Long Covid

[GT3Manthey]

The wife had all the Covid symptoms back in march and went from running 7 miles a day to out of breath walking a flight of stairs.

She seemed to recover but various tests have now shown her to have a damaged left artery to the heart and scarring to her left lung.

She is also still breathless climbing two flights of stairs, has brain fog at times along occasional chest pains.

We are now 6 months in thinking that the symptoms of Long Covid would disappear after 10 weeks.

Anyone else going through this just so i can try and make sense of what the long term - if any- complications could be

[Riley Blue]

Here's a recent BBC News item on the subject with some links that might be worth looking at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-54622059

Best wishes to your wife.

[GT3Manthey]

Riley Blue said:

Here's a recent BBC News item on the subject with some links that might be worth looking at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-54622059

Best wishes to your wife.

Tks

I spotted this earlier on the way into work.

Problem is no one knows how this develops or if indeed it passes.

The damage lung we are assuming will repair but of course no guarantee and the other symptoms we are told is all part of Long Covid. It'd just be reassuring to know for sure that this will clear itself up naturally as we are now 6 months in and that article says 10 weeks roughly

[PrinceRupert]

GT3Manthey said:

Tks

I spotted this earlier on the way into work.

Problem is no one knows how this develops or if indeed it passes.

The damage lung we are assuming will repair but of course no guarantee and the other symptoms we are told is all part of Long Covid. It'd just be reassuring to know for sure that this will clear itself up naturally as we are now 6 months in and that article says 10 weeks roughly

Sadly nobody knows whether it will clear itself up naturally, certainly nobody on here.

[GT3Manthey]

PrinceRupert said:

Sadly nobody knows whether it will clear itself up naturally, certainly nobody on here.

I know im clutching at straws im desperate to make sense of it all but then i guess im not alone.

[Robertj21a]

Sadly, there are some on other threads who will have you believe that it's nothing much, and only what happens to some people after any virus.
It appears to be a genuine issue of some concern to many medical experts and their view seems to be that a lot more investigations are still needed.

[rjfp1962]

Sadly so little is known about Covid-19, other than some can have it non-symptomatic and recover not knowing they've had it, through to others suffering with Long covid over many months. So many factors may say how an individual is affected, obviously, age, underlying health issues, possibly even DNA structure.

I wish both your wife and yourself all the best.

[GT3Manthey]

rjfp1962 said:

Sadly so little is known about Covid-19, other than some can have it non-symptomatic and recover not knowing they've had it, through to others suffering with Long covid over many months. So many factors may say how an individual is affected, obviously, age, underlying health issues, possibly even DNA structure.

I wish both your wife and yourself all the best.

Thank you.

[Riley Blue]

Just spotted this link in another thread: https://covid.joinzoe.com/post/long-covid

[Funk]

Robertj21a said:

Sadly, there are some on other threads who will have you believe that it's nothing much, and only what happens to some people after any virus.
It appears to be a genuine issue of some concern to many medical experts and their view seems to be that a lot more investigations are still needed.

I gave up on trying to reason with some of the stupid idiots on a couple of threads here. Very frustrating - I wanted to ask how close it had to get to them before they took it seriously.

OP - I can't offer any input but I wish you and your wife well, hope she makes a significant recovery and soon.

[GT3Manthey]

Riley Blue said:

Just spotted this link in another thread: https://covid.joinzoe.com/post/long-covid

Tks very interesting read.

I see they mentioned the concern of a Long Covid sufferer during a 2nd wave. This is what scares me the most. She still has all the symptoms and they aren't going away so what if she gets whacked with a 2nd bout of it.

3 of us leave the house each day for work/schools so its impossible to know what we are bringing into the house

She 51 btw and prior to all this very fit and not overweight

[GT3Manthey]

Funk said:

I gave up on trying to reason with some of the stupid idiots on a couple of threads here. Very frustrating - I wanted to ask how close it had to get to them before they took it seriously.

OP - I can't offer any input but I wish you and your wife well, hope she makes a significant recovery and soon.

Many tks.

I thought starting a separate thread would avoid the slanging matches that happen on some of the others as like you i didnt want to get drawn into it all especially as i am witnessing it 1st hand

[biggbn]

Self and family are now almost three weeks past a positive test and it is still affecting us all in different ways. Nasty bug man, sympathies for you and Mrs

[deeb0]

I guess thats the bizarre thing about this, is how it affects people so differently. My missus, lost sense of taste and smell back in march before it was an official symptom (in the UK at least) so weren't able to get a test. No other symptoms, I went through a spell of feeling really exhausted after minor exercise in march but no other symptoms, it passed itself after a month or so (could have been fitness but I'm generally fit).

I read recently that they are looking at blood groups as a potential differentiator in the symptoms /recovery.

Good luck

[i4got]

GT3Manthey said:

The wife had all the Covid symptoms back in march and went from running 7 miles a day to out of breath walking a flight of stairs.

She seemed to recover but various tests have now shown her to have a damaged left artery to the heart and scarring to her left lung.

She is also still breathless climbing two flights of stairs, has brain fog at times along occasional chest pains.

We are now 6 months in thinking that the symptoms of Long Covid would disappear after 10 weeks.

Anyone else going through this just so i can try and make sense of what the long term - if any- complications could be

The only person I know who definitely had Long Covid - a doctor - took 6 months to get back to normal. (Back to normal but with no sense of taste)

[spikeyhead]

A slim, active colleague in his 30s got it in April and still struggles to do more than a couple of hours of work every other day, but is showing very slow signs of improvement, albeit a very gentle slope upwards.

[GT3Manthey]

Tks all

Her resting heart rate can get as high as 200BPM
I’ve witnessed it at 150bpm with her chest and neck veins pulsating. Quiet frightening as you can imagine.

She has today found another hospital for the next MRI where they will inject her with an adrenaline drug and watch how her heart reacts whilst in the MRI tunnel.

A stent I’m assuming may be needed to widen the artery but let’s see

[anonymous-user]

GT3Manthey said:

Tks all

Her resting heart rate can get as high as 200BPM
I’ve witnessed it at 150bpm with her chest and neck veins pulsating. Quiet frightening as you can imagine.

She has today found another hospital for the next MRI where they will inject her with an adrenaline drug and watch how her heart reacts whilst in the MRI tunnel.

A stent I’m assuming may be needed to widen the artery but let’s see

How old is she?

[GT3Manthey]

lord trumpton said:

How old is she?

51

[breamster]

GT3Manthey said:

lord trumpton said:

How old is she?

51

Not old then. My wife is having similar issues albeit not quite as severe. She is early 40s, slim, fit and no existing medical conditions prior to covid.

Anyone saying it's "just flu" needs to rethink things a bit!!

Best wishes to your wife etc.