I just tested positive for COVID for the first time. I am 67 with Afib/flutter, Inappropriate SinnTschycardia,, I take 25 mg of Metoprolol and -25 mg of klonopin for anxiety. I take 81 mg of aspirin. I have the Atriclip that occluded my left atrial appendage, as I had a near fatal hemorrhage with Eliquis.
I will be contacting my Doctor tomorrow, however, I was hoping to get some feedback from some of you folks who have gone thru the same thing. Any experiences you can share with me is much appreciated.
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Sorry about that. I see you're in the U.S. where Paxlovid is readily available. If you're within the timeframe (five days of developing symptons) and it's not contraindicated with the drugs your're taking, I'd go that route. Second best treatment according to CDC are Remdesivir Infusions. May take a little hunting, but should be available outpatient at major medical centers. I had Covid a couple of years ago and wish I had taken one of those options. Meanwhile stay hydrated. I found sports drinks like Gatorade helpful here. Hope you get better soon.
Thank you for your quick response Jim! I have been reading about Paxlovid, and I will talk to my Doctor tomorrow. My first symptoms were Tuesday, so within the five day window. Thanks again and take care!
A few days after contracting Covid I had an AF episode and several more during the following months - which is more frequent than usual. I have paroxysmal AF with no other issues so I didn't have antivirals. When I saw my cardiologist 6 months after having Covid he said that was quite common and sent me for cardiac MRI to ensure no damage, which there wasn't. We're all different, so it might affect you differently. The antivirals made big difference for my wife, hopefully they do for you too.
I had covid, as did two friends and we all have had covid with no repercussions at all. All of us were vaccinated with at least one booster, though.
Can I ask, do you take the Klonopin daily? In the UK, doctors won't prescribe this for anxiety owing to the risk of its becoming habit forming. How effective do you find it?
For certain had COVID 3 times and suspected twice. Only one episode caused problems and that was in 2021 at the peak of the Pandemic.
I would have been eligible for anti-virals but decided not to take them because of the rebound affect. The last two times I tested positive it was very minor and although both husband and I isolated in respect for others, carried on normal life.
Thanks to our UK vaccine program covid had little affect on our family. Not even as bad as a bad cold and lasted less than five days though still positve at eight. I did have very high temperature for the first 24 hours but I do that anyway.
My wife and I got Covid just over a year ago for the first time. I have had worse colds and didn't require any medication other than paracetamol for the first day when we both felt lousy, with head ache a slight rise in temperature. We never got a fever like high temperature and had no really bad symptoms at all. My wife is asthmatic and we both have Bronchiectasis and had no breathing problems - after about 3 days we felt well enough to get back to normal but couldn't as still testing positive. I tested negative after 5th day but my wife tested positive after 18 (!) days - it was lucky that she tested negative the day before her birthday so that she could go out an celebrate. We did feel fatigued for a few months afterwards but nothing we couldn't cope with and it didn't cause any long lasting symptoms or any problems with my AF which is probably because both of us had had all the injections.
I have had it 3 times now. First time it was horrible but not bad enough to go to hospital. Also coincidentally had broken ribs at the time so coughing was painful so narrowly avoided pneumonia. The next two times it was much milder. I had very unstable AF/ tachycardia and fully expected to go into AF but I didn’t. I had an unknown virus last year that was quite mild and my heart went into complete overdrive so I don’t know what that’s all about except to show that it’s not a done deal that Covid will initiate your AF. Good luck with the antivirals. It probably is wise to try and get them since they are available and since it is your first time with Covid although if you have had the vaccines you shouldn’t worry too much anyway. X
Covid is rarely mentioned in the UK now. I guess people still catch it but no longer have to report having the infection. Just treated like flu by most now that the current weaker virus doesn't usually cause serious problems. I believe the NHS advice is to stay home for at least 3 days after testing positive.
I had an AF episode around the time I must have been infected with covid - no other symptoms but a positive test taken the day after the AF episode had been ended with an extra Flecainide 100mg. I take it regularly and haven’t had an episode since then which was well over a year ago. Hope your experience of covid was as mild as mine was and that you don’t have any nasty side effects like the fatigue I had already which came after a different virus along with the paroxysmal AF!
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