I in the process of testing for iscemic coronary disease. This is new

Posted by wendyutahgirl @wendyutahgirl, Jun 27 6:32pm

I am undergoing tests for obstructive coronas artery disease, and wondering if it may be related to having long covid? Anyone else have this experience?
Thanks, Wendy

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Profile picture for tiredoflc @tiredoflc

It matters and you matter
The info you’ve shared here is helpful to everyone who reads it
I am too a long covid 2.5 years sufferer and I can understand some of what you are experiencing
It is very frustrating and lonely in the post covid landscape
So many tests don’t come out as providers are used to and they often also become frustrated and may inadvertently be dismissive of people’s very real debilitating symptoms
I think your assessment is right that it’s not predominately a heart issue it’s many tissue alterations due to covid impact on those tissues. From what I have learned from this site and reading papers from online medical libraries, the heart changes can be obvious myocarditis but more often in long covid are related to micro vascular changes to the endothelial lining of the blood vessels that cause changes to their thickness, permeability and lose some tone of structure. This can cause leakage into surrounding tissues and a cycle of inflammation and the chemicals that the body releases to deal with the inflammation. It is possibly a repeating cycle with new exposures to either covid or other substances that our bodies see as foreign now. So it’s like a cascade and the body tries to correct but the immune system
also is out of balance and can make an over response
Hopefully they can tell if something similar is happening in the lungs AND offer some relief

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Thanks for those words, I appreciate them and they touched my heart. : ) < see what i did there. Carteolgy appt on the 25th. Next steps revealed. I am greatful for the advances made in heart medicine in the last couple of decades.

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Profile picture for tiredoflc @tiredoflc

It matters and you matter
The info you’ve shared here is helpful to everyone who reads it
I am too a long covid 2.5 years sufferer and I can understand some of what you are experiencing
It is very frustrating and lonely in the post covid landscape
So many tests don’t come out as providers are used to and they often also become frustrated and may inadvertently be dismissive of people’s very real debilitating symptoms
I think your assessment is right that it’s not predominately a heart issue it’s many tissue alterations due to covid impact on those tissues. From what I have learned from this site and reading papers from online medical libraries, the heart changes can be obvious myocarditis but more often in long covid are related to micro vascular changes to the endothelial lining of the blood vessels that cause changes to their thickness, permeability and lose some tone of structure. This can cause leakage into surrounding tissues and a cycle of inflammation and the chemicals that the body releases to deal with the inflammation. It is possibly a repeating cycle with new exposures to either covid or other substances that our bodies see as foreign now. So it’s like a cascade and the body tries to correct but the immune system
also is out of balance and can make an over response
Hopefully they can tell if something similar is happening in the lungs AND offer some relief

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Yes, I read a great deal as well and try to stay current on new information from the medical folks , in and our of the US and the functional, natropathic medicine community. I began having difficulty breathing very tight chest, and restricting when walking fairly short, 100 yards. During the treadmill walk in the stress test, I only made it 5 minutes and was astonished at how out of breath I was...I am used to walking 3+ miles in 45 minutes....I was shocked!

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Profile picture for normanchester @normanchester

I'm trying to find a group for AFib, I've been put on a horrible blood thinner and it's worry me , may you receive healing

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Afib support : try through the Healthunlocked community , there is a specific Afib group…mostly UK based originally but in fact used by sufferers, and their carers, from around the world…an excellent resource.

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Profile picture for wilsonanderson @wilsonanderson

Afib support : try through the Healthunlocked community , there is a specific Afib group…mostly UK based originally but in fact used by sufferers, and their carers, from around the world…an excellent resource.

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Thank you Wilson I will check it out, may you receive the care that you need

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Profile picture for wilsonanderson @wilsonanderson

Afib support : try through the Healthunlocked community , there is a specific Afib group…mostly UK based originally but in fact used by sufferers, and their carers, from around the world…an excellent resource.

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Thank you

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Profile picture for wendyutahgirl @wendyutahgirl

I do not know. I have long covid, 18 months now. I causes inflammation in the body. My thought is if there is no blockage, the issue with my breathing and my heart may be related to long covid rather than purely a heart issue. I don't suppose it really matters at this point, just more of a curiosity.

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Update, after meny tests etc, I had an angeogram showing major blockage in my heart...bypass surgery 23rd of October. Be persistent.

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