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Anyone with extended long Covid get Covid again? Now what?

Posted by ericy210 @ericy210, Dec 18, 2023

I had long Covid since May 2022. Tons of clinical appointments go NIH/Recover programs and Northwestern.
Most issues are memory and cognitive processing. Some heart and lung stuff
I just tested positive yesterday and fortunately was given paxlovid.
Anyone have any links to research? My basic understanding is this reinfection may push my recovery backwards.
I just guessing and would appreciate any science over my speculation

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kayabbott | @kayabbott | Jan 4 9:23am
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@ritabtripp

Maybe one of the proctors will post this in the right forum. Our family has had a significant natural gas leak (not sure how long it’s been leaking). I’m trying to figure out if anyone knows if there is long term damage done to prolonged natural gas exposure. We have 4 small children and I’m worried sick

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I hope the leak has been fixed. It would be good to have your kids checked by a doctor. We had a leak after the contractor incorrectly installed a new gas stove; we called it in severa times but it wasn't detected for a few years. Most of the gas risk is from fire, rather than to a person's health. There are no heavy metals or similar nasty chemicals associated with natural gas. The smell of natural gas is a small amount of tracer (similar to skunk odor) that is used to alert people that there is a leak. I am a petroleum geoscientist, not a medical doctor, but most of the online "natural gas health" info was associated with living near gas wells, not having a leak in your house (different gas compositions).

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shawnasierra | @shawnasierra | Jan 6 11:45am

I had long covid issues after three rounds of covid from May to October 2022. Became allergic to wheat and red meat, cognitive issues and about three months of tickle in my throat and cough. It finally started getting better at start of 2023 then October 2023 had covid again. Mostly repeat especially the tickle in my throat

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ericy210 | @ericy210 | Jan 6 10:58pm
In reply to @belson "Ericy. You mentioned getting reinfected on the Dec 18. I didn’t reinfect with Covid but did..." + (show)
@belson

Ericy. You mentioned getting reinfected on the Dec 18. I didn’t reinfect with Covid but did get a bad case of croup. Two and a half weeks post my infection the Long Covid symptoms increased dramatically. However the Paxlovid may have help blunt your viral replication. Please let us know around mid January how you are doing. This is a huge fear for all of us

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I had Covid May 2022. Long Covid crippled me neurologically- processing ability, memory, everything was horrible. You can read my past post.
In December I tested positive a second time. Since I was within five days of symptoms starting, I was eligible if I met criteria. I pulled up a 600+ page pdf on my iPad from all the clinical studies and data on me. I got paxlovid and did the five day treatment.
I am better than I use 21 months ago before Covid. Everyone in my life says I’m a whole guy. I look at videos from my guitar lesson pre-Covid. I was rocking. Then long Covid hit and the videos are very basic. Now I’m able to play like 21 months ago. It’s a crazy transformation.
Cadaver researched showed Covid remaining in the brains and other organs. Current testing will enable the fda to allow for paxlovid treatment for long Covid.
It’s funny that my greatest Christmas gift was getting co I’d again. Talk to your doc about paxlovid.

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ericy210 | @ericy210 | Jan 6 11:20pm
In reply to @shawnasierra "I had long covid issues after three rounds of covid from May to October 2022. Became..." + (show)
@shawnasierra

I had long covid issues after three rounds of covid from May to October 2022. Became allergic to wheat and red meat, cognitive issues and about three months of tickle in my throat and cough. It finally started getting better at start of 2023 then October 2023 had covid again. Mostly repeat especially the tickle in my throat

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Glad to hear that it seems to clear up after a few months. Good luck.

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ericy210 | @ericy210 | Jan 7 12:15am
In reply to @belson "Are there any steps I should take to lower my immediate risk of reinfection. I was..." + (show)
@belson

Are there any steps I should take to lower my immediate risk of reinfection. I was in close proximity of someone who tested positive yesterday and very frightened I may have been infected I am taking zinc and vit C and gargling with Betadine

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Take care of your health- eat, drink, and sleep well and keep taking Covid tests. Talk to your doctor. If you do develop Covid, at least your body will be rested and ready to fight

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ericy210 | @ericy210 | Jan 7 12:16am
In reply to @terrirussell "I learned that Cromolyn Sodium Nasal spray solution USP, only available on Amazon is a great..." + (show)
@terrirussell

I learned that Cromolyn Sodium Nasal spray solution USP, only available on Amazon is a great help for the long sinus issues that follow. By Health Guard

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Has it worked for you? I was prescribed Flonase.

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bunzman | @bunzman | Jan 7 8:51am
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@walk4life

My first covid diagnosis was January 2022. I was fully vaccinated with all available vaccines and boosters. Was out of town and went to the local urgent care. PA said even though you meet criteria for medication due to age, you are in relatively good health so i am not giving you a Rx. Muddled through that. Started having cardiac issues a few months later. I continued to get Covid boosters. Tested positive for Covid on December 24 2022. Called the on call number for my EnT. The doctor gave me a Paxlovid Rx. I was back to normal in less than 48 hours. December 26 this year started having drippy nose. I was out of town The runny nose contiwith sneezing during a 9 hour drive home on December 27. I started to develop headaches and eye pain. I had chills today with cough and headache. Did an at home Covid test that was positive. Went to see my Ent wjo told me they don’t do covid tests and treat it as a cold /sinus infection. They gave me a steroid shot, antibiotic shot and a RX for antibiotic with instructions to take Mucinex DM, vit C D3 , zinc and lots of water. I am hoping i feel better Monday!

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Hmmm... How does an anti-biotic shot help fight a common cold or covid?

But this post is troubling in that I bad a friend who tested positive for covid with a home test kit and called his Aurora clinic (2 days into symptoms) . His doctor was on vacation and they advised him to go to an urgent care clinic. He asked if he could speak to a back-up doc as he had covid previously and had tested positive twice and it seemed illogical and unnecessarily risky )and inconvenient) to have him go to a clinic where he could spread it? Keep that in mind when setting an apt. two months out and they ask you if you've had, or exhibited symptoms of covid within the last 14 days.
He finally went online and got a prescription for Paxlovid w/in 45 minutes later...I've encouraged him to question Aurora and to see if that is their official policy. This is not a case where they do not prescribe Paxlovid and I am troubled since I use the same healthcare provider where in that or a similar circumstance a primary doc won't take a call even if on vacation, and use an urgent care as back-up (this was the week of Christmas). Has anyone else encountered this same thing? I mean this is a person who did due diligence and tested twice but also was familiar with smptoms, but also was considering others when questioning going into a clinic. Was the online doc/healthcare provider negligent? I don't think so...Has anyone else experienced this type resistance with their primary clinic/care provider?

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walk4life | @walk4life | Jan 8 11:38am
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@walk4life

My first covid diagnosis was January 2022. I was fully vaccinated with all available vaccines and boosters. Was out of town and went to the local urgent care. PA said even though you meet criteria for medication due to age, you are in relatively good health so i am not giving you a Rx. Muddled through that. Started having cardiac issues a few months later. I continued to get Covid boosters. Tested positive for Covid on December 24 2022. Called the on call number for my EnT. The doctor gave me a Paxlovid Rx. I was back to normal in less than 48 hours. December 26 this year started having drippy nose. I was out of town The runny nose contiwith sneezing during a 9 hour drive home on December 27. I started to develop headaches and eye pain. I had chills today with cough and headache. Did an at home Covid test that was positive. Went to see my Ent wjo told me they don’t do covid tests and treat it as a cold /sinus infection. They gave me a steroid shot, antibiotic shot and a RX for antibiotic with instructions to take Mucinex DM, vit C D3 , zinc and lots of water. I am hoping i feel better Monday!

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So a follow up to my earlier post. The next morning i called my PCP office and told them i had a positive home test for Covid and would they prescribe Paxlovid. They called back àd said they were calling in the Rx. So glad i did that and now i know not to see the ENT for Covid. I am doing much better. Still have some nasal congestion and a cough. The brain fog which was starting to get better is now worse. I hope that will eventually improve.

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walk4life | @walk4life | Jan 8 11:40am
In reply to @bunzman "Hmmm... How does an anti-biotic shot help fight a common cold or covid? But this post..." + (show)
@bunzman

Hmmm... How does an anti-biotic shot help fight a common cold or covid?

But this post is troubling in that I bad a friend who tested positive for covid with a home test kit and called his Aurora clinic (2 days into symptoms) . His doctor was on vacation and they advised him to go to an urgent care clinic. He asked if he could speak to a back-up doc as he had covid previously and had tested positive twice and it seemed illogical and unnecessarily risky )and inconvenient) to have him go to a clinic where he could spread it? Keep that in mind when setting an apt. two months out and they ask you if you've had, or exhibited symptoms of covid within the last 14 days.
He finally went online and got a prescription for Paxlovid w/in 45 minutes later...I've encouraged him to question Aurora and to see if that is their official policy. This is not a case where they do not prescribe Paxlovid and I am troubled since I use the same healthcare provider where in that or a similar circumstance a primary doc won't take a call even if on vacation, and use an urgent care as back-up (this was the week of Christmas). Has anyone else encountered this same thing? I mean this is a person who did due diligence and tested twice but also was familiar with smptoms, but also was considering others when questioning going into a clinic. Was the online doc/healthcare provider negligent? I don't think so...Has anyone else experienced this type resistance with their primary clinic/care provider?

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@bunzman Don’t they have a doctor on call for vacation and holidays ?

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