So my CT calcium scan score was 52, not a concern.
However, the scan also detected a 4.2 thoracic aortic artery aneurysm. So I have an initial visit with a cardiologist scheduled for January. Already monitoring BP daily. Taking 25 mg Losartan and 500 mg taurine daily.
Would recommend a CT calcium scan for anyone that has experienced multiple high blood pressure swings.
You don’t say what sort of heart/ circulation problems you are being tested for, but just to say I have had high BP, and high HR for 4 1/2 years after originally getting Covid. Had ecgs, 24-hour BP monitor, echocardiogram and cardiologists declaring no problem; similarly respiratory consultants cannot detect anything wrong with chest x-rays and respiratory tests. Yet even with 5 different hypertensive drugs my BP is high, I get breathless doing a small domestic job from brushing my teeth to ( most noticeably) standing cooking at a stove. I actually started to faint completely ( followed by vomiting…not nice when out in town!). I DIY a NASA lean test and diagnosed PoTS, but local hospital not so sure. Saw a specialist Falls consultant with tilt test table and she diagnosed ‘postural hypotension, definitely not PoTS’, as BP plummeted to 61/40 after 8 mins.standing and HR driven upwards to compensate , to get oxygen to brain. She removed and altered timing of hypertensives but released me back to my GP, who seems to be unable to understand diagnosis, and has put me back on one of the hypertensive drugs. He meanwhile is insisting my existing hypothyroidism, or rather the hormone replacement treatment, is causing the high HR! Anyway cardiologists where I live completely uninterested in circulation/ heart etc problems…hope you get better results/ treatment.
I had Covid in December of 2022 and lost my taste/smell and it’s still not back. I also was diagnosed with Hashimoto’s/hypothyroidism and take Synthroid for it. Before I began taking this Synthroid and before I knew I had a thyroid condition, my heart would be beating fine and then all of a sudden a hard pound or two would happen. I now know that it was from my thyroid not functioning properly. I don’t have that feeling any longer. Good luck!
I had COVID the first week in September. Before I had it, my BP was 120 over 80 and heart rate 72. Now, my blood pressure is 150 over 92 and heart rate in the 90s. IMHO, it does impact the heart.
It’s just pure frustration that the medical community hasn’t come to terms with the reality that covid causes heart problems, there’s so much evidence that indicates it does. Some people are very fortunate to have found help from doctors who are open to help them with their problems but there’s still too many of us that are being ignored and neglected. It just doesn’t make sense to treat people like they have mental problems because they can’t seem to come to terms with the reality that covid is a really serious disease. I have personally suffered from rapid heart beats since 2022 after a covid infection, it took a while to see a cardiologist and after all the tests were done he concluded that my heart was fine except it beats too fast. The best part of my appointment was that when I told him it started after having covid, he suggested that I see a psychiatrist, what an insult, some things never change, if they can’t find anything physically then it must be a mental disorder. I truly believe that they will get it right one day perhaps when more people are coming forward with the same symptoms. I did read an article on the People’s Pharmacy that evidence is showing covid causes more heart problems than heart disease, it’s a start but still has a long way to go.
Frouke,
I got covid last January 15 if you don't count the 10 day incubation period. thought I recovered well from covid as of early February. I had a great deal of energy and could return to the gym. On Feb 17 my heart rate soared to 148 per a doctor present who happened to have his bag when I collapsed at church. He immediately called an ambulance and I was in the hospital for 3 days, I've been tired ever since. I struggle to keep my house clean, meals cooked and lift a few weights at home. I had been used to walking with vigor 45 minutes per day as well. Now all is a struggle. I walk slowly and lift far less weight at home.
Every day is a challenge. I fight my way through them.
It’s just pure frustration that the medical community hasn’t come to terms with the reality that covid causes heart problems, there’s so much evidence that indicates it does. Some people are very fortunate to have found help from doctors who are open to help them with their problems but there’s still too many of us that are being ignored and neglected. It just doesn’t make sense to treat people like they have mental problems because they can’t seem to come to terms with the reality that covid is a really serious disease. I have personally suffered from rapid heart beats since 2022 after a covid infection, it took a while to see a cardiologist and after all the tests were done he concluded that my heart was fine except it beats too fast. The best part of my appointment was that when I told him it started after having covid, he suggested that I see a psychiatrist, what an insult, some things never change, if they can’t find anything physically then it must be a mental disorder. I truly believe that they will get it right one day perhaps when more people are coming forward with the same symptoms. I did read an article on the People’s Pharmacy that evidence is showing covid causes more heart problems than heart disease, it’s a start but still has a long way to go.
I’m sorry for your pain and loss of being able to live your life to the fullest, it’s just so sad that you’re part of so many people, myself included, who are still struggling well after the virus. I’ve heard of some people who can’t go home due to serious complications after covid, it’s not just another virus but much more than that and it’s hard to say when they will actually be able to provide the help so desperately needed. I’m trying my hardest to stay positive mentally and not give up on hope that they will be able to cure us completely so we can get back to living our lives like we did before covid, I wish you strength and healing completely, take care, Frouke.
I’m sorry for your pain and loss of being able to live your life to the fullest, it’s just so sad that you’re part of so many people, myself included, who are still struggling well after the virus. I’ve heard of some people who can’t go home due to serious complications after covid, it’s not just another virus but much more than that and it’s hard to say when they will actually be able to provide the help so desperately needed. I’m trying my hardest to stay positive mentally and not give up on hope that they will be able to cure us completely so we can get back to living our lives like we did before covid, I wish you strength and healing completely, take care, Frouke.
Just to make you aware, I’m putting together (and have been) a list of our issues to date. 11/6/24. I am using exact statements left to one another on our issues, complaints, feeling etc. I am going to publicly make these be seen somehow. One is Social Security. Another, I am going to try and reach a few of the public Drs fighting for Long Covid. I am like all of you. Very sick. Heart issues that they say aren’t heart issues. I have a 30 monitor on as I speak because I am forcing people to listen, though, not all do. If someone read this and doesn’t want what they wrote seen, please let me know. Our names are all just our stage names so they will not know anything personal. Thank you, Kelly
Just to make you aware, I’m putting together (and have been) a list of our issues to date. 11/6/24. I am using exact statements left to one another on our issues, complaints, feeling etc. I am going to publicly make these be seen somehow. One is Social Security. Another, I am going to try and reach a few of the public Drs fighting for Long Covid. I am like all of you. Very sick. Heart issues that they say aren’t heart issues. I have a 30 monitor on as I speak because I am forcing people to listen, though, not all do. If someone read this and doesn’t want what they wrote seen, please let me know. Our names are all just our stage names so they will not know anything personal. Thank you, Kelly
@kellysmail2016, hi, I understand how you feel and feel it’s a good idea to fight back, it may very well be worth the effort and perhaps it may even help to make a difference, we have to start somewhere. I don’t use it alias when I post comments here, instead I use my real name, I have nothing to hide and my comments are truthful and intended to help others in a small way. I hope that you will be able to get the help needed to make a difference for yourself and others, take care and good luck.
Sorry I missed your query. In Uk a ‘stress test’ tends to be name for adrenal/ cortisol testing, not tilt table test. If it’s the TTT one you are enquiring about then it’s easy, patient doesn’t have to do anything, just keep calm. The dr.and technician were engrossed in the test recordings, I just said at appropriate time ‘ I’d be asking to sit down now’ (as Bp slumped to 61/40 after 8 mins.), and was told ‘Not surprising’. Not given any drugs before / during, just water afterwards. So nothing to be worried about.
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So my CT calcium scan score was 52, not a concern.
However, the scan also detected a 4.2 thoracic aortic artery aneurysm. So I have an initial visit with a cardiologist scheduled for January. Already monitoring BP daily. Taking 25 mg Losartan and 500 mg taurine daily.
Would recommend a CT calcium scan for anyone that has experienced multiple high blood pressure swings.
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I had Covid in December of 2022 and lost my taste/smell and it’s still not back. I also was diagnosed with Hashimoto’s/hypothyroidism and take Synthroid for it. Before I began taking this Synthroid and before I knew I had a thyroid condition, my heart would be beating fine and then all of a sudden a hard pound or two would happen. I now know that it was from my thyroid not functioning properly. I don’t have that feeling any longer. Good luck!
I had COVID the first week in September. Before I had it, my BP was 120 over 80 and heart rate 72. Now, my blood pressure is 150 over 92 and heart rate in the 90s. IMHO, it does impact the heart.
Frouke,
I got covid last January 15 if you don't count the 10 day incubation period. thought I recovered well from covid as of early February. I had a great deal of energy and could return to the gym. On Feb 17 my heart rate soared to 148 per a doctor present who happened to have his bag when I collapsed at church. He immediately called an ambulance and I was in the hospital for 3 days, I've been tired ever since. I struggle to keep my house clean, meals cooked and lift a few weights at home. I had been used to walking with vigor 45 minutes per day as well. Now all is a struggle. I walk slowly and lift far less weight at home.
Every day is a challenge. I fight my way through them.
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1 ReactionI’m sorry for your pain and loss of being able to live your life to the fullest, it’s just so sad that you’re part of so many people, myself included, who are still struggling well after the virus. I’ve heard of some people who can’t go home due to serious complications after covid, it’s not just another virus but much more than that and it’s hard to say when they will actually be able to provide the help so desperately needed. I’m trying my hardest to stay positive mentally and not give up on hope that they will be able to cure us completely so we can get back to living our lives like we did before covid, I wish you strength and healing completely, take care, Frouke.
Just to make you aware, I’m putting together (and have been) a list of our issues to date. 11/6/24. I am using exact statements left to one another on our issues, complaints, feeling etc. I am going to publicly make these be seen somehow. One is Social Security. Another, I am going to try and reach a few of the public Drs fighting for Long Covid. I am like all of you. Very sick. Heart issues that they say aren’t heart issues. I have a 30 monitor on as I speak because I am forcing people to listen, though, not all do. If someone read this and doesn’t want what they wrote seen, please let me know. Our names are all just our stage names so they will not know anything personal. Thank you, Kelly
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@kellysmail2016, hi, I understand how you feel and feel it’s a good idea to fight back, it may very well be worth the effort and perhaps it may even help to make a difference, we have to start somewhere. I don’t use it alias when I post comments here, instead I use my real name, I have nothing to hide and my comments are truthful and intended to help others in a small way. I hope that you will be able to get the help needed to make a difference for yourself and others, take care and good luck.
Sorry I missed your query. In Uk a ‘stress test’ tends to be name for adrenal/ cortisol testing, not tilt table test. If it’s the TTT one you are enquiring about then it’s easy, patient doesn’t have to do anything, just keep calm. The dr.and technician were engrossed in the test recordings, I just said at appropriate time ‘ I’d be asking to sit down now’ (as Bp slumped to 61/40 after 8 mins.), and was told ‘Not surprising’. Not given any drugs before / during, just water afterwards. So nothing to be worried about.