First, I have "mild" long covid. ... I could not do a cardio workout or even walk up a fight of stairs due to SOB
In context ↗ - Now: Much better
I am not recovered 100%, maybe I'm 75%, but I am still improving day by day.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
First, I have "mild" long covid.
In context ↗
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Summary
An athlete who had trained six days a week was diagnosed with mild long covid in January 2022 and could not do cardio or climb stairs for breathlessness, with irregular heart rate and chest inflammation. After a plant-based diet, twice-daily Allegra and Pepcid, an inhaler, vitamin D, magnesium, electrolyte water and no alcohol, they improved to about 75% of normal. They still could not fully train but were improving day by day.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- strictly 100% plant based diet · Helped
Strictly 100% plant based diet
In context ↗ - Allegra · Helped
I was hesitant to take H1 and H2 blockers (Allegra and pepcid) but the improvement on my shortness of breath makes me wish I had tried them earlier.
In context ↗ - Albuterol inhaler · Helped
Albuterol inhaler 15 min before exercise and immediately after + before bedtime
In context ↗ - Magnesium · Helped
Magnesium before bed
In context ↗ - 1+ gallon water daily + liquid IV/hydration supplement · Helped
1+ gallon water daily + liquid IV/hydration supplement
In context ↗ - training · Not said
I still cannot fully train. But, each day, I can push harder and the SOB is less.
In context ↗
Approaches: H1 antihistamines · H2 blockers · POTS medication · Diet · Other drugs and medicines · Supplements
Their path
How ill they were on the ME/CFS severity scale, estimated from what they describe at each point, with time counted from when the illness began. Hover or tap a point. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2022 | Long covid diagnosed; could not do cardio or climb a flight of stairsAfter diagnosis, I could not do a cardio workout or even walk up a fight of stairs due to SOB.In context ↗ | Mild | |
| 2022-03 | Adopted plant-based diet, antihistamines, inhaler, supplements and hydration; breathlessness and energy improvedI have improved since adopting the followingIn context ↗ | Mild | Fexofenadine (Allegra) |
| 2022-03-22 | Training harder each week, still unable to train fullyI can perform at 90% for 50 minutes whereas, a week ago, only 40 minutesIn context ↗ | Mild |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Breathlessness
Symptoms mainly SOB, irregular heart rate, costochronditis
In context ↗ - Pain & fibromyalgia
costochronditis and random inflammation in whichever part of my body decides to act up that day
In context ↗ - Post-exertional malaise
My recovery time after training is also extended --soreness from doing very little and short term inflammation in muscles used.
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