← Return to Low-grade fevers weeks after COVID: Is this common with long COVID?

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I as well have this persistent low grade fever. I tested positive for covid on 6/3/20. I was very ill for 2 weeks. After the 2 weeks I returned to normal. On the 3rd week I started having intermittent low grade fever. My temperature now fluctuates, staying normal (98.2) for an hour or so then jumps to 99.0-100.2 for several hours . Today is day 57 of this intermittent low grade fever. When my temperature is normal I feel ok but still weak. When I have the low grade fever I feel very weak and is accompanied by an headache. I should also mention I have slight wheezing when I breathe in. Also when I take deep breaths I have a uncomfortable pressure on the right side of my chest almost as if something is lodged. I am 38 years old male, I have always been healthy and active. I hope this is temporary.

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Hi Stephan; thanks for replying.
Yes, I’ve been having headaches too the past week or so. Mainly at night, though. Normally if I have a headache at night it’s due to sleep apnea events but I use a Cpap and that is usually under control.
I also notice that my events have gone up and I’ve had to raise my pressure.
Still getting the headaches though.
I too feel weak and generally unwell but not exactly sick.
I’m a 67 yr old female who likewise has been basically healthy and active.
I too hope this is temporary.

I have been experiencing almost the exact same thing. I am also having conjunctivitis i my eyes and congestion in nose and throat and pretty bad GI issues ever since my Covid infection May 6th. I also took Paxlovid for it which did bring my smell back within 24 hours. But I still have all these issues and now test negative for Covid. I guess it is just Long Covid and taking quiet awhile to go away. I even have strange muscle and joint pain randomly…

This is almost exactly what happens to me….though at times I also have chills with my fevers. It’s been exhausting.

This sounds dreadful. I’m coming up on five months since my positive result. I still have symptoms which include, but not limited to, constant headache and a fluctuating low-grade fever. (I should mention here that I have been tested previous to Covid for Sleep Apnoea and was told I have a mild case. I was also told at that time that using a CPAP probably wouldn’t help.) I have shortness of breath whenever I try to do anything. These 3 symptoms alone make me extremely tired. I get roughly 10 hours of sleep each night and still wake up tired with no energy. I’m a 57 yr old previously healthy female. I’ve even given up driving because of the unpredictable dizzy spells.

Hello! Fever is a sympton of Long Covid. I also have fatigue, pain, bloating, gained 7 pounds, tingling and fever which starts around 97.3 in the mornings and goes up gradually during the day and at night I have like 99.1. I got sick with Long Covid on July 22nd of this year and still going.

I’m 37. Did your fevers end up going away? What happened? I’m so frustrated… 🙁

My mother is in India and she got Covid in April 2021 and she recovered in a month's time. 3 months post her recovery she ended up getting black fungus which was in very very early stage. We got it out very timely but since then she is having low grade fevers. Its been almost 2 years. Her fevers start early afternoon and then return to normal by evening without taking any paracetamol. She usually has a low grade fever of 98.6-99.2 and paracetamols dont help so she doesnt take them. Its very rarely that she experiences malaise. We have got so many tests and scans done to understand the cause of this intermittent low grade fever. The doctors feel its long covid but it keeps playing on my mind. Not sure what I can do to help her mentally.

I have persistent low grade fevers too, often with headaches, even mildly stressful situations bring them on and get worse as day goes on. I am 1 year out post covid- other than OTC meds like tylenol, any other suggestions? This seems to be a problem for many but I find nothing written about it re: long covid.... any practitioners that can help? My PCP doesn't know what to do with me and the immunologist says everything is ok!