Hi all, I'm happy to have found this site. I'm 63, female, in the USA, I recently was diagnosed and hospitalized with Covid pneumonia (last of November 2021). I still get winded easily, I never did before this illness. My weight is within the normal range for my height (5'4", 130 lbs.) I have no history of lung complications, never get chest colds, never had pneumonia before contracting Covid. I've don't have asthma, have never had bronchitis although I did smoke cigarettes for about 30 years, one-half pack a day, I quit 20 years ago. Since this bout with covid pneumonia, I hear what sounds like rice crispies when I breathe upon waking in the mornings. Once I move around and get up I don't hear it anymore. No other symptoms, no fever, no back pain, or pain period. No coughing or production of mucus, no congestion. GP ordered spirometry but I haven't done very well complying with this. I am finally back to work after being off for two months. Should I be concerned or is this just going to take some time to heal completely?
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Sounds like Rice Krispies upon waking
Welcome to this friendly forum shaymanrn. Sorry to hear you were hospitalised with covid. It can take quite some time to recover so I would contact your doctor and tell him how you feel. He can do some further investigations. Hoping things improve for you soon. Xxx
Hi and welcome shaymann. I can't explain the rice krispie sound but I do know that recovering from pneumonia and covid can take a very long time for some people. Do keep in touch with your GP about ongoing problems. Best wishes for your return to work.
Welcome to the site shaymanrn, it's a lovely site full of wonderful friendly people. Hope you have a very Happy New Year have a good night and take care 😊 Bernadette and Jack 🐕 xxxxxx
welcome, you will probably learn a lot here if you look at others experiences a s well as any answers to your own post. Very helpful friendly people , also a few poets, photographers, and gardeners and whatever. Lots of laughs but also some tears.
Welcome to the forum, shaymanrm. I hope you soon get some answers to your query from more knowledgeable people. It sounds a bit disconcerting to have Rice krispies in your lungs- hope they go away soon.
Hi, covid can take time to recover. To be on the safe side perhaps get your heart checked by your doctors as well. Otherwise happy new year
Ken
Welcome to the site shaymanrn. Your rice crispies could be a little mucus that pools in your lungs overnight and clears once you get up, best to have your gp listen to your chest just to be sure. It can take a long time to get over covid so go gently on yourself. Wishing you and yours a Happy New Year x
Shaymanrn , welcome across the water. Happy New Year to you and I hope that the snaps and crackles are giving way to the pop of champagne as you celebrate. Covid recovery can take time but don’t ignore any symptoms that are telling you that all is not well. Check with your Primary care doctor to be sure. My best wishes Grace
Hi Shaymnrn,
Strangely enough my story is not far from yours. I am going through symptoms with my chest/throat noise and hear a similar sound to yours. (You describe it perfectly). I find it very disturbing and like yourself only hear it upon waking. It is silent throughout the day. It could be mucus becoming lodged in the upper chest area due to laying down overnight.
I had Covid twice in 2020 and I suffered very poorly the first time. (Mild the 2nd). I wasn’t hospitalized like you but I coughed relentlessly and couldn’t catch my breath. Several months afterwards I still continued to cough and would become winded upon exercise. I too am a previous smoker and the same age as you.
I’ve become extremely concerned over these noises which I hear in my upper chest area, which have only materialized this winter. Before Covid I too was fit, have never been overweight, always eat healthy home cooked meals with lots of fresh veg, exercise moderately and have never before suffered from colds, pneumonia, bronchitis or asthma until now. I have just gone through what I believe was Bronchitis and it was then that these chest noises began. I asked my doctor for a chest X-ray and it came back clear, but of course I know that X-rays do not show the insides of one’s bronchial tubes.
Having mostly cleared up the bronchitis, I now have a bout of sinusitis with post nasal drip which makes me wonder if the mucus is dripping down the back of my throat is contributing this chest noise. I have been put on antibiotics by my ENT consultant. He performed a nasal endoscopy recently and told me I have a nasal infection as well as polyps, but my larynx is clear. I do not like taking antibiotics, particularly during a pandemic since they lower one’s immune system, but I have to say they do seem to be helping me.
Like you, this is very disconcerting to me. I’m convinced it is all caused by having contracted Covid, which in my opinion is going to contribute to people suffering a lot of illnesses in future and no doubt it will have an effect on peoples lives and even shorten many. I am just been realistic.
Angry….I am so angry about the experiments they were performing in the Wuhan lab with total disregard for the global population as a whole and all for no other benefit than their own interests. It should have been stopped before it ever got started.
Please keep us informed on this forum about your Rice Crispy noise. If you have any news on why it is happening I would like to hear it. Meanwhile, best wishes and a Happy and Healthy New Year.
T57
I had that rice crispy sound for five weeks after I contracted RSV. It’s going around. It’s brutal on older ones.
I’m also in the US. Last year at this time I was doing pulmonary rehab. They cancelled due to Covid and picked back up when the worst passed. Pulmonary rehab will help you recover further and faster. I highly recommend you give it a chance.
Hey neighbor! I too have Rice Crispy lungs! Have you found any answers?
just got back from the Dr. I have a kind of Pneumonia wherei the lower pat of y lungs sound like Rice Krispies, so that may be what you have. The used a technical term that I can not remember. As soon as the results of the visit are posted i will update this with that term. Ye put me on antibiotics.
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