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Long Covid brain fog may be due to damaged blood vessels in the brain

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Re: Long Covid brain fog may be due to damaged blood vessels in the brain

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Post by bouncycastle »

SOLAR_FIELDS wrote: post #20

I’ll share an abridged long COVID story about myself since it dearly affected me. Just so other people can kind of know what the experience was like. I got sick in October 2020 before vaccines were available. After the initial 10 days which I would describe as moderate, borderline severe (6/10, where 7/10 is hospital and 9/10 is ICU) I had all manner of absolutely weird things happen to my body. I won’t go into the d…

Would it be possible that something else caused it, leading you to also have a more severe episode of COVID? Perhaps you had a preexisting undiagnosed immune disorder, which expressed itself during the COVID episode?

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Post by mentos »

SOLAR_FIELDS wrote: post #20

I’ll share an abridged long COVID story about myself since it dearly affected me. Just so other people can kind of know what the experience was like. I got sick in October 2020 before vaccines were available. After the initial 10 days which I would describe as moderate, borderline severe (6/10, where 7/10 is hospital and 9/10 is ICU) I had all manner of absolutely weird things happen to my body. I won’t go into the d…

I too believe my long covid symptoms were an autoimmune issue. Read my HN post from 2021 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26350951#26355878

Re: Long Covid brain fog may be due to damaged blood vessels in the brain

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Post by borkt »

SOLAR_FIELDS wrote: post #20

I’ll share an abridged long COVID story about myself since it dearly affected me. Just so other people can kind of know what the experience was like. I got sick in October 2020 before vaccines were available. After the initial 10 days which I would describe as moderate, borderline severe (6/10, where 7/10 is hospital and 9/10 is ICU) I had all manner of absolutely weird things happen to my body. I won’t go into the d…

Precisely what happened to me. Doctor botched the disgnosis, my department in local government did everything in their power to push me out immediately upon sharing an honest assesment of how I was feeling, asserting that I was voluntarily resigning rather than genuinely ill - which came across as retaliation for some of them having to return to the office in my stead, as prior to catching covid-19 and suffering the above effects I had been the sole volunteer to work from the office and liase with the public on everyone elses behalf. There wasn’t much if any info about ling covid at the time, and HR ignored emails sent over the next year as I tried to apologize for my illness and communicate what it clearly turned out to be.

Completely healthy now, but passed over after every first interview no matter what I do or do not share about what lead me to leave the previous role. If you had to leave work, do you have any suggestions as to how I may come accross as employable again?

Re: Long Covid brain fog may be due to damaged blood vessels in the brain

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Post by ReptileMan »

downWidOutaFite wrote: post #18
abrookewood wrote: post #10

Recently read an article suggesting that we should drop the term Long Covid, as it implies that there is something unique about it, when the research seems to show that the impairment post-Covid is very similar to that from Influenza: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/mar/15/long-covid-s...

Instead of wanting people to ignore Long Covid wouldn't it be better to make people more aware of Long Flu?

We have enough people self diagnosing wrongly already.

Re: Long Covid brain fog may be due to damaged blood vessels in the brain

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Post by npunt »

fgkramer wrote: post #52
sa-code wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Long walks and Ritalin can trigger PEM so I would be careful with those, for anyone reading

What’s PEM?

PEM is post-exertional malaise, the hallmark symptom of mecfs and some portion of what we call long covid. It's brutal, trying to push through it can lead to permanent worsening of symptom severity.

Re: Long Covid brain fog may be due to damaged blood vessels in the brain

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Post by ratg13 »

bouncycastle wrote: post #51
SOLAR_FIELDS wrote: post #20

I’ll share an abridged long COVID story about myself since it dearly affected me. Just so other people can kind of know what the experience was like. I got sick in October 2020 before vaccines were available. After the initial 10 days which I would describe as moderate, borderline severe (6/10, where 7/10 is hospital and 9/10 is ICU) I had all manner of absolutely weird things happen to my body. I won’t go into the d…

Would it be possible that something else caused it, leading you to also have a more severe episode of COVID? Perhaps you had a preexisting undiagnosed immune disorder, which expressed itself during the COVID episode?

One of the main theories is that the Covid is hiding in areas of the body, and this of course will mess with your other immune responses.

I experienced something similar to OP. Took me around 12-18 months before I felt like the symptoms were abating.

Re: Long Covid brain fog may be due to damaged blood vessels in the brain

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Post by insaider »

SOLAR_FIELDS wrote: post #20

I’ll share an abridged long COVID story about myself since it dearly affected me. Just so other people can kind of know what the experience was like. I got sick in October 2020 before vaccines were available. After the initial 10 days which I would describe as moderate, borderline severe (6/10, where 7/10 is hospital and 9/10 is ICU) I had all manner of absolutely weird things happen to my body. I won’t go into the d…

I've had similar symptoms for 7+ years now so it's most likely for life. Have seen many infectious disease specialists and CFS/ME is the diagnosis (same as long-covid). Mine seems to have been triggered by Glandular Fever (Epstein Barr Virus).

Exertion is the biggest trigger for me, but also the prescribed cure (Gradual Exercise Therapy). Alcohol is a weird one, I often feel better with a hangover than I do on a bad fatigue day (immuno-suppressant?) but then way worse the days after. I also have recurring Mononucleosis symptoms and have tried anti-virals to no avail...

It's so obviously immuno-related, really hope the science progresses soon.

Some interesting articles: https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/what-happens-when-you-dont... https://edition.cnn.com/2021/03/12/health/ron-davis-covid-lo...

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