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Anyone experiencing muscle atrophy/muscle wasting due to Long COVID?

Posted by tatjohns @tatjohns, Dec 2, 2024

I have long covid (2 1/2 years) and have been experiencing progressive muscle atrophy/muscle wasting which is unrelated to inactivity. To the contrary, I have tried to stay very active with walking, swimming, resistance training, but none of it does any good. The muscle atrophy continues and is debilitating. The head of the local long covid clinic said I was the only patient out of the 3,000 patients he has seen in LC clinic with this symptom.

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mspaminreno | @mspaminreno | Dec 29, 2024
In reply to @tatjohns "@catfishgrazis44 the muscle atrophy is progressing, and I am not able to build muscle at all..." + (show)
@tatjohns

@catfishgrazis44 the muscle atrophy is progressing, and I am not able to build muscle at all with weight training. Just when I think I can't lose more muscle, I do. I've tried everything, including physical therapy. I also have brain fog and have developed sleep apnea and asthma after the covid infection 2.5 years ago. I don't know how this happened, but I have mitochondrial dysfunction from the virus, it somehow has altered my body at a cellular level. It is devastating, I am so depressed.

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Just a tidbit here - my 4-year long journey would take up too much space. However, I thought to mention that I am a female, 82 years old and am just now noticing what I consider muscle-wasting (maybe it also has to do with my age...) but, anyway...I take *a lot* of supplements: Astragalus for muscle strength, L-Carnisine and other amino acids for mitochondrial support (plus PQQ) And, after reading this thread, I am considering some creatine.
I tried it way back in the beginning but didn't notice anything positive (nor negative). But now...4 years later, it might help me. My best to you.

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mspaminreno | @mspaminreno | Dec 29, 2024

I'm a female, 82 years old and 4 years post-covid and am just now starting to feel 'muscle-wasting'. I was very active; hiking, etc. but had to give all that up because of bouts of PEM. I take *a lot* of supplements which have helped to various degrees. I absolutely love L-Carnosine and Astragalus to name just a couple...but, now, I think I may need to try Creatine. My best to you.

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catfishgrazis44 | @catfishgrazis44 | 2 hours ago
In reply to @lhabada "Wow, I never gave it a thought there was any correlation between long Covid-19 and developing..." + (show)
@lhabada

Wow, I never gave it a thought there was any correlation between long Covid-19 and developing COPD, sleep apnea, asthma and muscle atrophy progression. None of my care givers even suggested any of it was possible. (I guess they still do not know a lot about long covid's effects)
One additional item, I contracted a severe case of covid on 8 December 2020 and since then, I have been slowly developing all of the above issues. I might add that when I contracted double lung pneumonia covid, I had quit smoking 29 years earlier and had no issues with breathing until I went into a pulmonologist and was diagnosed with COPD.

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I have weight loss and muscle atrophy I believe due to long covid. I was 6'5'' 225#'s, now 6'5" 175#'s. Have been to 2 long covid clinics, both have verified I have long covid. I have a atrophied pancreas, therefore on digestive enzymes replacing those pancreas is apparently no longer producing. I have post exertional malaise.

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