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Is it possible to have an asymptomatic primary infection and still suffer long covid? Antigen tests where negative but ever since last fall I feel weird symptoms that I never had for any length of time. Stuff like trouble spelling, complete lack of concentration, difficulties comprehending things when trying to actively learn and a general feeling of confusion and exhaustion. I tend to just assume a general state of exhaustion or slight burnout after a pretty intense year. Reading long-covid experiences makes me wonder tough.

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I'd like to know as well. Never had any covid AFAIK, yet I'm currently on my second week of feeling tired and on my fourth day of experiencing heart palpitations maybe once every hour (feels like my heart skipped a beat and the next one is a bit stronger). I've never had this before and my antigen test yesterday was negative.

I have those. At least in my case, it's a premature ventricular contraction. What happens is that the nerve fires too early, and the heart muscle says: "What? LOL, no. I'm still on my coffee break." But blood keeps arriving at the heart, so the next beat is stronger because it has more blood to move. They can get strong enough to hurt a bit.

In my case, it seemed to be caused by Claritin. When I stopped taking Claritin, I quit having these. Years later, just recently, I've started having them again.

Disclaimer: I am not a doctor, and this is not medical advice. Your symptoms may be something else.

Supposedly, the risk of long COVID is not correlated to the severity of symptoms.

That’s a bad thing.

Yes, but is it even correlated to Covid? This study lacks a control group, so we don't know.

Yes, it's totally possible.

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210615-a-fifth-of-as... claims it's 20% of asymptomatic cases that develop Long Covid. Even if the number is off, it's unlikely to be actually zero.

Good luck and speedy recovery!

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