Covid Legs and Toes

Yes!!! It’s so hard to go to sleep because I’m so uncomfortable

Thank you, @rose5 for the hug. Back atcha.

I tried today, in a message to someone who retired from my industry, to explain this, and it's incomprehensible to those who have had no symptoms or never tested "+".

I had COVID a few months after it broke. Vaccines had not been developed yet. I had the symptoms but didn't get really sick. About a month later I started hurting all over. My legs got very weak and I stayed tired all of the time. All symptoms progressively worsened.

My legs hurt all the time and felt so heavy they felt like post. I could barely get around at times. I took all sorts of circulation supplements, vitamins, antibiotics.

My head hurts all the time. I got short of breath. I had to sleep sitting up to breath well. I used my parents old oxygen machine and sleep apnea also

Since then my blood pressure now runs real high at times, other times very low as does my oxygen levels

My feet look black at times, get really red. Now I'm having sugar issues like diabetes. My sugar runs over 200 at times. I can't eat salt at all my legs swell even worse

I hurt in my arms I think I'm losing usage of my right arm. It hurts bad.

I have intense headaches. I hurt in my chest a lot now. I hurt all up and down my body, intense pain in my neck and head.

My vision is getting blurry at times and really bad in my right eye.

I get really weak and nearly pass out and if I do anything much, I get tired I just have to sit down or drop on the bed and fall asleep for hours. I mostly sleep now

I can't get approved for disability or anything I have no healthcare. No way to go to the doctors. My family has helped me all they could but I can't get any help from disability in my state. They won't even send me to a doctor. .

I don't think I have a lot of time left anyway but I wonder if most of these things are caused from covid

Every where I go I find people with some or all of the same symptoms I'm having.

Good luck getting help people. I don't think there's much of anyone in the ERs or anywhere else that knows what they're dealing with. COVID caused all of minem

Review: COVID March 2020. Raynauds diagnosis March 2021. Examined at my foot doctor "You have COVID toes" Diagnosis at hospital vascular lab. Toes and fingers become cold when the temperature is below 50 F. Then will turn purple if I don't get them warmed. Never had ANY of these issues before COVID. Last winter (2023), two dermatology appts, PCP and urgent care. Fingers on right hand swollen, in pain, red and sometimes split and bleeding. "You have contact dermatitis". "You have hand eczema" PICK ONE LOL. Nothing worked. Better by April, cured, then in Dec 2024 it was back. It was the Raynauds. I'm 70 now. What works: Don't go outside if the temp is below 30 F. ALWAYS wear winter rated winter gloves and boots. I bought new boots. Danner 800 g Thinsulate. FANTASTIC. I can't use heat inserts. Too hot, they damage my feet. New gloves Saranac Glove mittens.It's a glove in a mitten FANTASTIC. Best results if you dont let your hands and feet get cold in the first place. Warming them up dosen't repair the damage. It's not that simple. House temp in winter had to be increased 2 degrees.

I have restless leg syndrome since I had Covid in December of 2022. I bought a product called Theraworx Relief for Muscle Cramps and it literally works! I also get horrific cramps in my legs if I get to warm under the covers. What also helps is taking a Tums chewable tablet or two. The calcium in the Tums is what helps. I have Hashimoto’s so I don’t eat gluten, dairy or soy products. That has also helped. Sorry you are suffering and hope this helps in a small way.

Has anyone had purpura on their forearms as part of Long Covid? These blotches appeared about 6 weeks after I had the NB.1.8.1 (nicknamed "Nimbus"). version of COVID?
I also have leg weakness, can barely walk, watery puffy eyes, hair loss, high BP and many other odd symptoms.
Thanks

@fmwentworth I’m sorry you’re struggling with Long Covid. I am too. I would have your Thyroid Levels checked. Sounds strange, I know, but I didn’t ever have a Thyroid condition until all of a sudden, I did. I’ve had Long Covid for almost 4 years now and I still have no taste or smell. I had other symptoms that have lessened, but not all are completely gone. Loss of hair, inflammation and whatever your other symptoms are, point to Thyroid to me. Ask your doctor or find an Endocrinologist to run TSH, T3-free, T4-free, Reverse T3 and TPO Antibodies. I will bet your Thyroid is low. I wish you good health and good luck!

Are you a diabetic? If you don’t know, have your A1-C checked. Sounds like you might be. Good luck!

I had covid in 2022 and developed rapid heart beats along with profuse sweating, it was bad for about two years and eased up a little but the symptoms are never really gone. Later other symptoms came along i.e. pain in my neck, joints pain especially wrist and ankles, of course I went to doctors and had tests done, the cardiologist couldn’t find anything wrong with my heart except that it beats fast. The frustration I felt was that even though my symptoms are very real nothing has ever shown up, I’m happy to hear that but I still continue to suffer, I continue to get covid boosters because I don’t want to get this virus again, it leaves you with ailments that never seem to end, I have read many articles about people suffering from long covid and they often get reinfected more than once, I find this very disturbing to say the least, it’s crucial to protect yourself always and disregard advice that masks are only necessary if you have symptoms, many people don’t experience symptoms with covid thus making this virus very insidious.

@lkirnbauer
Thanks for your response. I had my Thyroid checked and TSH and T4 were normal but T3 was low. The endocrinologist was not concerned since the others were normal. Maybe this needs to be visitied again. I'll check out your suggestions. They are going to do a bunch of other blood tests so we'll see what those results are. Best to you. 4 years! That is a long time.