COVID has a lot to answer for

[Skiffrower]

I had what was almost certainly COVID before the first lockdown in 2020. For the next 3 years I'd been defined as a long COVID sufferer. At a pre op for a foot op in March 2023 I was suddenly told I had a heart murmur. This was brand new diagnosis at age of 66. I'm sure I'd never had it before because there is congenital heart issues in my family and I've been checked out. I am personally pretty sure the heart problems ( which were mechanical ) were caused by COVID. Result- replacement aortic valve and repair to severely floppy mitral valve this June. I am now in recovery . Lots of issues with the standard package of drugs but I seem now to have things sorted.

[Turnipgirl]

I reckon our family had covid back in the October of 2019 before it was officially christened but we all thought it was bad colds!

[Skiffrower in reply to Turnipgirl]

I lost a stone in a week . So not just a bad cold. Slept and slept and slept for weeks afterwards

[Turnipgirl in reply to Skiffrower]

More than likely they were bad colds but it's hard to tell isn't it?

[RufusScamp]

Could just be age-related. I developed a heart problem aged 67, but at the end of 2019, before the plague arrived, although I had been to China that year!

[Turnipgirl in reply to RufusScamp]

It was around long before it got christened officially I reckon!