Post Covid, night time, shortness of breath and racing heart.

Yep.

Hi! I am late to this discussion.
Yes, I have LC in the lungs. My CT lung scans show the glass, opaque appearance for several years now. I have been slow being diagnosed b/c it is relatively new in my rural area. A rheumatologist finally labeled it. I had been to a pulmonologist, GI specialist (have liver problems r/t LC.) My labs were elevated for autoimmune...so I am only now working with doctor for treatment plan.
Covid in the lungs is difficult and each time I get Covid it seems worse. And as your own experience, I have a harsh, productive cough for at least 3 months with shortness of breath on any activity. My heartrate doesn't increase with these bouts yet. Hopefully something is found for management.

I am the one that started this thread. I am still experiencing the SOB and racing heart at night. I no sooner got over the third Covid post SOB etc. at the end of April, then I got sick again and it started all over again. Now it is 3 and a half months it is taking this time to resolve. It is much better now though. I started a little Glutathione, but I felt I was detoxing too much and decided to do it at a later date. Now, after a great deal of research, I have decided to go with two probiotics that do not produce histamine and they both actually degrade histamine. I strongly think that my symptoms are related to too high histamine levels.

From what I have read, if your gut microbiome is imbalanced you can have too many bacteria that produce histamine and not enough that degrade histamine. Anyhow, I am starting on the first probiotic slowly and then the second and then some special "food" that my naturopathic doctor insists is needed to colonize the new bacteria. Both probiotics are good for the immune system as well. Not only am I trying to reduce histamine levels, but I am trying to build my immune system to see if I can avoid getting Covid for the umpteenth time. Or at least avoid the SOB and racing heart afterwards. But, I am not just experiencing the SOB and racing heart, with this I also experience fatigue, congestion, morning headaches, increased anxiety and some coughing too. Wish me luck.

I’m sorry to read how many people are going through the long side effects from Covid, I too had covid once in 2022 and for two years my heart was beating too fast even at rest and also profuse sweating. I don’t have these symptoms anymore and I’m truly grateful because I didn’t get any help with it, I had all the necessary tests done by a heart specialist but nothing ever showed up. I noticed that many people have the same problem, they have symptoms of every kind and they can’t find anything, normally you’re happy to hear that but still the symptoms continue. I would like to say that I started wearing my mask whenever I was inside with other people I prevented another covid infection, all I know is that even though they were telling us that we don’t need them anymore I wasn’t listening, not everyone has symptoms when they are infected so they don’t know that they’re contagious and that’s where the risk comes from.

I wear a mask when I am near several people or up close to someone. It is amazing that there are still people that will get right into your face talking loudly and some will laugh loudly right into your face. When I visit my daughter I ask if anyone has been sick recently or if those that have been around her and her family have been sick. But the real test is when school starts and all the germs are flying between the kids.