Symptoms Galore: My Long Haul COVID
This post is pretty straightforward. It’s an incomplete list of all my Long Haul COVID symptoms, because let’s face it, I’m probably forgetting some over the course of 2.5+ years … which is actually one of the symptoms. I’ve broken them into categories for simplicity (some could go across multiple categories, so you may have to search if you’re looking for something specific). May add more symptoms to the list in time, but I’ve listed 170 symptoms that I’ve had at one point or another. Luckily I do not have most of these anymore. The only symptoms it feels like I didn’t have were losing sense of smell and taste.
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Allergy/Histamine (2)
Heightened Food Sensitivities — Worse reactions to foods I was already sensitive too
Inflammation After Eating Avocado — Seems to be histamine reaction
Arms/Hands (8)
Fingernails Brittle
Fingernails Slow Growing
Hand Coordination Off — Dropping things randomly
Hand Weakness — Trouble opening jars, etc.
Heavy Arm Feeling — Felt like they were two sacks of potatoes
Vertical Ridges on Fingernails
Waterlogged Look in Fingertips — Probably neurologically related
Wrist Pain
Back (2)
Back Cracking — Feels constricted & tight
Back Pain — Lower & upper, probably due some to organ inflammation
Bladder (4)
Discolored Urine — Clear/Dull at times, probably due to dehydration
Frequent Urination — Had to urinate more often, water would run right through me
Urgency in Urination — Trouble holding it at times, would have to go suddenly and immediately
Urine Smell — When Covid was most active, sweat would smell too
Circulation/Vascular (9)
Blood Dark
Blood Thick — Hard to get out of veins at times, wet cupping showed dark/thick blood too
Bumps on Veins — Briefly had bumps, making it hard to do IVs in certain spots, went away
Cold Hands & Feet
Covid Toes — Had slightly, toes under toenails would turn a little purple
Elevated Veins — Veins were raised at times
Felt Like I Was Having a Stroke — Weird sensation in brain stem, one of the more frightening symptoms
Hypertension — Blood pressure was up 140+/80+, normally I’m at 110-120/60-70
Micro-Clotting — Seen in blood from wet cupping
Ears/Mouth/Teeth/Throat (11)
Clogged Ears
Dry Mouth — Especially when Covid most active
Ear Cracking
Ear Pain — Sharp pain would come on inside of my ears at times, like an earache almost
Gum Receding — Not often
Hoarse Voice — Especially when Covid most active
Itchy Ears
Jaw Pain
Loose Teeth — Felt like some teeth would fall out, had to be careful eating certain things for some time
Pain in Teeth — Probably nerve related
Throat Tightness — Like a constriction
Energy (2)
Fatigue — Had extreme fatigue for months, could barely do anything
Malaise
Eyes (8)
Blurry Vision
Double Vision
Dry Eyes — Especially when Covid most active
Floaters
Itchy Eyes — Histamine or Covid related
Light Sensitivity — Especially when having brain stem inflammation
Motion Sensitivity — Especially when having brain stem inflammation
Tunnel Vision
Gallbladder (2)
Gallbladder Pain
Pain & Inflammation When Eating Fatty Foods — Have not had steak in 2 years, that sent me to the hospital the one time I decided to go for Long Haul Covid
Gastrointestinal (13)
Bloating — Upper GI
Burping — Worse with active Covid
Constipation
Craving Food
Diarrhea — More common with active Covid
Gassy — Worse with active Covid
Growling/Rumbling — Worse when eating things my body doesn’t want me to
Loss of Appetite
Nausea — Can come on with reflux
Reflux — Has been a mainstay, waxes and wanes, reinfection flares it up
Stomach Pain — Abdominal pain all over
Vomiting — Sometimes blood (when I had nasty gastritis from BA.5)
Weight Loss — Lost 28 pounds at lowest, have gained 16 back now
Head/Neurological (36)
Anxiety — A chemical physical anxiety
Brain Fog/Memory Issues — Trouble remembering names, etc.
Compressed Nerve — Constant nerve pain in neck/upper back that had to be relieved by Atlas Orthogonal Chiropractor, came on after reinfection
Confusion — Felt like dementia at times, forget why came downstairs, put keys in fridge
Delirium — Totally out of it for a short period, crazy thoughts, couldn’t think straight
Difficulty Concentrating — ADHD type feeling
Dizziness — Would have to hold on to the railing vertigo was so bad
Electrical Zaps
Fainting/Blacking Out
Fleeting Nerve Sensations — Quick phantom sensations
Hair Loss — Moderate loss of hair when showering
Hair Texture Changed — Coarse for a time
Hard Finding Right Word
Headaches/Migraines
Heat Sensitivity — Too much heat would make me feel horrible, nervous system related
Higher Heart Rate at Rest — Went up to 80s at rest when should have been 60s, higher standing and moving than normal as well
Limb Weakness — Dead arms at times, brain stem/neuro related
Nerve Burning Sensation
Nerve Pain
Numbness in Face
Occipital Neuralgia — Nerve pain in head
Pain & Inflammation After Using Brain Too Much — Only have so much brain power in a day at times
Partial Paralyzation — GBS symptoms, Thanksgiving 2020 could barely move half the day, shallow breathing
PEM — At one point couldn’t walk 5 minutes without feeling horrible that rest of day and the next, now can walk many miles without an issue, but strenuous exercise still a problem
Pins and Needles — Neuropathy in arms and legs
POTS — Dizzy/Blacking out when standing
Pressure in Brain Stem
Restless Legs — Fidgety, can’t sit still, moving legs a lot when trying to go to sleep
Shaking/Tremors — I remember seeing a new doctor and thinking she would believe I’m a drug addict, as I was shaking like someone going through violent withdrawals
Slurring Speech
Sound Sensitivity
Tinnitus — Some ringing in ears at times
Trouble Breathing — This was a neurological difficulty breathing, like my body didn’t know how to do it
Trouble Controlling Arm and Leg Movements — IV C really brought on GBS symptoms, brain couldn’t control my arms and legs
Trouble Swallowing — Food, pills, water
Trouble Typing/Writing
Vibrations
Heart (5)
Pain in Heart When Laying Down — Maybe reflux related
Pounding Heart — Probably neuro, was worse when at 100mg of Fluvoxamine for months
Skipped Heart Beats
Stinging Pain — Sharp pain, not so much anymore
Tachycardia — Was racing out of control, so rushed to Cardiologist and convinced them to give me steroids
Hormones/Mood/Psychological (9)
Depression — Slight, but I’m not a depressed person, if I was it would probably be extreme
Dissociation — Out of body, not present
Emotional — Crying, when I shouldn’t have, a few times
Feeling of Doom & Gloom — Felt at times I would never get better, but it was a chemical/physical thing
Feeling Irritable — Easily angered at times
Intrusive Thoughts
Mood Change — A little colder, less jovial
PTSD — From this whole experience
Sex Drive Decreased — Probably due to testosterone lowering some
Immune System (4)
Body Temperature Changes — Hot to Cold
Chills
Fever — Never higher than 102
Night Sweats — For a period would sweat profusely at night
Joints/Muscles (7)
Bone Pain
Hurt to Lay Legs on Top of Each Other While Sleeping — Had to put comforter in between legs
Joint Pain — All over joint pain, especially hips, knees, hands, comes and goes
Loss of Muscle Mass
Muscle Constriction/Tightness — All over body, Covid has caused a tightening, could use a massage daily for a year
Muscle Pain
Muscle Spasms — All over muscle spasms, especially arms, chest, legs, head, worse when Covid active
Kidneys (1)
Kidney Pain — Bilateral at same time always it seemed
Legs (5)
Calf Pain — Circulation?
Cramps — Would get wicked, painful cramps in legs
Heavy Leg Feeling — Dead legs
Thigh Pain, Weakness — Would get weird thigh pain, and weakness, as if they wanted to give out
Tight Hamstrings
Liver (1)
Pain in Liver — Mid-upper right side abdominal pain
Lungs/Respiratory (13)
Chest Pain — Especially with acute/active Covid
Coughing — Not too often
Coughing Up Phlegm — Still doing this, still nebulizing sometimes, cough up when I walk a lot
O2 Drop — Never measured below 93, would hoover 95-99 most of the time
Rapid Breathing — Scary, almost what I assume a panic attack is like
Rattling Of Lungs
Runny Nose — Usually more so with acute/active Covid
Shortness of Breath — Comes & goes
Sneezing — Usually more so with acute/active Covid
Throat Sore — Usually more so with acute/active Covid
Tightness in Chest — Chest was super tight after BA.5, wanted to stretch constantly, starting to use The Gun now
Trouble Breathing — Mostly beginning of Long Haul Covid, acute/active Covid
Wheezing
Lymphatic System (2)
Edema — Some fluid noticed around chest by Lymphatic Massage Therapist
Swollen Lymph Nodes — Noticed this especially under arms at times
Neck (2)
Cracking Neck — Worse with inflammation in area, acute/active Covid
Stiff Neck — Much worse with acute/active Covid, makes neuro symptoms worse
Pancreas (1)
Craving Food — Felt like a blood sugar problem, which was slightly higher than normal for me
Skin (7)
Acne/Cystic Acne — Would break out at times, maybe because I’m overloaded with toxins?
Bruising Skin — Would bruise after getting a line in vein, not anymore
Itchy Skin — Inflammation
Peeling Skin — Skin would peel around mustache when head inflammation was at its worst
Rash — Around nose, could be allergy/histamine reaction
Shiny Skin — Old baseball mitt looking skin for a period of time
Sensitivity To Touch
Sleep (7)
Awakened Suddenly — Wake up trying to catch my breath
Insomnia — Not for a very long period of time thankfully
Jolted Awake After Asleep For A While — Adrenaline dumping?
Trouble Falling Asleep — Tossing and turning
Trouble Sleeping Until Alarm — Would wake up way before alarm went off, that would never happen before Covid
Vivid Dreams — Nightmares, crazy dreams, remembering dreams (would not before Covid)
Woke Up Due to Dream Movements — Once swung my arms and knocked everything off my nightstand, woke myself up
Smell/Taste (2)
Burning/Phantom Smells — Not often
Metallic Taste — Not often
Other (7)
Craving Bananas — Was craving bananas for months, body wanted potassium?
Dehydrated — Covid commonly makes you dehydrated, still need to drink a lot of water and take electrolytes
Rib Pain — Cartilage/Rib inflammation, Costochondritis
Sudden Jerks
Sweat Smelled — Sweat & Urine smelled due to Covid
Thirst for Water — Likely due to dehydration
Trouble Walking