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Just to add to the post-viral syndrome chorus, this happened to me when I was 20. I caught what seemed like a pretty normal flu, but it eventually morphed into
by nonameiguess 6y ago
Just to add to the post-viral syndrome chorus, this happened to me when I was 20. I caught what seemed like a pretty normal flu, but it eventually morphed into bronchitis and then pneumonia because I was an idiot who thought he was immortal and continued going out clubbing and staying out late with friends and it was four months before I finally saw a doctor and took the advice to rest and get blasted with high dose antibiotics.
I was down for about two additional months after that, in which I caught another flu twice, and could barely get out of bed for a while. And then I proceeded to have complications from colds and flus that evolved to bronchitis or pneumonia every single flu season for the next 8 years.
It took nearly a decade to really recover from that. I see no reason to think any sufficiently bad respiratory infection with high enough viral load wouldn't do the same thing, especially to people much less healthy than 20 year-old me, a two-time state champion cross country runner in high school.
- clairity 6y agoyes, what we're seeing is the frenzy around covid latching onto any and all related phenomena and pulling them into it's orbit. it's reasonable to study those phenomena for their relationship to a particular infection, but not to conclude that relationship based on merely studying it, as is happening here. post-infection complications are not uncommon, although specifics certainly vary. i'd also had a long tail of recovery from a flu->bronchitis->pneumonia cascade a few years ago (on the order of many months, not years).
- stretchwithme 6y agoI had persistent lung congestion for weeks. I did some research online and found this thing called a salt inhaler. That cleared it up in a couple of days. Salt has a way of pulling infections out of tissues.
- sithadmin 6y agoI'm not a physician, but intentionally inhaling salt particles into the respiratory tract to 'pull infections out of tissues' strikes me as an extremely bad idea.
- kian 6y agoSaline solutions dissolve mucous.
- sp332 6y agoThe description of the mechanism is probably wrong, but the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America says it's probably safe.
- stretchwithme 6y agoThe American Lung Association has this article on the topic. And there is no consensus about how much is effective, etc. '"When fine salt particles are inhaled, they will fall on the airway linings and draw water into the airway, thinning the mucus and making it easier to raise, thus making people feel better," said Dr. Edelman.' https://www.lung.org/blog/promising-placebo-salt-halotherapy#:~:text=%22When%20fine%20salt%20particles%20are,with%20allergies%20affecting%20their%20lungs.%22 https://www.lung.org/blog/promising-placebo-salt-halotherapy... There is salt in the air at the beach, so I'd stay away from the ocean if you think inhaling salt is a bad idea.