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Has anyone else been diagnosed with COPD after COVID?
Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19 | Last Active: Aug 30 6:31pm | Replies (75)Comment receiving replies
Too was diagnosed with COPD/emphysema after a case off Covid in 2020. I did have mild asthma before getting Covid, but in 2023 I was diagnosed with emphysema. Mind you I’ve never smoked, two of my siblings have COPD, my mother died of lung cancer, never smoked.
I’ve come to the conclusion that COVID made my lungs worse.
I’ve been on Trelegy now for two years now. Dr is still trying to figure out why I get short of breath since my O2 is usually 97. My cardiologist says it’s not my heart causing the shortness of breath. I’m at a loss :/
Sorry so long
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I get regular breathlessness following first covid 19 infection in Spring 2020 ( plus two later infections and 3 jabs) and nothing structurally appears in various lung / heart tests/ scans…however just had my 3rd standard chest X-ray last week and got ‘normal , no action’ result back. I’m in the UK and can now see more details in the new NHS online records about this test which surprised me: ‘ Longstanding blunting of the left costophrenic recess. No confluent consolidation. Mild elevation right hemi- diaphragm. No pneumothorax.’ … yet this was also marked ‘normal’ …to my mind yet more referrals to a different specialist like a liver one! Did you see last week a new paper about how women effected by LC were more likely ( compared to men) to have aged blood vessels (5 years being not unusual)..so I’m also trying to go down vascular route ( impossible where I live as only cardio’s.)…as I also have blood pressure issues drugs don’t touch.