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Is this long covid?

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SpicyLaksa · 17/06/2022 10:30

Hi,

First off, I do have a GP appointment after much procrastination. Have terrible health anxiety, which is through the roof right now! Dd and dp are also both ill, but with different things. Under investigation.

I had covid around 2 months ago. Symptoms were bad cough, headache, general fatigue and grogginess. I did notice a bit of blood when coughing once, after about a week of being diagnosed, but was coughing A LOT. Anyway, recovered reasonably quickly, but then caught a really horrible cough/cold. Felt very similar to covid. Really set me back.

Anyway, a couple of weeks after that, thinking I was fully recovered, I started getting this weird, irritated, almost mentholy feeling in my lungs. Not particularly tight or painful, just a bit raw I suppose. No real cough. Maybe a tiny bit, but not enough to trigger irritated lungs. Also have this sensation of pressure in my throat and a bit in my chest. Like my food hasn't gone down properly, but isn't after eating specifically. Also feels a bit like trapped air. It's not constant, but goes up and down throughout the day. Seems to get worse with stress.

I assumed that long covid would be a continuous thing from when you first had it, but after a bit of Googling, apparently symptoms can be quite intermittent.

Of course I'm panicking it's something awful, but desperately trying to put my mind at rest.

Any thoughts?

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BaaCake · 17/06/2022 10:52

Could be but the GP is a good idea just in case. I think it's 12 weeks before the NHS consider it worth a referral clinic as you could still be getting over the initial covid.

MrsPelligrinoPetrichor · 17/06/2022 10:57

Took me a full 8 weeks to feel anywhere near normal after a bad bout of the flu , back then it was just called post viral recovery. Give it time,it's not surprising you're still feeling rough but see the GP anyway.

HairyKitty · 20/06/2022 18:06

It’s not really long Covid yet it’s just Covid. Yes any cough/cold/virus can seem to retrigger your covid type symptoms. Yes I have exactly the chest symptom I think you are describing (except I can never explain it properly!). 2 months is too soon to be totally back to normal for most people.

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