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What are your 3 worst symptoms?

Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19 | Last Active: 8 hours ago | Replies (134)
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@sslariz

1) Inflammation- originally this presented as pain all over my body, and extreme sinus pressure, headaches - Now I still have chronic headaches that come and go. Seems related to barometric pressure. Allergies that I had which are mild are way worse - small exposure to mold can give me my main wierd symptom:
2) Headache, which is always experienced as sinus pressure accompanied by severe sleepiness. If I take a nap for an hour, the sleepiness goes away but the headache remains.
3) Weird joint inflammation /pain that comes and goes. Can resemble RA wrists, fingers, elbows, shoulders and neck all can become painful. especially hard to sleep when shoulders are in pain.

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gregorb | @gregorb | May 16 3:36pm

Thanks for the reply. Yes. The inflammation seems to be some kind of key to long covid.

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mbryant1380 | @mbryant1380 | May 19 9:53am

You are the only other person that I have heard that experiences your number 2.
I too get the extreme sinus pressure/headache/fullness followed by severe sleepiness. The inflammation is so bad it causes my ears to feel “full”, (I also experience tinnitus and ears popping) which in turn affects my ability to walk. That is definitely in my top 3 worst symptoms. Stomach/digestive issues is probably another top 3.
Then it’s a tie between joint pain and heart palpitations. The heart palpitations seem mostly after I eat, probably some connection there, with the gastrointestinal/digestive issues.
I pray so hard for all of us. I feel so happy and hopeful when anyone of us says they are seeing some relief/healing. Also feel a twinge of envy. I have been suffering for over three years and was pretty much ready to accept this as a permanent chronic illness after years of several doctor visits and test with no diagnosis or success of treatment. But maybe just maybe in time…

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