Odd question on pneumonia recovery

[natswright]

So, funny one this in a way. I'm 5 months into recovering from covid pneumonia. I was told at the time I have some lung scarring too. I'm more mobile and can even manage short bursts of jogging now and again. but still get very tired.

My lungs feel tired too, but after I eat can feel tight. I can breath just fine and sats are good. What I find is I suffer a lot more trapped wind these days. I guess this is because i'm not as active as I used to be. However when the trapped wind escapes, the "pressure" I feel on my lungs seems to go away.

I just seem to feel it more.

I sometimes get this feeling after exertion, a feeling I can only describe as tired lungs.

Does this make sense, what experiences have others had recovering from pneumonia?

[peege]

Hi, my 6 yr old granddaughter had long covid for over a year after catching it in April 2020. She suffered with rheumatic symptoms amongst others, missed over a year of school, any exertion brought on palpitations, breathlessness, extreme fatigue and high fever. She's finally back to normal even after getting it again last November. She's a kid though who hasn't been able to pace herself. It's really hard to gauge anyones recovery after covid or pneumonia as we're all different.

I've had pneumonia several times, each time took months to fully recover without the awful fatigue, there's probably scarring from each bout. You just have to learn to pace yourself with however much energy you start the day with, if you do too much you'll need to compensate the next day. I've learnt I have to say no to certain activities or I'd need a week horizontal to rebuild energy supplies. We're all different though. You will get there I'm sure. As for the tightness, what you've described sounds like acid reflux to me - which many of us lungies suffer from. P

[natswright in reply to peege]

Yeah, does sound like it takes time. I was kinda hoping to be normal after 6 months. I mainly get really tired and get joint and muscle pain if I overdo it.

[Badbessie]

To be honest even normal pneumonia takes many months to recover from. With covid the effects in the long term are in many ways unknown as the systemic effects are different in many individuals. If I were in your shoes I would try to get help symptomatically.. Speak with your GP and ask if chest physio would help you.

[Mark62uk]

The trapped wind has the effect of pushing your diaphragm up reducing lung capacity, In addition the anti-biotics and any steroids they gave you for the pneumonia may well have killed off some of the good bacteria in your gut. I have had the same issue, best to have a word with doctor, but in meantime try yakult and bimuno to help get it working again.

[soulsaver]

Gastro probs are often a medication side effect; are you taking anything now?