Long Covid Syndrome

Dear Nurse JVrm1965, I am so sorry. Long COVID is so hard on the body. It seems everyone is so different. I have so many lingering issues from it (too many to mention), but, yours are harder than mine.

Just some thoughts; Vicks vapor rub on the soles of your feet at night and then put socks on has helped some folks with coughing. Also, the old lemon drops you use to buy at the General Store (Amazon has these). Lemon thins mucus as well.

Has your doctor put you on NAC (Pure Encapsulations on Amazon) or Guaifenesin? They both help thin out mucus. NAC can be very drying, but, it helps greatly. Also, drinking lots of water, a cool mist humidifier helped and lemon ginger tea.

I wonder if you have a lingering infection in your sinus or chest which can cause more mucus? The antibiotic that knocked the infections out for me was Levaquin. It cured the sinus infection, bronchitis & pneumonia that I had with COVID along with a steroid taper. Ask your doctor what he thinks about it. I was left with a lot of mucus afterwards in the back of my throat.....I still have that after almost 2 years post COVID. I gargle with warm salt water to help with that and use Listerine. I have to scrape my tongue every morning.

My immune system was already compromised before COVID, but, it is much worse since I had COVID.
I believe our immune system goes into overdrive to attack COVID and it just doesn't calm down for a while.

I am praying for you. Keep me posted. I care. Hugs & prayers....

I have some coughing episodes still. Still struggling with various symptoms. Do you have access to a long covid treatment center? I’m exploring that now.

I’m in three years of having COVID. My o2 drops constantly, especially when sleeping. I’ve had all kinds of test and the results long hauled COVID. On oxygen at bedtime. Getting better. For the mucus I take a sinsus pill, teas, herbs, water, juice my on juices, deep breathing, on an inhaler (Spiriva), and exercise. I ‘m so much better. I think because of my self healing guide and the I haler.

Don’t give up! Hang in there.

I'm 75 at year four as two two year episodes (tested positive at 2 years, so deja vu all over again).

A few months ago I had "moderately severe" colitis, which I think (if I got it right) is an auto-immune like inflammation of the bowel. I took a steroid (Butesonide) which broke the vicious circle of inflammation, where inflammation causes itself. It's now gone. Which makes me wonder, is LC all vicious circle infllammation?

For complex reasons I cannot entirely remember I took Prednasone for a week, at the end of year one. I felt instantly cured. Prednasone is dangerous in the long term use context, so I stopped. And then Long Covid returned. I was still too fuzzy-brained to figure it out then.

Now it increasingly tempting , to conclude LC is an auto-immune inflammation, taking many largely predictable forms: tinnitus, foggy brain, rashes, lethargy, colitis and fatigue, in repeating combinations.

I will now try to find out more about non-steroidal and low-steroidal anti-inflammation, including but not limited to diet.

Have you seen a Pulmonoligist? I had same symptoms and was finally diagnosed with a lung disease called Bronchiectasis.

I'm so sorry! This is awful! There must be something doctors can give you to help! Or figure out the cause... my sister got put on some prescription cough medication. Pills I think. You need to keep going back to the doctor or get a specialist to get this figured out! Don't give up and just accept this! There must be help for you... Good luck!

Anti Inflammation:
steroids (many have side effects, which can be sever)
non-steroidal anti-inflammatory (apirin, Aleve, etc)
food
avacados? it is a rumor anyway
avoid sugar (including refined wheat products and potoatoes, which digest quickly, to sugar)

I got it from the horse's mouth yesterday (a Doctor: reduce sugar intake. Dramatically. Drastically.

This links might help you.

I did see Pulmonologist. He sent me packing, with a pat on my back. Everybody is about different.