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I think I'm cured. Not the gut problem
Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19 | Last Active: Apr 18 9:33am | Replies (11)Comment receiving replies
After 4 years I feel close to cured. For the second time.
Covid March 2020
two years LC
felt 100% two years later
tested positive a second time
two more years LC, this time worse
The second two years included chronic diarrhea, not present the first time. I was eventually diagnosed with "moderately severe" Colitis."
Ten days of anti-biotic and stomach steroids cured the colitis,
which cured everything else. All except Tinnitus.
Brain fog, fatigue and dizzy spells and insomnia all gone, which two different doctors now attribute to "chronic dehydration" caused by two years of diarrhea.
That's my report.
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I was diagnosed with collagenous colitis (CC) 8 years ago. My GI biota are screwed up from celiac and likely getting older (70). I didn't go on antibiotics because those also kill off the "good" bacteria; the GI doctor recommended steroids but I tried diet change first. He also said to go off all NSAIDs (cause flares with CC). I've kept a food log for 14 years (since celiac diagnosis), and read in it that cashews and legumes kicked off bloat and stomachaches. So, my CC is controlled with diet, no gluten or NSAIDs, limited legumes and processed foods. A FODMAP-esk diet. I also make kombucha, for the probiotic bacteria and it makes good sourdough bread. I caught covid a year ago March; it took 8 months for the LC to go away. For me, it hit my cardiovascular system. Covid and LC are nasty.
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@spittendrigh, I moved your update to your earlier discussion so people could more easily follow your progression. Great news to hear that treatment helped resolve the GI issues with colitis.