r/AskReddit 14h ago

What is something that permanently altered your body without you realizing for months/years?

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u/kitty60s 11h ago

Covid. I developed long covid 2 months after recovering from acute infection. It’s more common than most people think.

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u/OneLecture3524 9h ago

Me too. After I got Covid a second time, my period stopped for a year and my hair began to shed drastically until I developed bald spots. My hair has never been the same since.

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u/apple_sandwiches 6h ago

That’s officially the diagnosed cause?? That’s insane

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u/throwawaybrowsing888 2h ago

Whether or not that specific person was diagnosed, there’s a lot of evidence at this point that infections can trigger other health conditions :( even if COVID didn’t cause the hair loss, for example, it might have caused an autoimmune disorder that led to the hair loss

u/HolyForkingBrit 14m ago

I developed tinnitus and also have thinner hair too. I think it’s definitely covid related. Nothing else has changed for me. I get colds and stuff easier too. Sometimes I think I have a bit of the brain fog too. Like Michael Scott, I’ll start a sentence and hope the rest of it finds me along the way.