Long covid - the ticking time bomb
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1finny
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In fairness - there ain't much I can do
Linthorpe_Exile
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Sheriff_John_Bunnell_ret
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Ends it with the classic "UTB"
Brian Marwood
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Here's my Covid story and subsequent health issues.
I caught Covid in April last year and although I didn't need hospital or anything like that I felt really quite ill and struggled to recover which seemed to take weeks. Then in August I caught a mystery illness which knocked me off my feet for two months, although the symptoms were very similar to Covid I tested regularly and it was always negative. In December I start with breathing problems, it started quite slight like when recovering from a cold but got worse to the point I was completely out of breath from climbing the stairs or carrying my son. The other thingI noticed was a struggle with breathing out and couldn't sing a full sentence which worried me greatly. As a result of this I started having checks, thankfully I have private medical so wasn't having to wait for NHS appointments, they could see straight away that something was wrong with my breathing so they sent me for check ups, X-rays, CT scan, heart scan and blood tests etc. After all that they couldn't find an illness causing the breathing problems and as a last roll of the dice have set me up with two inhalers for potential asthma, neither have made a slight bit of difference. Long Covid was considered, investigated and ruled out as was cancer, COPD, lung disease, heart disease and other major ailments.
Before catching Covid last year I was very fit for my age having played football, boxed and cycled all of my life. Despite quite an age gap, me being the older, I was always much fitter than my wife and it showed if we went hiking or climbing hills etc. Now it is a huge reverse with me struggling to keep up with her and I am out of breath in no time at all.
I'm struggling to comprehend this downward spiral in just 12 months since catching Covid and also because there doesn't 'appear' to be anything wrong with me.
I'm no conspiracy theorist as I'm fully jabbed, fully complied with lockdown and all the rules but something just makes me wonder what the hell has happened to me.
I caught Covid in April last year and although I didn't need hospital or anything like that I felt really quite ill and struggled to recover which seemed to take weeks. Then in August I caught a mystery illness which knocked me off my feet for two months, although the symptoms were very similar to Covid I tested regularly and it was always negative. In December I start with breathing problems, it started quite slight like when recovering from a cold but got worse to the point I was completely out of breath from climbing the stairs or carrying my son. The other thingI noticed was a struggle with breathing out and couldn't sing a full sentence which worried me greatly. As a result of this I started having checks, thankfully I have private medical so wasn't having to wait for NHS appointments, they could see straight away that something was wrong with my breathing so they sent me for check ups, X-rays, CT scan, heart scan and blood tests etc. After all that they couldn't find an illness causing the breathing problems and as a last roll of the dice have set me up with two inhalers for potential asthma, neither have made a slight bit of difference. Long Covid was considered, investigated and ruled out as was cancer, COPD, lung disease, heart disease and other major ailments.
Before catching Covid last year I was very fit for my age having played football, boxed and cycled all of my life. Despite quite an age gap, me being the older, I was always much fitter than my wife and it showed if we went hiking or climbing hills etc. Now it is a huge reverse with me struggling to keep up with her and I am out of breath in no time at all.
I'm struggling to comprehend this downward spiral in just 12 months since catching Covid and also because there doesn't 'appear' to be anything wrong with me.
I'm no conspiracy theorist as I'm fully jabbed, fully complied with lockdown and all the rules but something just makes me wonder what the hell has happened to me.
sherlock
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On what evidence did they rule out long covid?
Brian Marwood
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They said there was no scarring on the lungs which they could attribute to long covid.
I think by definition Long Covid comes without many hard clinical features. It falls in with many post viral symptoms/ conditions. ME and chronic fatigue syndrome are often discussed as post viral. The hardest part of post viral management is often the invisibility of the features with our current technology/ medical investigations.
WHO:
Post COVID-19 Condition, commonly known as long COVID, can affect anyone exposed to SARS-CoV-2, regardless of age or severity of original symptoms.
WHO:
Post COVID-19 Condition, commonly known as long COVID, can affect anyone exposed to SARS-CoV-2, regardless of age or severity of original symptoms.
Definition
It is defined as the continuation or development of new symptoms 3 months after the initial SARS-CoV-2 infection, with these symptoms lasting for at least 2 months with no other explanation.Symptoms
While common symptoms of long COVID can include fatigue, shortness of breath and cognitive dysfunction over 200 different symptoms have been reported that can have an impact on everyday functioning.newusername
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Not really.
The ONS average out all deaths over the last 5 years & if more people die this month than that average, that is an excess death. The ONS simply take the difference between the current and baseline numbers of deaths, they don't automatically weight their figures for changes in demographics, ethnicity and deprivation. So the ONS data shows that excess deaths in 2022 were 6.3% higher than average, but when they do weight them for age they were 0.7% below average. This is because the UK population is growing and ageing, which will result in more deaths even if nothing else changes.
Having said that from this ONS review of deaths, we are tracking about on average for this time of year...
Monthly mortality analysis, England and Wales - Office for National Statistics
Provisional death registration data for England and Wales, broken down by sex, age and country.
www.ons.gov.uk
Is it the effects of Long Covid?
Alzi
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Well till the next username anyway. Let’s hope the next version isn’t quite as repugnant.
newusername
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I'm sorry to hear that, sounds horrible.
Your reaction, while understandable, is however an example of a post hoc fallacy. You are associating the blood clot with the vaccine & not Covid.
While there was a risk of a blood clot following vaccination (1 per 100,000 AZ vaccines in UK & 1 per 3.2m Johnson & Johnson vaccines in the US) strategies were changed so that they avoided repeated doses of the same vaccines or even giving them to high risk groups and repeated studies have found that having Covid puts people at far greater risk of getting deep vein thrombosis than being vaccinated.
Risk of thrombocytopenia and thromboembolism after covid-19 vaccination and SARS-CoV-2 positive testing: self-controlled case series study
Objective To assess the association between covid-19 vaccines and risk of thrombocytopenia and thromboembolic events in England among adults. Design Self-controlled case series study using national data on covid-19 vaccination and hospital admissions. Setting Patient level data were obtained...
I’m not suggesting it was caused by the vaccine, i was just relating my experience, I took the vaccines out of civic duty for others.It is whAt it is. Life’s a gamble.I'm sorry to hear that, sounds horrible.
Your reaction, while understandable, is however an example of a post hoc fallacy. You are associating the blood clot with the vaccine & not Covid.
While there was a risk of a blood clot following vaccination (1 per 100,000 AZ vaccines in UK & 1 per 3.2m Johnson & Johnson vaccines in the US) strategies were changed so that they avoided repeated doses of the same vaccines or even giving them to high risk groups and repeated studies have found that having Covid puts people at far greater risk of getting deep vein thrombosis than being vaccinated.
Risk of thrombocytopenia and thromboembolism after covid-19 vaccination and SARS-CoV-2 positive testing: self-controlled case series study
Objective To assess the association between covid-19 vaccines and risk of thrombocytopenia and thromboembolic events in England among adults. Design Self-controlled case series study using national data on covid-19 vaccination and hospital admissions. Setting Patient level data were obtained...www.bmj.com
Redka
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Same as
Me
I’ve had it twice very very mild - weird health conditions ever since - only just feel like I’m getting back to my old self after about two years!
Flar
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“The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time” J. London
Emmersons_BrazillianDong
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"I'd rather be on the nest"
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newusername
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ONS deaths data has been released for week ending 21 Apr apparently the Easter Bank Holidays have affected the comparison this week.
Year-to-date there have been 204,087 deaths recorded, 7% more than the 5-year average mainly due to deaths from 'flu in the winter.
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