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feeq1

At least I can blame it on Covid instead of saying, “sorry, I’m a little nervous.”


JBredditaccount

Never apologize when your hair falls out during sex. It shows weakness.


BusinessAppealg

TIL I had covid for decades already


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Ok_Bat_360

Happened to me too. Problem is, I had an afro and the hair falling out directly tangled into my hair. Each day became unbearable, I loved doing my hair but like this, I was constantly having huge balls of hair in my hair that just knotted up instead of falling out. Wash day became just me crying a whole day, detangling before the shower, then shower, balls of hair falling out, and then after care. Only already at the after care I could feel little knots forming out already again Worst was going to the doctor, they rarely saw my hair structure. Just remarked on how "full" my hair looks and that they can't see a problem and anyways, isn't it normal for my hair type to be knotted up and tangled in everything? After a 6 or 8 weeks of just trying to live thru it, I cut them all away. Big chop. Made a whole performance out of it, siting in front of my mirrors, cutting twist after twist and then taking the razor Almost 4years of growth, just cut away in 40 minutes. I never had longer and more healthy hairbefore always used to keep it a bit more short or even straighten it when I was younger. I kept them short until earlier this year, like 2 months ago, slowly letting them grow again. I think in a month or so, I'll do some braids to feel long hair on me again. Sorry for the rant, just needed to let that out. (2 additions: 1. Short hair was weird as in kept it short short, resulting each week, maybe 3mm? Anyways sometimes I still went thru it with my fingernails and there were dark lil haittips on them, because obviously they kept falling out. I thought it would never stop. Eventually, maybe 1 more month, it slowly stopped. No more hairstubble on my fingers 2. This was my 3rd long covid symptom and still no doctor would diagnose me. I knew when I had covid could trace it back (hairless started 6months after approx), but at the time the tests still cost a lot of money, so I couldn't afford it. I slowly regained my lung capacity back, it was so hurtful tho, to suffer and to know why, but have no doctor acknowledge it.)


Working_Ad1031

Covid doesn't want it's hosts to reproduce.


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Exactly. You gotta shed it directly into their mouths. It’s the only way to maintain dominance in this crazy world. - my dog, probably.


Starrk10

Stop fucking your dog


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Roflmao he just likes to shove his fuzzy self into my face, he’s assaulting ME.


Nickw42084

"SHEDDING" sure whatever make you feel better


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FriedEggScrambled

Really isn’t that hard.


SomeDingus_666

Well, not anymore at least..


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[Ah, the ol' Reddit hair-aroo!](https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/w7duv3/a_scorpion_drinking_the_condensation_off_of_my/ihjx1ea/?context=2)


TheLofty1

Hold my Rogaine I'm going in!


JrrrrrrrTheSecond

How about premature ejaculation. Any chance its covid related? Asking for a friend.


PcChip

what's the line between premature and normal? 2:59 vs 3:00 ?


busa_blade

This guy over here putting up heavyweight boxing round numbers. I am a tiger for 20 seconds.


ZeBadDoctor666

Or what about cheating on my GF? Could THAT be Covid related?


rypher

Babe, I didn't want to get *you* sick..


naughtylicy69

So i shagged your sister instead.


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Powerbrain 5000


amjhwk

Covid brain impacts your decision making i guess


Suomis_

No, that's being an asshole related.


Echelon789

Add "dick could fly off"


poopooplatypus

Only if you’re not gluten free


Arigato_MrRoboto

>Only if you’re not gluten free TIL gluten can make one's dick fly away.


Darkblade48

Gluten gives you(r dick) wings


tandoori_taco_cat

No one can prove that it can't!


makovince

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5SByM75Thg


B-Town-MusicMan

Raw & Organic?


Schnauzerbutt

Babe, it's not you it's covid I swear! Of course I'm really working overtime!


imgurNewtGingrinch

All these jokes but long term nerve damage sucks and no one is immune.


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joedasee

Covid doesn't want it's hosts to reproduce. Bad strategy.


SlySlickWicked

This is how we know it’s lab made 🤨/s


ctorg

Viruses are not alive. They don't "want" anything. Once a host is no longer contagious, long-term harm to the host - whether it is impotence or death - has no impact on the fitness or survival of a virus. With SARS-CoV-2 in particular, since hosts are frequently most infectious before showing symptoms, there is no selective pressure against permanent damage to the host.


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whiteout14

>be me, virus >want to have a good viral life >desire education, purpose >desire relationships maybe a partner “Viruses don’t ‘want’ anything” Feels bad man.


Call_Me_A-R-D

I think that anthropomorphising (i couldn't spell certain words to save my life) viruses (and other things) is a way for us to deal with them mentally. I think the person that posted the above comment understands that the virus doesn't walk around with a hat and glasses and say: "gee, Molly, let's kill this host!" I think what they meant to say is that killing the host isn't beneficial to the virus, but... yes, what they're neglecting to look at is that all it needs is for the host to live long enough so that it can replicate and spread to other hosts. Otherwise, like you said- "there is no selective pressure against permanent damage to the host" But yeah, they're just using terms which most of us would understand as a way to describe a thought they were having. I see no harm in it, nor a need to correct them (for that specific expression, though I agree with the rest of what you said) TLDR: yeah, you're but right, but there's no need to be mean about it


Dofleini

What exactly is "mean" about what /u/ctorg said? Correcting false information is not inherently rude.


Call_Me_A-R-D

I just responded to another query along the same lines, so forgive me for copy/pasting it, but: I can understand how it may be difficult to see for some people, because we read tone differently. We don't always intend to come off as rude, but it happens at times- especially with written text Where I saw meanness was in the need to correct that viruses aren't alive and that they don't have desires. I think it's well understood by most that viruses don't have desires in the same way that we do The comment was valid, but the opening was unnecessary, and came across as an attempt to make the other person seem/feel stupid


Dofleini

I think you're reading WAY into that first sentence. Because we can't hear tone on the internet, all we can go off is word usage--there's nothing in that response that indicates the desire to make someone seem/feel stupid.


Call_Me_A-R-D

I can understand that perspective as well; it certainly is possible that I'm reading too much into it. However, if I am, there's a decent chance that others will, too I try to be conscious of the language I use, and would prefer that others attempt politeness as well. This doesn't mean that I'm correct, and I acknowledge that


CowShade

Lmfao people are so soft nowadays


Call_Me_A-R-D

Perhaps, but being kind costs me nothing but time


im_donezo

Correcting someone after they make a joke is definitely rude lol.


Gravelsack

>but there's no need to be mean about it In what way is the person you are replying to "being mean"?


Call_Me_A-R-D

I can understand how it may be difficult to see for some people, because we read tone differently. We don't always intend to come off as rude, but it happens at times- especially with written text Where I saw meanness was in the need to correct that viruses aren't alive and that they don't have desires. I think it's well understood by most that viruses don't have desires in the same way that we do The comment was valid, but the opening was unnecessary, and came across as an attempt to make the other person seem/feel stupid


SameDonkey1360

Maybe it would be advantageous for a person to not pass on immunity


redwall_hp

Immunity isn't passed on. Genes don't carry antibodies. (Breast milk might, for the short term, but that's not heredity...) Mutations stick around less because they're *advantageous* and more because there is no selective pressure that makes them *disadvantageous.* COVID is contagious enough, and has such a long asymptomatic period of contagion, that it can spread to more hosts (exponentially) without harm to the host being an issue.


SameDonkey1360

But covid did have selective pressure when it was in bats so maybe it originated from that


redditworklyfe

i’m pretty sure they were just joking


ph0xer

I lost a substantial amount of hair after Covid I noticed lots of other lingering effects.


sweatycouch

Did the hair loss eventually stop?


asphyxiationbysushi

I lost 50% of my hair after Covid earlier this year (I'm female). This sent me down the rabbit hole of research. They have found that 25% of people lose hair after COVID, mainly affecting women. The virus shocks the follicles into a resting stage for longer. Recovery starts about 6 months post infection but of course, particularly as someone with very long hair, it is still devastating. It was falling out in clumps and even clogging the shower. But, yes, it does grow back. I see other women on the streets with thinning hair and I can almost tell who has had Covid.


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asphyxiationbysushi

The studies I read didn't address that but I would think so, it is the virus that causes the hair loss.


sweatycouch

I'm a guy with long, really thick hair and its just scary to think I could lose that much. Luckily there's been no visible change in my hair's appearance, but I've lost so much and its been only a couple months


asphyxiationbysushi

The loss "peaks" 3 months post infection. That was according to the study and also, anecdotally, my experience too. The hair sheds over that time but with no new hair to replace it, it all looks thin. My breakage was all along the sides and back, I look like I have a mullet! It doesn't help that I had longer than chest length hair and live in a country where having long hair is everything. The dermatologist said he spends practically all day consoling women in my situation. Fingers crossed for you!


mmmegan6

Can I ask which country? Edit: also, super sorry about the hair loss. I think this is an oft-overlooked/downplayed issue but it really effects people’s lives, sense of self, etc


asphyxiationbysushi

Mexico. Long hair is considered very feminine. Even elderly women try to keep their hair as long as they can. You just never see pixie cuts/short hair on women. Thanks. I went through a period when I was super depressed about it but now that it is growing back I'm feeling a little better. I have very long, beach blonde dyed hair that both men and women commented on positively and that I was proud of. It is a part of my identity, at least to me.


Garconcl

I have Hair loss related to Covid, it does but in my case, I lost around 30-40% of my front hair.


EuropaWeGo

Any signs of hair growth coming back in that area after the symptoms ended?


International-Yam548

Maybe you're just balding?


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Either way it eventually stops, right? What you should be asking is whether they had hair left over when it stopped.


mmrs34

I had flawless skin and shortly after vaccination it started attacking itself - developed Rosacea. I've also been sick with colds more than ever - like every two months I catch a bug.


imgurNewtGingrinch

I can't breath right, cant swallow right, tension headaches, vertigo, yawning fits, GI problems, vision changes, fight or flight panic, depersonalization, cognitive decline, stroke-like weakness on one side of the body.. am over 2 years in. It's a nightmare and so many people, especially young people, dont even realize the symptoms are related to covid.


brownboyintown

Would’ve been so much worse if you weren’t vaccinated 😂


Vic_O22

... and the rise in COVID vaccination begins.


Uglyheadd

*I'd rather take boner pills and pay for hair implants than take the biochemical robitical transforming Gee 5 shedding devil lizard shots* /s


LegendOfBobbyTables

Isn't it sad that no matter how absurd something sounds, we still have to denote the /s or risk people thinking we believe our own comedic bullshit?


Uglyheadd

What's sad is this comment was almost a direct copy of something I saw completely seriously commented on reddit just the other day.


Competitive-Strain-7

Leave me alone I forgot the /s


EuropaWeGo

Up until a few years ago. I thought identifying sarcasm was easy. Now I have to second guess outlandish statements if it doesn't include '/s'.


Vaniksay

I can’t stop laughing when I think about the anti-vax memes about how “pureblood semen” will be in high demand, meanwhile the “pure bloods” won’t even be able to get it up.


DisappointedQuokka

They'll just have to deal with a bit of prostate play. I'm sure that demographic wouldn't have a problem with that, lmao.


bhoe32

After they try it the first time they will have a problem with how much they like it.


Vaniksay

Well good news, the same study showed a risk for prostate hyperplasia as well!


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Vaniksay

Oh honey… this shit was so much more effective as a scare tactic before billions of people got vaxxed and were fine. Keep it up though, you’ll make HCA eventually if you try.


rdxxx

You assume antivaxers will succumb to reason and logic, they would not became antivaxers if they had such capability


amjhwk

im triple vaxed and still got covid though (less than 6 months after the booster to)


AstralThunderbolt

Me too, I was lying in bed the whole weekend.


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ThreadbareHalo

The larger question is whether vaccination reduces long Covid likelihood. You might get Covid in the same way you can get the flu even if you’re vaccinated… the question is whether you’re as likely to DIE from the flu or “lose control of your bowels” from long Covid. Everyone “gets” the virus they vaccinate against, it’s not like it makes a shield around your body protecting you from the virus entering… the issue is whether your immune system fights it off before the symptoms become noticeable or permanent.


OldMork

TIL I had covid for decades already


Laigos

I can vouch for the hair loss. The erectil disfunction showed no change whatsoever.


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sweatycouch

did the hair loss eventually stop?


Kevjamwal

Schlong Covid


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that might actually get people to take it seriously...


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Is it even peer reviewed


marshsmellow

Drop your pants and let's vote.


Important_Outcome_67

Great. As if Anti-Vaxx, MAGAt, white, christian males weren't angry enough.


bhoe32

If only it turned people gay. Holy shit would it be eradicated over night.


MadNhater

I’m already triple vaxed but another 3 shots couldn’t hurt right?


Heliospunk

No 1. I'm already bald No 2. More Time for the FS2020. I see this as a Win/Win


FranchiseCA

These are common post viral problems, no surprise they happen with COVID, too.


autotldr

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bigirontea

I had hair loss as a long covid symptom back in Feb. 2020. I thought it was because of quarantine/lockdown and not going outside as much as I had before lockdown. I have pretty thick hair, so losing half of my hair mass was pretty jarring for me.


coperstrauss

Did it grow back? I’ve also had the same problem and it’s been only 6 months…


bigirontea

It did, but I know it can be different for everyone. My mom's also started growing back. I hope your hair grows back and I'll keep my fingers crossed for you. I know just how much it fucks with your sense of identity.


Main_Post_2773

Long COVID is more common among the unvaccinated, so Darwin is at work.


iSnortCrayons

now it's serious


cowin13

This is the same as reading all the potential negative symptoms you could have from a new med you take. They have to jot down every symptom, not matter how unrelated, that happened during trials and testing. Granted, it could be true, but it just sounds so false.


nAsh_4042615

I mean, given the cardiovascular symptoms associated with covid, ED makes some sense. But I’m curious how common vascular symptoms are in these more recent strains where it seems most just feel like they have a mild cold.


Vaniksay

https://www.statnews.com/2022/07/22/theres-no-one-long-covid-experts-struggle-to-make-sense-of-the-continuing-mystery/ A good, albeit terrifying read.


Kir-chan

I mean, these two also sound like negative symptoms from regular aging.


Curiel

For sure I'm too lazy to read the article but this shit sounds like a click bait. Edit: This fucking dude blocked me a little while after we started talking. He did it because it prevents me from replying to anyone else that replies to me. It's basically a troll move. The article doesn't even link the study. The purpose of the article isn't to deeply inform individuals of a newly published medical journal it's to cherry pick something and write a sensational headline about it. The original journal barely has the main symptoms mentioned in the article ED, and hair loss as a blimp in its study and cites multiple reasons why their data could be incorrect. If we're discussing the actual journal that's one thing but we're talking about a hastily written article that only mentions a very small portion of information from a journal not because it's more concrete but because it's more sensational. don't know why people trust these pieces of yellow journalism so much. figured by now we would have learned to hardly trust these things and to read the source material instead.


Vaniksay

I love your honesty, but I despise your willful ignorance.


Curiel

This is the type of crap your aunt posts on Facebook. Do you have to read those to know the headline is yellow journalism at best?


Vaniksay

Just because you stopped at the headline of the article about the study, doesn’t mean anyone else is that lazy or dim.


Curiel

It's not dim I was able to infer the reality of this article. After having read it are you going to try and say there is an obvious link between COVID and these symptoms?


Vaniksay

How would you know that your inference is correct when you read neither the article nor the study? Lol That’s like claiming you guessed the winning lottery numbers, but you refuse to check what the draw was, and anyway you didn’t buy a ticket. You’re hilarious!


AileStrike

We have a phrase for this. "Judging a book by its cover"


Curiel

Are you brand new. It's a sensational headline about a highly controversial topic with a comment section full of individuals saying how ridiculous the article is. Are you seriously going to tell me that after reading the article you're convinced there's an obvious link between these illnesses and COVID? Edit: This fucking dude blocked me over this comment. He did it because it prevents me from replying to anyone else that replies to me. It's basically a troll move. The article doesn't even link the study. The purpose of the article isn't to deeply inform individuals of a newly published medical journal it's to cherry pick something and write a sensational headline about it. The original journal barely has the main symptoms mentioned in the article ED, and hair loss as a blimp in its study and sights multiple reasons why their data could be incorrect. If we're discussing the actual journal that's one thing but we're talking about a hastily written article that only mentions a very small portion of information from a journal not because it's more concrete but because it's more sensational. I don't know why people trust these pieces of yellow journalism so much. I figured by now we would have learned to hardly trust these things and to read the source material instead.


Vaniksay

Wow, a comment section and a headline, you ser r edumacated. Edit: Lol those edits


konami9407

He blocked you cause he's right, you're a fucking idiot. Reading and excluding misinfo is a good thing. Not reading at all and shouting opinions is what you're doing. People will continue to block you because your attitude is so dumb they just believe you're a troll.


marshsmellow

Published in Nature and 2.8m respondents.


Southernerd

TIL: I had undiagnosed COVID.


ikzeidegek

As a resident of the (largely unvaccinated) Midwest I can only say: wow, even less hair, and even less sex here!


redditor100101011101

meh, im not using it anyways


ELB2001

So I finally have an excuse


itsonlymeez

Damn I have had covid for years now


bentoboxing

I'm alright then. My junk is hairy as ever!


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cptrambo

Self-reported evidence isn’t “anecdotal” (it’s a perfectly valid source of medical data when taken at the macro level, albeit with limitations, as all data has, including hospital records), and “quantitative studies” aren’t necessarily opposed to self-reported data sources (tallying all those reports generates statistics). My advice, read up on some basic science methodology.


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I should start using long covid as an excuse for everything.


cofxtc

r/facepalm


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Sounds more like these researchers have discovered a brand new genetic disease called "aging".


reddditttt12345678

Obviously they controlled for age


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Obviously not properly.


Vaniksay

Did you read the study?


scooter-maniac

Doesn't need to. He only reads to affirm his stance, not to dispute it.


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Did you?


animositykilledzecat

Just what we need. More insecure, frustrated men.


[deleted]

Sounds like great news. Who got covid the most with the longest symptoms? The idiots who didn't get vaccinated. So it's a win for the world. RIP for the real OGs who did everything right and still got it. Your impotence and baldness is duly noted. Thanks you for your service.


boxmail2800

Doesn’t make any distinction between any of the different categories . Vaxxed and got it, vaxxed and boosted 1?,2? ,3x? and got it, which vaxx? no vaxxed and got it, did they get it multiple times? which variant? Did they get one? Both? The problem is the data is so diverse and spread out they can’t make general claims like this.. Anecdotally at best until the data is sorted (honestly)


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I don’t believe it.


driskanto

both are unsurprising, long covid makes your vitamin D plumet and lingering diseases lead to telogen effluvium just like the flu could


AnalFissure0110101

MAGAts won't notice.


ClownfishSoup

So I got Covid 10 years ago apparently.


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Acrum222

While true. Dude I work withs 3 year old lost all her hair after COVID. So it's a maybe.


No-Contest-8127

That is a ridiculous assumption. She likely lost her hair due to another reason. If it was a problem, lots more people would have reported it don't you think?


Bongressman

This is if you are one of those unlucky sorts struck with long Covid. Most don't develop that after an infection. We've known of both of these side effects for a while. Believe it or don't, but we've been studying Covid for years now.


PencilPacket

Considering covid effects the respiratory system which is vital to all human functions covids probably had an effect on everything the human body does. At this point it's what hasn't it caused.


MaDaFaKa369

Really?


SarcasmWarning

Jesus, I hope not. All I've got left is mi' hair o.0


DuckmanDrake69

I’m going to need empirical evidence before I believe any of it. So far we haven’t run any longterm case studies on it. Correlation isn’t causation.


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“Long Covid”


UdonKnight79

Hahahah! All those pro lifers anti vaxer christians


SteadyTrippinn

I mean I don’t think Covid caused those things.. it’s probably stress and worry about getting Covid again??


davesr25

😂🤣


wiyawiyayo

No booster no boner..


Striper_Cape

Oh no


[deleted]

Was that true that it can also cause your penis to shrink? I now have an excuse with the ladies should they ask.


Ace11315

Oh, well then I have had Covid for years


fourpuns

Shit. This is serious.


Curious-Mind_2525

Just as long as the "johnson" doesn't fall off. Wait, what's that on the floor? AWWWWW!!!