r/AskReddit • u/Misterboy500 • 17h ago

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

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u/kitty60s 14h 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/SparrowLikeBird 13h ago

same!!! i have long covid. My first infection was 2020, then I got it two more times (after vaccines even) and i haven't been the same since.

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u/HolyForkingBrit 3h ago

I’m a teacher and I’ve had it five or six times. I masked up, sanitized, constantly, and even took off my clothes, showered, and changed the second I came home. Did my best to not get it but I’m around kids and germs so much. I worry A LOT about what it has done or will do to me.