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Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19 | Last Active: Aug 27 11:32am | Replies (34)

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I had PVC's and SVT's PLUS bouts of A-fib day and night, 24/7 for one solid year after Long Covid. I had every cardiac test, and saw several doctors. The doctor that monitors me at Johns Hopkins Hospital in a trial I am in with JHH is the doc who immediate said I have Long Covid. He told me it would go away and just wait it out but no guarantee how long it would take. He informed me, and this was also mentioned to me by a new physician I have with Mercy Hospital that yes indeed it was Long Covid. Many of my doctors never heard of it. I left them immediately.
The top doc at Mercy Hospital said that the strain of Covid in 2022 and 2023 was second to the worst original strain and caused hundred of thousands of after effects in months to come.
I knew that LC was inflammation of the heart and other organs, and cholesterol drugs, beta blockers, etc., were not the cure, just a treatment.
Even though Motrin, etc., causes asthma and higher blood pressure for me, and I never take it, I decided I needed something to help with inflammation.
Two weeks of taking Motrin, 100 MG once a day (which is very little) was the magic ingredient. My palpitations and aFib stopped completely almost to the day, one year later in Nov. 2024. Just like that. Stopped. Have not come back.
I am so glad you are on the mend. And I wish for you a recovery that stops "just like that".

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Did the mayo dr give you a reason why he thought long covid would go away on its own?

This is so interesting. The med that really helps me is a 200 mg. tablet of Advil, but if I take it too many days, it makes my right kidney hurt. I tried Celebrex, but it did nothing and low dose aspirin makes me bleed under my skin. I use an antiviral that is also an inti-inflammatory. It is called Nexavir and it helps a lot. But, I had ME/CFS for many years before I had Covid in 2022 and a few months later in 2023. I tested negative, but about a month later, I had A-fib and high blood pressure. That has mostly resolved, but I still have walking and balance problems.

Did the Motrin stop your symptoms immediately or one year later?