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I was sick with covid for around five days 2 months ago. I had high fever, tiredness, pain on my body and coughing.

After I felt better I observed that I was feeling much more tired than I usually felt.

Now, after two months I feel a little better but not that much... Could this be related to my covid infection? Is there a way to improve my situation?

I did a normal check up but didn't get anything abnormal...

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I am sorry that you have been burdened with this. Fatigue is indeed a known long-term symptom which is not uncommon after the “acute phase”.

In a tweet, here’s the start of a trail of very good information from solid research into these conditions: https://twitter.com/putrinolab/status/1557403364941496320

Very interesting info, thank you. It's nice to know that there's a measurable way to know if you've got long covid!

Another anecdote. I also experienced a long tail of symptoms - randomly getting tired, cough inability to write coherent paragraphs after getting COVID.

I found that exercising - starting with 10 min yoga / stretching and then slowly ramping up over 1-2 weeks - got me back to normal.

My experience is very similar to yours. COVID let me feeling very negative but build up to doing a good deal of cardio every day seem to have fixed it.

Funny, had the same happen to me. Thought maybe it was a coincidence, but getting back into my cardio routine eliminated the lingering fatigue I had after Covid, too.

Thank you for the info and I'm glad that it gets better for you. I had stopped going to the gym because I wanted to rest and because of summer but I will definitely start it again (mainly low impact resistance training) in the following days and see how it works for me!

My brother's heart and lung health suffered extensively after his second bout with COVID. O2 uptake is somewhat diminished, and resting heart rate is still very high. Walking up two flights of stairs requires a 5 to 10 minute sit down as he is completely winded by the time he gets to the top.

If any of that sounds familiar, you may want to get some more extensive tests done. I don't know what will come of it, pretty much the only thing that has helped my brother so far is a regular low dose of Benadryl. There's a bit of edgy research or internet driven anecdata (not sure which) that led him to try it, but it is better than nothing, at least.

regular low dose of Benadryl

That supposedly can cause dementia. Just FYI.

My symptoms are definitely not that significant. My O2 is > 98% (and never fell below even when I had the covid) and I can easily ascend stairs. I only feel that I am more tired than before the covid.

Additional anecdata: This is similar to what happened to me. I got covid earlier this year and had it bad for a week, had stuffiness and a possible sinus infection for a few weeks, and was tired all the time for a few weeks after that. The coughing lingered for a while too. Eventually I got back to normal just waiting it out (disclaimer: this is not a recommendation).

Glad you are better! How much time did it take to improve? I have heard of people that were feeling worse for months after their infection ...

My doc said i was fine too after having covid twice in 9 weeks.

I am still getting winded easily and while i was already out of shape i notice after riding a bike or being active for a full day i still feel bad the following day

Some avenues to consider/investigate (consult with your doctor before trying any treatment, but expect to hear "there's no reason to believe that will work" in many cases):

FLCCC I-RECOVER protocol: https://covid19criticalcare.com/covid-19-protocols/i-recover...

"Could tiny blood clots cause Long COVID's puzzling symptoms?" (article reports some people have had success with anti-coagulant therapies, but be especially careful with those): https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-02286-7

Theory of Long COVID as Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (from one of the physicians who pioneered use of fluvoxamine in treatment): https://twitter.com/farid__jalali/status/1315060197988036608

From personal anecdata, I took a PQQ/CoQ10/NAC combo supplement recommended by the local supplements store after both of my two infections, and have never had any long-term symptoms. NAC in particular seems to show up often in the various recovery protocols that are floating around.

Thank you very much for the information, I will research it more and try the supplements

This protocol is what solved it for me.

This is a nice summary.

Also add, that breaking microclots is the main goal not necessarily with anti-coagulants, they are similar but not the same. Anti fibrinogens are more useful in that post covid phase and it has been shown that live virus DOES live in those microclots so that's why antivirals (eg lysine, shown to bind to spike protein and also wide spectrum antiviral) to be used together with them.

Check out dr Gustavo Aguirre's work, he was months early every time.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344325326_COVID-19_...

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