Long COVID with optic nerve damage and eye pain, somewhat better on a keto diet
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill before improving or writing
- 1 year
- Last post
- Jan 2022
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
after having COVID Christmas 2020
In context ↗ - Now: Somewhat better
I started following a keto diet (for migraines per my neurologist) about two weeks go and I have noticed SIGNIFICANT changes in my energy levels!
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
after having COVID Christmas 2020
In context ↗
Summary
Petrel 76778 had COVID at Christmas 2020 and was diagnosed with glaucoma/optic nerve damage in 2021; their eye pressure had been normal before. A second vaccine dose in April 2021 made the pressure worse, and a reinfection around late 2021 brought back shooting eye pains. About two weeks into a keto diet for migraines, suggested by their neurologist, they reported significant changes in energy levels.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- second dose · Worse
I had my second dose 2 weeks ago and I feel like it’s made the pressure worse.
In context ↗ - antihistamine · Not said
my eye doctor was blowing me off saying I was taking too much antihistamine and drying myself out.
In context ↗ - keto diet · Helped a lot
I started following a keto diet (for migraines per my neurologist) about two weeks go and I have noticed SIGNIFICANT changes in my energy levels!
In context ↗
Approaches: Diet
Their path
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| When | What happened | Where they were | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2020 | COVID at Christmas 2020after having COVID Christmas 2020In context ↗ | Not stated | |
| April 2021 | second vaccine dose made the pressure worseI had my second dose 2 weeks ago and I feel like it’s made the pressure worse.In context ↗ | Mild | |
| 2021 | year of heavy fatigue and low energyI spent all 2021 feeling like this.In context ↗ | Mild | |
| late December 2021 | COVID reinfection brought back shooting eye painsI just got COVID again about three weeks ago and the random shooting pains have started again.In context ↗ | Mild | |
| 2022-01-17 | significant rise in energy levels on a keto dietI started following a keto diet (for migraines per my neurologist) about two weeks go and I have noticed SIGNIFICANT changes in my energy levels!In context ↗ | Mild | Keto and low-carb diets |
Adverse events
- COVID vaccination as treatment“I had my second dose 2 weeks ago and I feel like it’s made the pressure worse.” In context ↗ Made symptoms worse
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Headaches & migraine
I started following a keto diet (for migraines per my neurologist)
In context ↗ - Vision problems
I started getting that random shooting pain in my eyes a couple weeks after fully recovering
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