First bout with Covid — suggestions for how to get through it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Watch out post COVID. I had a mild case but for months after I had COVID my heart rate over reacted to everything. It was awful.

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But do you know how many doctors want to hear that your slightly higher BP is probably due to COVID? Zero. They don't seem to be educated about this yet and want to immediately intervene on HBP traditional routes.

My doctor tested me after COVID and saw a sudden new spike in triglycerides. A year later, still elevated. She says it’s not uncommon at all for Covid to result in heart disease.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh, God, are we going to have another summer of Covid outbreaks, like last summer?

Yup. New variant. Already seeing spike in Hawaii and detected in several states.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:After paxlovid, I got I-cant-breathe rebound covid and needed 10 days of clarithromycin and steroids. Hopefully your course is uneventful, for some it is.

Research shows some people need to take the paxlovid for longer, to clear the virus

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Watch out post COVID. I had a mild case but for months after I had COVID my heart rate over reacted to everything. It was awful.

+1
But do you know how many doctors want to hear that your slightly higher BP is probably due to COVID? Zero. They don't seem to be educated about this yet and want to immediately intervene on HBP traditional routes.

My doctor tested me after COVID and saw a sudden new spike in triglycerides. A year later, still elevated. She says it’s not uncommon at all for Covid to result in heart disease.

My friend got covid and got type 2 diabetes immediately after. Regular labs showed zero pre-diabetic flags, got covid, got full-blown diabetes.

Covid activates all kinds of other things. It's criminal that we take it so casually here. "Just a cold" is a deadly mentality.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for all the suggestions everyone!

Day 2 is better than Day 1 so far, after a solid night’s sleep.

Sorry to hear about all the post-covid issues. I am certainly hoping to avoid that!

— OP

[Anonymous]

A neti pot or nasal saline spray will help if you're really congested.

Feel better!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh, God, are we going to have another summer of Covid outbreaks, like last summer?

yes its going to be very bad see asia, that's here now. MASK UP!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Watch out post COVID. I had a mild case but for months after I had COVID my heart rate over reacted to everything. It was awful.

+1
But do you know how many doctors want to hear that your slightly higher BP is probably due to COVID? Zero. They don't seem to be educated about this yet and want to immediately intervene on HBP traditional routes.

My doctor tested me after COVID and saw a sudden new spike in triglycerides. A year later, still elevated. She says it’s not uncommon at all for Covid to result in heart disease.

My friend got covid and got type 2 diabetes immediately after. Regular labs showed zero pre-diabetic flags, got covid, got full-blown diabetes.

Covid activates all kinds of other things. It's criminal that we take it so casually here. "Just a cold" is a deadly mentality.

It's also triggers autoimmune diseases.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh, God, are we going to have another summer of Covid outbreaks, like last summer?

Yes.

[Anonymous]

Please do NOT spread your germs going out anywhere and if you go out please wear a mask. The new strain in Taiwan cases doubled in 3 days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Please do NOT spread your germs going out anywhere and if you go out please wear a mask. The new strain in Taiwan cases doubled in 3 days.

Not to worry -- I am holed up in a bedroom in my house for the duration, and hoping nobody else in my family gets it.

-OP

[Anonymous]

It's bad and the new strain is here it's killing young people again:

https://www.patrika.com/en/national-news/covid-19-resurgence-21-deaths-in-48-hours-active-cases-exceed-4300-19645501

[Anonymous]

It’s just a virus. Rest and fluids. Meds as needed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's bad and the new strain is here it's killing young people again:

https://www.patrika.com/en/national-news/covid-19-resurgence-21-deaths-in-48-hours-active-cases-exceed-4300-19645501

Why would anyone click this rando link???

[Anonymous]

Rest as much as you can. Both right now in the acute illness phase and for the next few months. That's the best thing you can do to prevent long covid.

Symptoms of long covid often start 6 to 12 weeks after you're testing negative and feeling better.