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Long COVID No benefitIll for 3 months

Long COVID with brain fog, breathlessness, fatigue and insomnia, no improvement

Condition
Long COVID
At worst
Not stated
Ill for
3 months
Last post
Nov 2021
In their words
  • Condition: Long COVIDI’ve had other long haul symptoms such as brain fog, recurrent problems catching my breath, and fatigue, insomnia In context ↗
  • Now: No benefitI’ve had other long haul symptoms such as brain fog, recurrent problems catching my breath, and fatigue, insomnia, to name a few. And now this. In context ↗
  • Began after: COVIDI had covid in august of this year. In context ↗
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Summary

Sparrow 67349, a vaccinated healthcare worker who had shingles while pregnant about two years earlier, caught COVID in August 2021 and was left with brain fog, breathlessness, fatigue and insomnia. Shingles broke out a few days after quarantine and again in November 2021, when a cluster of about 20 spots appeared with severe burning nerve pain despite starting valacyclovir at once. No recovery is described.

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What they tried

Their words about each treatment
  • Valacyclovir · HelpedI started Valacyclovir for it right away and stayed on it prophylactically until giving birth. 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.

WhenWhat happened
August 2021COVID infection, followed by long haul symptomsI had covid in august of this year. In context ↗
a few days after coming out of covid quarantine, 2021shingles outbreak after covid quarantineI did not have another outbreak until about a few days after I came out of quarantine for covid infection. In context ↗
2021-11-01painful shingles outbreak (cluster of 20 spots) with ongoing long haul symptomsToday I woke up with the same nerve pain, in the same spot. In context ↗

Symptoms mentioned

Their words about their symptoms
  • Brain fogI’ve had other long haul symptoms such as brain fog In context ↗
  • Breathlessnessrecurrent problems catching my breath In context ↗
  • Sleep problemsand fatigue, insomnia, to name a few In context ↗
  • Neuropathy & tinglingBurning nerve pain from my hip down my butt cheek all the way to the back of my leg. In context ↗

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