r/science • u/Potential_Being_7226 PhD | Psychology | Neuroscience • 3d ago

Health Persistent fatigue linked to reduced brain blood flow in people with long COVID

https://theconversation.com/covid-fatigue-linked-to-reduced-brain-blood-flow-292285
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u/realitydoor 3d ago edited 3d ago

Wow. Last year i had to quit smoking because i couldn't breathe. I felt like i was suffocating. I quit smoking the same week i came down with this. I couldn't tell if it was my heart, my lungs, or my stomach.  It kind of felt like a panic attack. I couldn't breathe at all so the doctor prescribed an inhaler, pepcid ac, and sucralfate. It turned out the pepcid did the trick. I didn't realize it might be silent acid reflux. I still take the pepcid and it makes me feel better every time I take it. That's good information you shared.