Lost sense of smell - often first symptom

[GooooMarquette]

So, what I can only assume is a post-COVID symptom, as I have never had anything like it before.    I cannot wear a wool scarf.    For the first time in my life, a wool scarf on my neck feels like it is filled with needles.    Maybe my skin is a little dryer post COVID,  I don't know.    I am chalking it up to COVID and hopeful it gets better as the winter progresses.

Interesting. I have seen case reports (see below) of skin hypersensitivity - including sensitivity to clothing - but most report it as a symptom during the active phase of the infection.

I'll be interested to hear how yours works out.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7247510/

[Skatastrophy]

So, what I can only assume is a post-COVID symptom, as I have never had anything like it before.    I cannot wear a wool scarf.    For the first time in my life, a wool scarf on my neck feels like it is filled with needles.    Maybe my skin is a little dryer post COVID,  I don't know.    I am chalking it up to COVID and hopeful it gets better as the winter progresses.   

Keep an eye out for Shingles. I had that pins-and-needles feeling once in my life before. It started as that feeling, turned into what looked like a spider bike, and then slowly but surely led to the most painful few weeks of my life. There have been reported cases of co-infection of Covid and Herpes Zoster: https://www.drugtopics.com/view/covid-19-and-herpes-zoster-co-infections-identified

[tower912]

That's cheery.   But thanks for the tip.

[mu_hilltopper]

I just turned down (delayed) the Shingles vaccine a few weeks ago at my physical.   My thought is that I want the COVID vaccine first, and the other one would interfere/overlap.

Fingers crossed I can make it a year.

[GooooMarquette]

I just turned down (delayed) the Shingles vaccine a few weeks ago at my physical.   My thought is that I want the COVID vaccine first, and the other one would interfere/overlap.

Fingers crossed I can make it a year.

If your physical was a few weeks ago, and your Covid vaccine is still a minimum of two or three months away, I doubt there would have been any interference.

Still, not a big deal, since the odds of getting shingles in the next year isn't that great.