1. < Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19

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

Posted by pdd @pdd, Feb 28, 2022

I was hospitalized for COVID and home since 2/3. On 2/24 started to have low grade fevers in the evening. Tylenol takes care of the fever. I am on home oxygen still but improving. Mobility and strength is better. Important to note immunosuppression due to cancer therapy a year ago. Lymphocytes are still depleted. Is this common with long COVID?

Interested in more discussions like this? Go to the Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19 Support Group.

ivanivanovich | @ivanivanovich | Feb 19, 2023

hey guys, Ukrainian here, 36. make, in perfect health before covid. this one was my 3rd, first 2 were delta and omicron, this time it does not go away, PCR shows positive 1 month after symptoms, Ct - 32.5, 31.7. rapid antigen - negative. blood test - all good except Cholesterol (total 199, HCL, 118, LCL 78). Waking up feeling normal, then in day time - 37.0 and in the PM I feel fever, face hot to touch and 37.3-37.5 orally with precise thermometer.

nothing helps, doctors can't do anything, x-ray clean, d-dimmer 210 - no trombosis. started with tachycardia, shortness of breath, needle pain to heart region, weakness. now only tinnitus and headache(feels like inflamed balloon) in forehead, top and sides. appetite is ok, sleepy all the time even after 9 hours proper sleep.

have back of the throat inflamed(ironical) with pearls like surface. Doctors say low immunity - but f*ck me, I am having this for 3-4 years, think got first versions of covid even few years before discovery of this virus.

Now just feel cold flue like in the evenings, but can do yoga and things but overall feel sick.

I think this kraken version would be chronically and will never go away based on what I have read here from patients with 1 year long post covid fevers like I am having...

Have EBV, HPV, herpes(all kind of types) now covid... HIV negative.

believe that Pfizer wants us to have chronic covid except those who got vaccinated. It will not kill us, but will shorten lifespan for sure. Have some little hope I will recover and those fevers would be gone, but in reality having it for few years already, in winter it is just ez to spot it coz everyone around is sick, compared to hot summers when we don't feel 37.0-37.3 and think were overheated while at 37.5 and feeling it.

any thoughts?

REPLY
ivanivanovich | @ivanivanovich | Feb 19, 2023

sorry for double post, but wandering if we all have something similar. I have my tonsils removed and have ironical laryngitis(pearl throat), also have been smoking cannabis for last 10 years. Allergic to pollen(ambrosia), did antigen therapy for it and now not allergic to this pollen anymore.

My thought are that somehow covid became an auto-immune disease and it would be chronic like other viruses like Herpes, HPV, EBV... think those were grand grand parents of modern covid virus.

please share if possible your experience and maybe arguments

REPLY
ivanivanovich | @ivanivanovich | Feb 19, 2023
In reply to @judyfa43 "Covid January 2021, positive test, very sick for about two weeks, temp 101 - 102. A..." + (show)
@judyfa43

Covid January 2021, positive test, very sick for about two weeks, temp 101 - 102. A full recovery by March of 2021.

Woke up in the middle of the night with what felt like exaggerated symptoms of covid Aug 1 2022. Went to ER and tested negative. Doctors said they'd seen plenty "covid pneumonia" that tested negative, and diagnosed me with Covid Pneumonia from a lung MRI or CAT - cant remember which. Temp 100.1 . Over the next week or two I improved and fever was only in the 99's. No improvement since then (today 1/15/2023) - just steady malaise that comes and goes in various strengths. Fever sub-normal in the 97's or low 98's in the morning, and usually 99.5 to 99.9 about 3 or 4 in the afternoon till bedtime. I know them minute my temp goes from 98.6 (normal) to 98.7. Once fever crosses the normal to "just above normal" is the same "fever feeling" as higher 98.+? fever. When it gets to the 99's I KNOW it and feel worse.
My symptoms are brain fog and confusion( maybe because I am 79), occasional tremors, fatigue, shortness of breath , overwhelming desire to sleep at times when my fever is in the 99's, slight headache sometimes. I never sleep during the day as I already have trouble sleeping through the night. Wake up every night at two and four thirty and go back to sleep, up at 7 for the day, asleep by midnight every night. I'm a 79 year old female with Sjogren's, other auto-immune complications, arthritis, history of several pneumonias before covid. My recovery, although not complete, is a great surprise as doctors warned my history did not bode well for covid recovery. Not only was I vaccinated IMMEDIATELY upon each one becoming available, but always masked as well. Now I am still super isolated and careful, masked around everyone, no indoor restaurants, very little grocery shopping. Dr. appointments with every specialist one can think of are my social life. I live alone, and glad to have kids near enough to help if necessary. My mother was a nurse and a visionary. She said an invasive virus was in humanity's future once antibiotics became abundant. Although antibiotics treat bacteria, she felt the entire immune system would become affected so that viruses could thrive more easily.
I want so so much to get well. And I hope all of you out there get well too. 🙂

Jump to this post

I feel the same way, but I am 36 overall healthy male... forgotten to ask if others were vaccinated or not? I had covid 2-3 times before this one and never vaccinated. thx

REPLY
lovemypups | @lovemypups | Feb 26, 2023
In reply to @soap "I tested positive with Covid 7/4/2022. Fever of 101 , sinus congestion, cough. Sick for 3..." + (show)
@soap

I tested positive with Covid 7/4/2022. Fever of 101 , sinus congestion, cough. Sick for 3 weeks. The 2nd and 3rd week I had low grade fever 99.0-99.6 along with extreme fatigue. Went to ER, got blood work and chest xray. Doc said lungs were clear but I probably had lung inflammation. I returned to normal after 5 weeks then started exercising, then 6th week strenuous exercise. After that my lungs started hurting, difficult talking, extreme fatigue and constant low grade fever, max 99.8. Gets worse upon mental or physical exertion. This went on for 2 weeks, contacted my PCP. He told me I probably overexerted myself. Scheduled a lung pulmonary function test for Oct 5th. In the meantime I'm struggling daily with fatigue, lung pain, and low grade fever. The only thing that helped I noticed was when I took vitamin c my temp would go down. So I started taking larger amounts spaced throughout the day and all my symptoms started improving. I also take a multivitamin and sublingual vitamin B12. I'm continuing with the vitamin C until my lung function test and we'll see how that goes.

Jump to this post

Thanks for the Vitamin C tip! I have a lingering low-grade fever as well. I’ve taken Vitamin C once a day since my diagnosis, but I will bump it up and see if that helps.
Thanks again!

REPLY
misterbee | @misterbee | Feb 26, 2023

I am recovering from my first infection of COVID19, the flu, and a sinus infection related to my sinus disease on January 30, 2023. During a two week isolation at home, I had to visit the emergency room twice. During the second visit, I spent six hours undergoing testing. It was determined that I had blood clots from COVID. I am fully vaccinated for COVID (last vaccine was in October 2022) and I received the flu vaccine the day after Thanksgiving holiday 2022.

My sleep-wake circadian rhythm is off. I am taking VitaFusion gummy supplements of Melatonin before bedtime. I fall asleep, but wake up an hour or two later and cannot go back to sleep for hours. I have intermittent headaches, brain fog where I forget things and where I put things, chest pain (administered muscle relaxant), and I am now on a routine use of an inhaler for my asthma. When I walk short distances, I am out of breath.

I developed a COVID rash all over my body, including the toes. After three weeks, the rash is starting to subside.

On February 20th, I returned to work. I am applying less effort at my work activities until I feel I can perform at normalcy.

I regularly take vitamin supplements, including zinc, vitamin D3, C, and B12.

Do you have any suggestions to improve my action plan to recover?

Thank-you for your support.

REPLY
1 reply
fiona57 | @fiona57 | Feb 27, 2023
In reply to @misterbee "I am recovering from my first infection of COVID19, the flu, and a sinus infection related..." + (show)
@misterbee

I am recovering from my first infection of COVID19, the flu, and a sinus infection related to my sinus disease on January 30, 2023. During a two week isolation at home, I had to visit the emergency room twice. During the second visit, I spent six hours undergoing testing. It was determined that I had blood clots from COVID. I am fully vaccinated for COVID (last vaccine was in October 2022) and I received the flu vaccine the day after Thanksgiving holiday 2022.

My sleep-wake circadian rhythm is off. I am taking VitaFusion gummy supplements of Melatonin before bedtime. I fall asleep, but wake up an hour or two later and cannot go back to sleep for hours. I have intermittent headaches, brain fog where I forget things and where I put things, chest pain (administered muscle relaxant), and I am now on a routine use of an inhaler for my asthma. When I walk short distances, I am out of breath.

I developed a COVID rash all over my body, including the toes. After three weeks, the rash is starting to subside.

On February 20th, I returned to work. I am applying less effort at my work activities until I feel I can perform at normalcy.

I regularly take vitamin supplements, including zinc, vitamin D3, C, and B12.

Do you have any suggestions to improve my action plan to recover?

Thank-you for your support.

Jump to this post

I caught COVID December 2022 and for a week had awful symptoms. But apart from being a bit short of breath due to a partial collapsed lobe of lung and feeling off from inflammation of liver, my ABSOLUTE worst symptom is sinus based. Continual thick white ropy muck sometimes gagging on it or choking. Head feels full but no coloured phlegm so can’t be bacterial. Nothing works no meds.
Steam helps and at night try to sleep propped up but keep clearing throat. Sips of hot drinks help and then it all comes back. Only getting 2-4hrs sleep nocte. Fully vaccinated Times it’s all too much.

REPLY
hawazenhirbawi | @hawazenhirbawi | Mar 14, 2023
In reply to @kudzu "I tested positive for Covid July 18, probably had it a few days before that. I’m..." + (show)
@kudzu

I tested positive for Covid July 18, probably had it a few days before that.
I’m much better, but still not 100%. I have lingering fatigue/ gi issues, etc. plus a low grade fever in the afternoons of around 99.6. In the mornings temp is close to normal, then goes up as the day goes on. When I first got sick temp was over 101, so this is an improvement.
I’ve gone back to my normal activities, though am taking it slower. Am I expecting too much too soon? Anyone else have persistent low grade fever?

Jump to this post

Hey I just read your comment. My mom has the same thing except her fevers are all day. What did you do to help? I would really appreciate it

REPLY
hawazenhirbawi | @hawazenhirbawi | Mar 14, 2023
In reply to @smernigegm "To this day I will spike a fever of 99.0 to 99.5 every night since 2020...." + (show)
@smernigegm

To this day I will spike a fever of 99.0 to 99.5 every night since 2020. My normal temp is 97.5. It’s annoying and disruptive and no amount of Advil or Tylenol helps.

Jump to this post

Hey, this is happening to me too. It’s been 4 months now and tylenol and advil don’t help anymore. What did you do that helped?

REPLY
hawazenhirbawi | @hawazenhirbawi | Mar 14, 2023
In reply to @kelskid "Thank you! That's very thoughtful 😊 my appointment went fine. I'm gonna have an endoscopy at..." + (show)
@kelskid

Thank you! That's very thoughtful 😊 my appointment went fine. I'm gonna have an endoscopy at the beginning of next month. My stomach actually hardly ever burns now that for several weeks I only ate foods that were good for ulcers in case thats what it was and also lowered how much salt i was eating. My low grade fevers are also better and I've had more nights without a low grade fever than with but idk why that is except that I did connect the days that I got extremely emotional or stressed were the days it was worse.

Jump to this post

Hello, what did you do to help with the fevers? I have a similar condition, except now my fevers stopped going down with tylenol.

REPLY
hawazenhirbawi | @hawazenhirbawi | Mar 14, 2023
In reply to @carsonwyler "I'm another one. I had COVID in August 2022 but still have a few long-COVID symptoms,..." + (show)
@carsonwyler

I'm another one. I had COVID in August 2022 but still have a few long-COVID symptoms, primarily intermittent fatigue. What's puzzling me is a persistent elevated temperature. Pre-COVID, my steady-state body temp was 97.7. Since COVID, though, it's never lower than 99.0 and often rises to 100.0+ in the evenings. I've told my doctor, who basically said, "That's interesting. Maybe it will go away in a few months." Do I care?

Jump to this post

How do you feel now? I’m experiencing the same exact thing.

REPLY
View MoreView Less
Please sign in or register to post a reply.