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Long COVID exists for 5+ years: Share what has or not worked for you
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It’s kind of hard to do when it’s been 4 years and you’re still not tasting or smelling your food or anything else for that matter! 5 years is a long time and wouldn’t you think that some doctor somewhere would have found a cure by now? It’s getting very old, very fast and we’re still struggling.
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@lkirnbauer completely agree. It’s almost 5 years for me and it’s very depressing. No one seems to understand nor to care. The doctors pretty much just tell me they don’t know or they are even more discouraging. I tried the essential oils, the nicotine patches, zinc, quercetin, and nothing seems to work. People keep saying covid is over but for many of us the struggles continue. God bless you all.
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My daughter's CFS lasted 18 years, then she had about 20 years of feeling very good and now something CFS-like is back. She did have COVID in 2023, but no apparent appearance of Long-COVID. I got COVID first, then she got it (we were travelling together outside of the US). My Long-COVID has not shown any remission. It appears that Long-COVID, like CFS, may last a lifetime, or there may be recovery to pre-COVID status only to be followed by a return of previous symptoms. I just did an A-I search of "viruses that leave life-long symptoms" and I'm surprised at the number of them like measles coming back later as shingles, and others that simply have symptoms that don't go away.