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Nearly half of Covid patients haven’t fully recovered months later, study finds

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Re: Nearly half of Covid patients haven’t fully recovered months later, study finds

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sdrothrock wrote: post #7

Some anecdata... (two doses of Moderna, still haven't gotten the third shot available here and that's on me for not making time) Got covid in the spring, lost my sense of taste, but it started gradually coming back after about six months. Got it again a month ago, lost my senses of smell and taste, also have a persistent cough, persistent tinnitus, tiredness, and more frequent migraines.

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Re: Nearly half of Covid patients haven’t fully recovered months later, study finds

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Post by John23832 »

I caught OG covid in June of 2020. I've had it once more (Feb of this year). Exposed a third time but tested negative (who knows about these tests). I've had fatigue, tinnitus, and a persistent neck pain since the Feb infection. What I would consider neurological symptoms as well (extremity weakness, vertigo, headaches). I'm pretty young (31). Prior to Feb, I was pretty active. Weight lifting every day, running 2 miles every other. Now, the fatigue and weakness really has gotten the best of me. The neck pain and tinnitus is something I can deal with though. I've had multiple tests (cats and mris)... nothing remarkable.

Probably long covid.

Re: Nearly half of Covid patients haven’t fully recovered months later, study finds

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Post by jdhendrickson »

cbreynoldson wrote: post #9
JohnTHaller wrote: post #4

I'm an example here. Still have a mostly-broken sense of smell 2.5 years later. My neighbor is on beta blockers in his 30s thanks to Covid.

Check out the stellate ganglion block shot - seems promising for long covid. Hypothesis is that the body is stuck in "fight or flight" mode, and this shot stuns a few of the nerves responsible "long enough" for the autonomic nervous system to "reset." Some of the reddit anecdotes are pretty amazing.

Any particular sub-reddit you read about this on?

Re: Nearly half of Covid patients haven’t fully recovered months later, study finds

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Post by selectodude »

jdhendrickson wrote: post #14
cbreynoldson wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Check out the stellate ganglion block shot - seems promising for long covid. Hypothesis is that the body is stuck in "fight or flight" mode, and this shot stuns a few of the nerves responsible "long enough" for the autonomic nervous system to "reset." Some of the reddit anecdotes are pretty amazing.

Any particular sub-reddit you read about this on?

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34922127/

Re: Nearly half of Covid patients haven’t fully recovered months later, study finds

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Post by bandana »

jdkee wrote: post #6

"Only a small portion of the study participants — about 4 percent — had been vaccinated before their infections, and many of those with only a single dose." Strong argument for the protective nature of the COVID vaccines. Although the virus certainly appears less damaging now in 2022 as opposed to when it first appeared.

Sure, if that's the way you want to interpret it... The way I see it it doesn't make any argument at all, the vaccine wasn't even available for the dates they consider ("starting in April 2020", hence the low vaccinated percentage), and by the time the vaccine was widely available, the virus had mutated into omicron, which is weak whether you are vaccinated or not.

Re: Nearly half of Covid patients haven’t fully recovered months later, study finds

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Post by spike021 »

I can't confirm this but I _may_ have had COVID Jan 2020, and ever since then I get waves of coughs / other symptoms every couple weeks or so that last for at least a week; it never goes away.

Never had anything like this before that one time being sick other than seasonal bronchitis a few years in a row about a decade ago.

Only other thing I can thing of is allergies but I've now lived in multiple places during the past 2 years, visited different areas, and it still recurs.

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Post by lend000 »

Anecdata: I had what seemed like relatively mild covid in March 2020, but never fully recovered, and I ended up unable to do strenuous or stressful activity without a super fight or flight physical response. I was in my 20's, and originally very active and fit, although I ate a very high sugar/carb diet.

I took a lot of tests and tried a lot of things and made no progress with doctors for about 2 years, until I tried doing a more aggressive version of the paleo diet (even avoiding most fruits), and now I'm making significant progress, slowly ramping up my workouts and the amount of stress my body can take. I'm also taking supplements like Zinc and some Asian herbs that are intended to raise testosterone, which I understand to reduce cortisol/the stress response. I'm also meditating most days and taking a cold shower daily. I think the diet is the biggest factor though -- whenever I accidentally eat a high-GI meal, I feel the symptoms hit immediately.

Re: Nearly half of Covid patients haven’t fully recovered months later, study finds

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Post by intelVISA »

JohnTHaller wrote: post #4

I'm an example here. Still have a mostly-broken sense of smell 2.5 years later. My neighbor is on beta blockers in his 30s thanks to Covid.

My sense of smell hasn't returned to normal either, quite annoying but it saves me money on food shopping now :)
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