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Any long Covid people here who developed lung nodules?

Posted by ericy210 @ericy210, Jun 16, 2023

As part of the clinical long Covid study I’ve been doing for a year, I had a clean chest X-ray a year ago. Monday they found a 9mm nodule in my right posterior lung as well as “minor air trapping.” I’ve never smoked.

They referred me to their (University of Illinois Chicago) Lung Nodule department. The said they have seen cases lung nodules with long Covid. My symptoms have been fatigue and brain fog. This was very unexpected and worrying, since my dad died of lung cancer two years ago and cancer also got his sister and mom.

Have you seen any reputable studies or articles on this combination? I’m finding quite a few on my own and would like to see someone else’s “homework” if they’ve already been looking at it.

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hercules | @hercules | Feb 11 3:12pm
In reply to @batwood23 "Yes! A year after I had Covid ( relatively mild case- just severe cough) & 10..." + (show)
@batwood23

Yes! A year after I had Covid ( relatively mild case- just severe cough) & 10 months of long Covid my lung X-rays showed many nodules. My dr said my lungs looked like I had a history of chronic lung disease. I hadn’t smoked since 1970, and had no symptoms til Covid, plus routine X-rays in the past didn’t show any nodules so I know it’s the long Covid. I still have shortness of breath but no cough
I’m a retired nurse & when I read the X-ray report I was shocked & scared

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Hello batwood23,

Do you mind updating on your lung nodules situation after covid? I found out in Sept 2024 I have four nodules, all ground glass. Pulmonologist seems to think they are from previous infections. I haven't even been sick in a long time. Sept 2023 I did have a relatively mild case of covid. Sick with heavy cough about 2-3 weeks. I guess that was about a year before the scan. Do you think that nodules from covid could still be present a year later? I was scanned again last month Jan 2025 and the nodules are still there, no change. My next scan is Sept 2025. Is this what it is now? scanning every year waiting for the other shoe to drop?? I'm finding it difficult to cope with that. Wished I could know more what these things are or more importantly if they will become anything. Hope you are doing well now. Wishing you good health!

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bmd | @bmd | Feb 12 5:35am
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@uget1shot

Yes. I have a 7mm nodule in my right lower lung base, first spotted in August of 2021 following a Covid infection in March of 2020 which began my 4-year nightmare of Long Covid. I also have opacities now, with COPD (all new since Covid). The nodule appears to be stable - last scanned in Sept of 2024. I lost my mom to non-small cell lung cancer in 2023.

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I also have lung nodules, One is 4mm and the other is 6mm. They’ve been stable for 6 months but I get checked every six months now until October, 2025. If no change, then scans will be finished. Good luck everyone .

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turandot | @turandot | Feb 13 5:22pm
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@bmd

I also have lung nodules, One is 4mm and the other is 6mm. They’ve been stable for 6 months but I get checked every six months now until October, 2025. If no change, then scans will be finished. Good luck everyone .

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YES!!! Second CT next month. Never made the connection bc I have calcified asbestos fibers in both lungs but the nodules are new since covid.

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bmd | @bmd | Feb 13 6:03pm
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@turandot

YES!!! Second CT next month. Never made the connection bc I have calcified asbestos fibers in both lungs but the nodules are new since covid.

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Covid. The gift that keeps on giving. Good luck with everything!

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donlaujr | @donlaujr | Apr 28 12:12pm
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@stlmo

Did you check? Any updates

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i just had a follow up chest x ray , all 3 existing nodules were stable, they did find a fourth, a follow up xray was recommended in one year , my Dr does not seem to worried about this. Am wondering if anyone has had a longer term issue

thanks

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penny27 | @penny27 | Apr 30 5:31am

I also had a chest X-ray that was clear. Had a ct scan that showed nodules 6 months later ..I am now seeing a pulmonologist. My 2 month repeat scan showed stable nodules. I will have my 6 month repeat next week . I also had a PFT that showed mild obstructive ventilatory defect (copd or asthma) their answer is to put me on an inhaler twice a day .. I have refused for now as my shortness of breath really comes and goes .. I can walk an hour on a treadmill with no shortness of breath .. I was really hoping for answers from this specialist .. yet I feel I am still left to figure this out myself .. Thank you all for your support and detective work that is giving me some answers.. because my doctor is not

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penny27 | @penny27 | Apr 30 5:39am
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@donlaujr

June of 2023 developed covid , thought it cleared up after one week, then developed pneumonia, April 2024 had a ct scan that showed a 6 and 8mm lung nodule , I plan to have another ct or mri in three months . Flem in the a.m. using an inhaler for copd to see if it clears up

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Did the inhaler help ?? Which one did they put you on ?

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penny27 | @penny27 | Apr 30 5:49am
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@hercules

Hello batwood23,

Do you mind updating on your lung nodules situation after covid? I found out in Sept 2024 I have four nodules, all ground glass. Pulmonologist seems to think they are from previous infections. I haven't even been sick in a long time. Sept 2023 I did have a relatively mild case of covid. Sick with heavy cough about 2-3 weeks. I guess that was about a year before the scan. Do you think that nodules from covid could still be present a year later? I was scanned again last month Jan 2025 and the nodules are still there, no change. My next scan is Sept 2025. Is this what it is now? scanning every year waiting for the other shoe to drop?? I'm finding it difficult to cope with that. Wished I could know more what these things are or more importantly if they will become anything. Hope you are doing well now. Wishing you good health!

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I am on the same routine . My 6 month scan is next week .. if nothing has changed I will be good for a year .. no answer to why I have these .. I was to see a “Covid” specialist in December but did not go .. as his tests were the same as I had at my pulmonary doctor and shortness of breath is my least worrying long Covid symptom ( my worst symptoms are fatigue , muscle and joint pains and heat intolerance) which this specialist does not deal with .. I too am waiting for the other shoe to drop and it has severely changed how I live my life

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penny27 | @penny27 | Apr 30 5:55am
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@hercules

Hello, can you tell me more about the multiple lung nodules you have? I found out from a scan in September 2024 I have 4 lung nodules in both lungs. The biggest is 7mm and they are all ground glass nodules. I had a follow up scan in January 2025 and they are still there with no change. Darn it. I was hoping they would be gone. 🙁 I am a former smoker quit 15 years ago. Dad died of lung cancer. I am terrified of what these things are or could become. The waiting for the future to unfold is difficult to do sometimes. How many nodules do you have? Were they solid or ground glass. Im sorry to hear your shortness of breath became bad. I hope it has improved for you and that you are doing well. Wishing you good health!

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Same with me .. my repeat scan is next week.. hoping they are unchanged .. I don’t think they will be gone .. you would be surprised to know how many people have developed these nodules .. I am a nurse and many of my coworkers are in the same situation.. I’m sure there are a lot more .. they just haven’t had a scan yet to confirm it..

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hercules | @hercules | Apr 30 6:47am
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@penny27

Same with me .. my repeat scan is next week.. hoping they are unchanged .. I don’t think they will be gone .. you would be surprised to know how many people have developed these nodules .. I am a nurse and many of my coworkers are in the same situation.. I’m sure there are a lot more .. they just haven’t had a scan yet to confirm it..

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I just wanted to say good luck to you with the repeat scan next week. I know how hard this "scanxiety" can be. I started taking an amino acid supplement, 200 mg of L-theanine maybe 6-8 weeks ago. I had read that it was good for calming anxiety and normally I am skeptical about things like this but since I don't like to take "pharmaceuticals" I thought I'd try it. To my surprise I have to say it really has taken the edge off my anxiety about these nodules. I thought I would never get to a point where I could cope with living with these things daily. Now I do realize around re-scan time it might be a different story with me. I get my annual scan late September this year too. I plan on keeping on the supplement and trying to remember to just live my life in the present and in the truth that "I don't have a problem until I have a problem" and trust that if these things ever do become a problem I will learn to deal with it then and I am not going to waste energy on the "what if" scenarios. I know its easier said than done but I hope we both can do that. I also hope and pray these things never do become problems for you, me, or anyone else that has them. Wishing you good health!

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