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DudeFromBahston t1_iwf90dr wrote

Could it be Long COVID (aka Post-COVID)?

From the CDC Website:

“People who experience post-COVID conditions most commonly report:

. . .

<Respiratory and heart symptoms>

  1. Difficulty breathing or shortness of breath
  2. Cough <—
  3. Chest pain
  4. Fast-beating or pounding heart (also known as heart palpitations)”
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FumyLikes OP t1_iwf95kz wrote

Honestly could be. Went to a festival in September, got sick, all symptoms went away but the cough.

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heyitslola t1_iwfxh7b wrote

Person in my office had fairly mild covid in February and still has a nasty cough. The doctors actually called it ‘normal’ for post-Covid. I don’t think normal is the right label… maybe ‘expected’ is more accurate. Find a pulmonologist that has covid experience.

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GoblinBags t1_iwh91iw wrote

...So I'm sorry if I'm blunt here, but this feels like the obvious problem. Most folks who have Long COVID are having either shortness of breath, loss of smell / smell change, or cough regularly. I have several friends that are like that at the moment - one of whom is typically doing 20+ hours of martial arts training a week and now he can't do any of it... Long COVID is awful.

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