Is "Long Covid" Legit? 🤔🤧🤒😷

[markm]

Wow, that's a "long covid" effect to be sure! No other issues?

None at all. It's very weird. I get some strong smell sensations, but the smell isn't correct. Coffee for example. If I open a can, I get a strong smell, but it doen't smell like coffee.

[WillBrink]

None at all. It's very weird. I get some strong smell sensations, but the smell isn't correct. Coffee for example. If I open a can, I get a strong smell, but it doen't smell like coffee.

That sounds annoying, especially if you love the smell of coffee in all its forms as I do.

[SeriousStudent]

None at all. It's very weird. I get some strong smell sensations, but the smell isn't correct. Coffee for example. If I open a can, I get a strong smell, but it doen't smell like coffee.

I have two friends at work with the same issue. They can only sense extremely strong odors, like a opened coffee can, or bleach, or something like that.

I do hope it gets better for you, that just sucks.

[henri]

Long Covid. Define 'long'. For some individuals long can be as short as 4 weeks status post infection, others the range of symptoms may be months in duration. The symptoms are also highly variable. I've seen patients who have had mild complaints of headache and fatigue post covid, to cardiac complications and cognitive impairment due to covid. Most symptoms resolving by 7 months on average.

[WillBrink]

Long Covid. Define 'long'. For some individuals long can be as short as 4 weeks status post infection, others the range of symptoms may be months in duration. The symptoms are also highly variable. I've seen patients who have had mild complaints of headache and fatigue post covid, to cardiac complications and cognitive impairment due to covid. Most symptoms resolving by 7 months on average.

Did you read the article linked in the OP which also links to the CDC? Yes, obviously it ranges considerably in duration and or intensity between individuals just as the acute infection phase does.

[prepare]

Any conclusive data on long covid affects in the unjabbed vs jabbed?

[henri]

Did you read the article linked in the OP which also links to the CDC? Yes, obviously it ranges considerably in duration and or intensity between individuals just as the acute infection phase does.

No. I was commenting on personal experience.

[WillBrink]

No. I was commenting on personal experience.

By personal experience I assume you mean personal clinical experience.

[WillBrink]

Any conclusive data on long covid affects in the unjabbed vs jabbed?

From article linked in OP "People who are not vaccinated against COVID-19 and become infected may also be at higher risk of developing post-COVID conditions compared to people who were vaccinated and had breakthrough infections."

I don't know how conclusive that is however, but it makes sense. As covid is ongoing, no doubt, more time will tell the magnitude of differences between them.

[The_War_Wagon]

The puzzling thing is how differently it affects people. I know of nobody who had any sort of serious problems from it. But the experiences I've heard from everyone vary so much that you'd think they released 5 variations of the thing.

Gave me a stroke the first time - kept me stuck @ home for 2 weeks the 2nd time