Covid Omicron side effects

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 The Lemming 19 Sep 2022

Before we begin please do not go off on a tangent about conspiracy theories or anti-vax fantasies.

Has anybody had any muscle problems either with muscle weakness or muscle fatigue after getting the Omicron variant of Covid?

And if so, how long did it take to recover please?

Also could any members of this parish point me to legitimate and respected websites that medical professionals, such as a GP, would consider as acceptable information about side effects of Long Covid other than the well known issues of breathing problems, headaches or diarrhoea.

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 mik82 19 Sep 2022
In reply to The Lemming:

This is the NHS website for long covid that we direct people to

https://www.yourcovidrecovery.nhs.uk/i-think-i-have-long-covid/

 Michael Hood 19 Sep 2022
In reply to The Lemming:

> Has anybody had any muscle problems either with muscle weakness or muscle fatigue after getting the Omicron variant of Covid?

Not personally but my wife has (although not sure it was Omicron) - she's effectively got a less severe re-occurrence of the ME/CFS she used to have. She's also on a long covid facebook (?) group and I think you'll find that there are many cases of this kind of thing.

And I think you'll find that there are no definitive answers to "how long", still far more questions than answers.

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 Levy_danny 19 Sep 2022
In reply to The Lemming:

I had covid two weeks ago and am getting some strange lower back pain that I’ve never had before. I’m not sure which variant I got but I found covid strange and unpleasant and worse than I was expecting and I don’t think I got it particularly bad. 

 ExiledScot 19 Sep 2022
In reply to The Lemming:

My mother(aged 75) had it early on in May 20, close to hospitalised, her breathing or aerobic fitness never returned to the same level, despite deliberately walking more etc... suspected permanent cell damage in her lungs. I think it's just the way it is, it's tough psychologically to never get back to 100%, I try to sell it as being grateful it wasn't worse and she survived. I don't think there are any definitive sources out there, as each person's symptoms vary so much. 

 Neil Williams 19 Sep 2022
In reply to The Lemming:

I did feel a bit weak for a couple of weeks after it, yes, but it did go away.

OP The Lemming 19 Sep 2022
In reply to The Lemming:

Thanks everybody

 Tobes 19 Sep 2022
In reply to The Lemming:

not quite but my partner has now passed the 3 month stage (so it’s classed long covid) - she is essentially house bound/debilitated and is horizontal for around 23 hrs a day - I’m now her carer more or less - her oxygen saturation drops by around 9% from simply lying down to sitting up (!) our local GP just said ‘keep resting’ - we contacted the only covid specialist in Scotland (who is private) they made arrangements for us to see another doctor at our nearest city hospital, they took things more seriously and she was admitted that day for tests, there’s another scan due next week but still little info or progress - she’s signed off work indefinitely - she had improved slightly after the initial 5 days of the infection but then had a major crash and now a very active person in their mid forties has a porta potty in the bedroom and can barely manage to shuffle to the kitchen once a day - we both have all our jabs and boosters too - good luck and definitely listen to your body (!) 

OP The Lemming 19 Sep 2022
In reply to Tobes:

You two take care.

 T38 19 Sep 2022
In reply to The Lemming:

Really sorry to hear that Tobes.

I've got Covid atm (day 6), am vaccinated and boostered, feeling much better today. It's the 3rd time I've had this. I work with lots of people in close contact, coughs n colds are always going round.

I've been feeling pretty tired in general in the last 2 years (since I first got covid), also lots of physical aches n pains. But have put that down to hormonal changes. Lately I've been wondering about this, I should be through the hormonal upheaval by now. Blood test showed I'm not diabetic. I'm quite healthy and active but can't seem to improve my fitness. It's frustrating at best. Whether it's long covid or something else I just don't know.

 Michael Hood 19 Sep 2022
In reply to Tobes:

That sounds terrible, I hope it improves quickly.

Make sure you are claiming whatever benefits you can - may be less than earnings but will help take some of the financial pressure - sounds like ESA and PIP at least.

 Tobes 19 Sep 2022
In reply to Michael Hood:

Aye thanks, she has some income protection policy so we’re ok for a while and she’s started the PIP process now. I’m only working 3 days a week at home though my job is quite tough atm (social services) along with this is challenging. Appreciate the info 

 Tobes 19 Sep 2022
In reply to The Lemming:

Thanks and yourself - sorry I should have started my own thread - dont want to derail yours! 

 Tobes 19 Sep 2022
In reply to T38:

partner is peri menopause and there’s ‘some’ data that this compounds the issues - hope you’re getting some kind of proper medical support/advice? We had to search around quite a bit before someone took it seriously 

OP The Lemming 19 Sep 2022
In reply to Tobes:

> Thanks and yourself - sorry I should have started my own thread - dont want to derail yours! 

You are more than welcome. Nothing to derail.

 Dave Garnett 19 Sep 2022
In reply to T38:

> Really sorry to hear that Tobes.

> I've got Covid atm (day 6), am vaccinated and boostered, feeling much better today. It's the 3rd time I've had this. I work with lots of people in close contact, coughs n colds are always going round.

I've got it again too.  Some visitors brought the Sheffield strain.  Tested positive last Thursday, felt crap until today but tested pretty positive again just now.  Hardly long Covid but a bloody nuisance.  It's kind of taken the shine off our visitors' holiday too!

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 Jenny C 19 Sep 2022
In reply to The Lemming:

The list of common covid symptoms runs to well over 100, with muscle and bone aches are among them. 

To help understand the many varied symptoms and get an idea on management techniques I'd recommend reading

 The long covid self-help guide : practical ways to manage symptoms

by Fraser, Emily, editor.

Sadly most doctors are still clueless on long covid. However if you still have symptoms after 12 weeks it's worth speaking with your GP to rule out other potential causes.

 Yanis Nayu 19 Sep 2022
In reply to Tobes:

That sounds awful - I hope she makes some progress soon. 

 Sealwife 19 Sep 2022
In reply to The Lemming:

I had muscle pains after my first vaccination and also when I got covid.

When I had the aches following my vaccination I didn’t immediately realise it was a side-effect of the vaccine, rather thinking I’d probably overdone some running.  Wasn’t until my husband’s colleague reported exactly the same symptom that I realised.  We both had aching and stiff lower back, hips and thighs.  lasted about a day or two.

When I caught Covid, I had the same symptom, really uncomfortable and stiff lower body.  Lasted a few days then reappeared after a couple of weeks, which was a worry.  Managed to see it off with stretching, hot bath and muscle gun and I’ve not had any recurrence.

 ARB 19 Sep 2022
In reply to The Lemming:

I picked it up in November 2021, developed Long Covid, and suffered until June this year.

Re. Muscular issues...

Interestingly I pulled something in my left elbow whilst doing pull-up's, just a few days before testing positive. Fairly standard climbing / over training injury that I've done before more than once, that would normally mean taking it easy for a week or two, then back to normal.

This time however it didn't go away until the spring, coinciding roughly with the long-covid.

Is that the sort of thing you were asking about?

 malky_c 19 Sep 2022
In reply to The Lemming:

My partner has been struggling for well over 2 years now - not as bad as a couple of the cases mentioned in this thread but still off work and only able to do a fraction of what she used to.

She likes answers and wasn’t getting many through her GP so she’s been interviewing all sorts of people with different expertise over the last 12 months - doctors, specialists, researchers, other sufferers, people who have got better, experts on breathing, fatigue - and has been releasing them as a weekly podcast. There’s almost certainly some useful stuff in there whatever aspect you want to know more about, although the list is a bit overwhelming to begin. Might be worth a look though for some posters here:

https://www.longcovidpodcast.com/

 Dax H 20 Sep 2022
In reply to The Lemming:

Fortunately no pain but now 9 months in, symptoms are random bouts of fatigue and rapidly running out of breath every time I exert myself even a little bit.

A gentle hill I could job up last year is difficult to walk now. (by gentel Hill I mean 400 meters of about a 10 degree slope on my local park) 

 Climbandwine 20 Sep 2022
In reply to The Lemming:

Yes - I had quite bad muscle weakness after contracting the virus pre-vaccine and again with Omicron post-vaccine (although this was milder). First time I had bad muscle weakness for months (I couldn't do a pull up or a press up after using these as good S&C exercises regularly), with Omicron I did have weakness, but I returned to normal after about 2 months. 

You may find the Facebook group Long Haul Covid Fighters UK useful to explore similar symptoms, but I cannot advise it as a useful source for treatment. 

I hope you get better very soon.

 midgen 20 Sep 2022
In reply to The Lemming:

I ended up watching the funeral sat in A&E yesterday, as the heart palpitations I've been having since covid ~6 weeks ago, intensified and I started getting chest tightness and pain. 

Nothing immediately serious after tests...but it's going to need longer term investigation. Never had any issues before covid, and I'm in great shape, no comorbidities, but my heart is definitely not right since I had it

 Jenny C 20 Sep 2022
In reply to The Lemming:

I was recommended this group by others on  here https://m.facebook.com/groups/625349464716052/

It's an international group and incredibly supportive. 

 artif 21 Sep 2022
In reply to The Lemming:

A close friends 13yo daughter is effectively wheelchair bound, previously a very fit syncro swimmer, heart rate skyrockets with any activity eg walking.  Another friend can only do very limited activities, a 1 hour dog walk knocks him out for 2-3days, owns and runs his own engineering business. Both been suffering for a long time now (many months)

 ExiledScot 21 Sep 2022
In reply to The Lemming:

It does seem that it might be genetic, blood type, immune system flaws or something else that leaves some people really susceptible to covid problems. I've a former colleague who died from it (not with), his daughter and father too(the remaining family are in bits). Statistically nothing is impossible, but that's long odds so I'm suspecting weaknesses to covid must be inherited.

 Jenny C 21 Sep 2022
In reply to ExiledScot:

> ...... I'm suspecting weaknesses to covid must be inherited.

Quite possibly, also I suspect there would be interesting research to be done around why some people appear to have natural immunity to the actual virus itself.

There is also a school of thought that covid reactivates dormant viruses in our body like Shingles, lyme Disease, Epstein–Barr. 

Lots of people with long covid (myself included) also mention pain focused around old (fully healed) injuries. 

OP The Lemming 21 Sep 2022
In reply to Jenny C:

> Lots of people with long covid (myself included) also mention pain focused around old (fully healed) injuries. 

That's very interesting, and something I can relate to.

 Elsier 21 Sep 2022
In reply to The Lemming:

Interested to read this thread. I have chronic si joint pain, not related to covid in any way. But when I caught covid back in March it massively flared it up, which I thought was strange. Luckily returned to normal levels of pain about a month or so after covid. 

russellcampbell 21 Sep 2022
In reply to The Lemming:

Tested positive for Covid in early July. Main symptoms were similar to a bad head cold. However, a couple of days after testing positive I developed a noticeable swelling in my groin which has since been diagnosed as a hernia. In fact, turns out I have a second smaller hernia in opposite side of groin which is invisible to me. I've Googled Hernia and Covid and can't find anything about there being a connection. However, one common symptom among people very ill with Covid is severe abdominable pain. Hernias are apparently often linked with abdominal problems so there might be a connection. I have suffered from abdominal pain for years. My instinct is that I was going to eventually develop a hernia but Covid in some way hastened this. Of course, I could be talking nonsense.

Anyway, very little pain from hernia apart from the odd twinge when walking up steep bits. Consultant has advised avoiding operating unless hernia becomes painful or stops me getting out and about.


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