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Breathless, tired, nauseous - anyone else suffering?

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CatMattress · 04/04/2023 11:03

Had some kind of bug over a month ago, all covid tests came up negative, but it felt very like covid when I had it last year.

I've had two courses of anti biotics, I am booked for a chest xray, I have a noisy chest, not productive, breathless. Anti histamines and inhaler don't seem to have helped, though the inhaler did help last week when I was coughing more.

I'm so very tired. Just having a shower counts as an activity right now. There's pressure on my chest and I feel full and slightly sick a lot. My appetite is low and I'm very picky.

I've been off work for a month. I'm at my wit's end. Anybody got any idea?

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capybara80 · 04/04/2023 21:49

Hi OP, I had those symptoms apart from the chest issues. Low appetite, nausea all the time, tiredness and weight loss. I've been through lots of tears including gastroscopy and CT and nothing showed up. I really hope you get sorted out soon and get medical attention if you get too breathless while waiting.
When is your xray?

capybara80 · 04/04/2023 21:49

Tests not tears (although there were some!).

Sodd · 04/04/2023 21:52

You need blood tests. B12. Do not take tablets beforehand as they will give false results.

Heartworry · 04/04/2023 21:58

I’ve been the same since having Covid a few weeks ago. Ended up in a&e with chest pains after feeling exhausted and breathless for a couple of weeks, turns out I have pericarditis.

CatMattress · 05/04/2023 00:04

capybara80 · 04/04/2023 21:49

Hi OP, I had those symptoms apart from the chest issues. Low appetite, nausea all the time, tiredness and weight loss. I've been through lots of tears including gastroscopy and CT and nothing showed up. I really hope you get sorted out soon and get medical attention if you get too breathless while waiting.
When is your xray?

Xray on Thursday. Energy levels felt a bit better today but chest is still wheezy/heavy/ tight and low level pain. Still breathless when talking, even more than after activity, though this is also limited.

Ate nothing all day until DP came home and got cross and made me have dinner. I would have happily not eaten.

Slept like the dead last night. Tonight I have insomnia despite having done more today than yesterday and being very tired.

Will be posting for blood tests and swabs after I've had this x-ray.

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KathieFerrars · 06/04/2023 20:16

@CatMattress I have something similar. Overwhelming nausea, fatigue, slight anxiety, tired doing nothing, stomach discomfort. I was lying in bed mooing like a cow last week so went to urgent care. Have palpitations as well. Much sympathy to you. We may be on a breakthrough with vit B12 deficiency and also GERD.

CatMattress · 06/04/2023 21:55

Had a phlanx of blood tests today. Answers next week. Hopefully.
Fist bump to all fellow sufferers

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coffeeforme1 · 24/04/2023 12:20

I have had strange stomach/bowel discomfort, fatigue/dizziness and upper back ache since Feb. Itchy skin no rash, and generally feeling unwell. Never tested for covid at the onset but now wish I had because I’m left wondering what on earth it is.

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