Long COVID chest pressure and palpitations improved on diet and supplements, then relapsed
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 3 years
- Last post
- Jan 2025
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
Its been 3 years I am suffering from long covid especially Chest tightness.
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
I was volleyball player won 2 state awards lost everything after covid .. Nowadays days just struggling to stay alive
In context ↗ - Now: Relapsed
doc gave me prednisone and all the symptoms came back Suffering again
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I got covid in Jan 2022 recovered in a week Everything was fine After one month
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Summary
They caught COVID in January 2022 and later developed chest pressure, palpitations, tinnitus, swollen lymph nodes and joint pain. Diet, exercise, turmeric and supplements controlled symptoms and they were normal for a year, until fried rice triggered chest tightness and five days of prednisone flared all symptoms and set them back a year. Coffee and a COVID exposure flared symptoms again; in January 2025 they recovered from a reinfection in three weeks.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- antibiotics · Not said
went to 2 different doctors they are blank just give antibiotics
In context ↗ - Turmeric · Helped
My joint pain reduced with Turmeric powder I am using 1/4 th table spoon of turmeric in luke warm low fat milk my joint pain almost gone .
In context ↗ - diet and lifestyle changes · Helped
I controled all stmptoms with diet and lifestyle changes and light exercise
In context ↗ - Light exercise and walk in morning · Helped
Light exercise and walk in morning .
In context ↗ - VitD · Helped
Add supplements VitD , Vit c , magnesium, zinc ,omega 3
In context ↗ - omega 3 / Fish oil · Helped
Add supplements VitD , Vit c , magnesium, zinc ,omega 3 ... start taking Magnesium ,Fish oil and vitamin b complex and everything is normal in 3 weeks
- Ginger · Helped
Fully relieved with taking Turmeric and Ginger
In context ↗ - Prednisolone / prednisone · Much worse
he gave me prednisone after taking it for 5 days All the long covid symptoms flare up really bad
In context ↗ - vitamin b complex · Helped
start taking Magnesium ,Fish oil and vitamin b complex and everything is normal in 3 weeks
In context ↗ - hot shower · Helped
it calms down with hot shower diet and supplements
In context ↗ - 0 sugar for next one month · Helped
Then i was on 0 sugar for next one month It takes one month to get back to normal
In context ↗
Approaches: Diet · Exercise and activity · 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. The chart starts 2 months after onset: the story doesn’t say how ill they were before that. 1 step says too little to place on the scale and is only in the table. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were |
|---|---|---|
| January 2022 | COVID infection; recovered in a weekI got covid in Jan 2022 recovered in a weekIn context ↗ | Not stated |
| March 2022 | long COVID began: swollen lymph nodes, pounding heart, muscle pains, chest pressure, tinnitus, high blood pressure, tachycardiaAfter one month From 1 of march My lymph nodes started swollen , Heart start pounding , Muscle painsIn context ↗ | Mild |
| May 2022 | symptoms brought under control with diet, lifestyle changes, light exercise, turmeric and supplementsI controled all stmptoms with diet and lifestyle changes and light exerciseIn context ↗ | Mild |
| Summer 2022 | back to normal for about three monthsFrom last 3 months I was totally fine back to normalIn context ↗ | Near normal |
| September 2022 | intense chest pressure and tightness returnedSuddenly 2 weeks ago I started feeling Intense pressure and tightness in chestIn context ↗ | Mild |
| March 2023 | 80% healed but heart palpitations, chest pain and chest pressure remainedEverything is healed 80% except the Heart palpitations, chest pain , Irregular heartbeat , Chest pressureIn context ↗ | Mild |
| December 2023 | a year of feeling totally healthy and thinking she had recoveredfrom last one year I was totally healthy I thought I recoveredIn context ↗ | Near normal |
| December 2023 | chest tightness after fried rice, then five days of prednisone flared all symptoms and set her back a yearafter taking it for 5 days All the long covid symptoms flare up really badIn context ↗ | Mild |
| February 2024 | abdomen pain, indigestion and pressure on the right sideWhen suddenly 2 months ago I woke up with abdomen pain , indigestion, different color stoolIn context ↗ | Mild |
| March 2024 | coffee and a lamington brought shallow breathing and chest pressure; took a month to return to normalI had three coffees and lamington and suddenly got shallow breathing and chest pressureIn context ↗ | Mild |
| November 2024 | exposure to a COVID-positive co-worker flared symptoms although she tested negativebut some of the long covid symptoms flare up like crazyIn context ↗ | Mild |
| January 2025 | recovered from a reinfection in three weeksBut I recovered from reinfection with 3 weeks.In context ↗ | Mild |
Adverse events
- Corticosteroid pulses“he gave me prednisone after taking it for 5 days All the long covid symptoms flare up really bad” In context ↗ Made symptoms worse
- Corticosteroid pulses“I had predinosone 6 months ago as well and same thing was happened ... Set me back one year” In context ↗ Made symptoms worse
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Heart symptoms & palpitations
Everything is healed 80% except the Heart palpitations, chest pain , Irregular heartbeat , Chest pressure
In context ↗ - Pain & fibromyalgia
swollen lymph nodes, tinitus, random pains and fast heartbeat
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
I am in rabbit hole with health Anxiety
In context ↗ - Gut problems
I woke up with abdomen pain , indigestion, different color stool
In context ↗ - Breathlessness
suddenly got shallow breathing and chest pressure
In context ↗ - Brain fog
I can't work can't focus
In context ↗
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