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Long COVID and Ringing in the ears
Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19 | Last Active: May 8, 2022 | Replies (20)Comment receiving replies
I had Covid the first week of December. My symptoms were a horrible headache, horrible sore throat, worsened tinnitus and fatigue. Medication only helped the sore throat - not the headache. I recovered after about 5 days. Then a couple weeks later the louder tinnitus and horrible headache came back. I attributed it to anything but covid. I even had cervical nerve ablations to try to stop the headaches. Now after months, I'm resigned to believe it is long covid. Nothing helps the headaches. The tinnitus is SO loud! Like a swarm of cicadas in my head. Can you recommend ANYTHING to help me???
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ok pkpeterson.....
here's some positive thoughts.
I'm the person who has had super strong nails since vaccine, along with severe spine, neck , back pain.
Well, thinking about your headaches. Before my vaccine pain I had over 30 years of migraines, acute sinusitis, and ugly cough for months every year. After I got an incomplete root canal pulled. Sinusitis and cough disappeared. And migraines gradually disappeared.
So..... all the years of migraines I always knew calcium, supplements or food would make my headaches worse and a stiff neck. So I didn't do this stuff for years. Thinking my migraines were cured, I have been eating cheese and yogurt and soy yogurts etc.....
My vaccine side effects have been horrible. So,,,, 3 days ago I quit the cheese etc, no calcium supplements for a few weeks. And my spine pain is about 60 % better. Especially my horrible neck pain. Of course I have a doctors appointment today. Since your finger nails are also stronger..... thinking something might be upping the calcium in my body (nails)....
I'm not a doctor..... just my life experience.... but maybe you could try cutting back on all calcium stuff for a while and see if that makes a difference with headaches, tinnitus ( which I used to get with my headaches too).... I've always changed my diet with my migraines... was no other choice and it usually worked. You can only go so long without eating..( maybe effected my infected root at the same time).....
Hopefully this might help. There is a lot on line (of course) about calcium being bad for you, clogging arteries etc. No one ever believed me when I said calcium supplements gave me a stiff neck. All doctors recommended for my bones.... Going to try to start up some light weight lifting for my bones ( after 2 years without because of spine pain)
I'm feeling great today. Hope this might work for you... at least a little.
Good luck, good luck , good luck...... I'm ready for the bad nails again if my pain gets better.
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@pkpeterson, oh, I can see you are at your wit's end dealing with the tinnitus. There are ways of coping. You'll find some very helpful tips in the Hearing Loss group here: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/group/hearing-loss/
To get you started see these specific discussions:
– Constant tinnitus: Are there any solutions? https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/constant-tinnitis/
– Tinnitus Causes and Exercises for Relief https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/tinnitus-causes-and-exercises-for-relief/
In the Hearing Loss group many members have been dealing with tinnitus before COVID and have helpful tips to offer.