Hello, lovelies. My name is Arti Shah, and welcome to another episode of A Ray of Sunshine, a journey of an endo warrior and everything in between.
In this episode, we discuss Covid and Endometriosis.
Covid finally got the best of me in December 2021, and for me, it exacerbated all the endometriosis symptoms, causing a havoc and a half.
I knew I had a Covid, as things in my body felt very different from the illness and its symptoms. They all felt even more intense.
I literally couldn’t construct a sentence as I was gasping for breaths.
Covid also delayed my periods, and I got them seven days later, which was kind of a blessing if I really look at it, as I don't know how I would have managed having a period, endo pain and all its symptoms flared up, together with Covid, which had already exacerbated the endometriosis and all its symptoms.
My experience is based on my own personal experience, and it may vary for other people. The endometriosis made Covid extremely difficult and intense for myself.
Disclaimer: The information on this podcast is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.
The transcript of the first few minutes of this podcast is presented below:
Hello, lovelies. My name is Arti Shah, and welcome to another episode of A Ray of Sunshine, a journey of an endo warrior and everything in between. Welcome home.
In today's episode, we discuss Covid and endometriosis. Endometriosis does not increase susceptibility to Covid-19 infections, but alters the manifestation of the disease. From my personal experience because I did get hit with Covid in December 2021, it exacerbated all the endometriosis symptoms. Many of us endometriosis patients suffer from high levels of stress and detriments in mental health due to painful symptoms that affect many aspects of our daily life. Persistent stress leading to disease exacerbation is what I experienced when I had Covid, for example, a few of Omicron symptoms. One of them being tiredness and fatigue and muscle aches is a symptom of endometriosis. So what Covid did for me is exacerbated that symptom of endometriosis.
The first four days, whilst I was battling Covid, including endometriosis, my body aches were just unbearable. Covid mixed with neuropathy from the endometriosis led me to nights of just crying because I would wake up in the middle of the night in agony, especially when my right hand was frozen and the fingers were bent and I just couldn't move it.
So what I did do, just to manage it and get through, is apply magnesium oil and some other oils that I use and start getting mobility to ease the pain. Those first few nights were just horrific to say the least. I didn't know what was going, what was coming, what was happening. I just wanted this saga to end.
Another symptom of Omicron was headache. I suffer from migraines, and this exacerbated that too. The Omicron headache was way worse than a migraine, and I just thought, when is this ending? Breathlessness for me was another Omicron symptom. Again, breathlessness is a symptom for endometriosis, so that together with the breathlessness from Covid was a fight for gasping for breath.
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