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Chronic diarrhea: The evolving symptoms of long COVID

Posted by spittendrigh @spittendrigh, Feb 27 8:50am

Long Covid symptoms seem to evolve over time. I'm at 4 years. I still have brain fog and fatigue but less so. Rashes long gone. Joint soreness gone. Insomnia gone (CBD oil helps).

Tinnitus, dizzy spells short term memory retrieval damage and diarrhea remain.

I see diarrhea is common among haulers.

Are there any theories about why the diarrhea happens?

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iamawriter2 | @iamawriter2 | Nov 2 2:19pm
In reply to @kendramhurd "Double check with doctors to make sure you don’t have a G.I. neuroendocrine tumor situation going..." + (show)
@kendramhurd

Double check with doctors to make sure you don’t have a G.I. neuroendocrine tumor situation going on. G.I. NETS is pretty rare but a friend of mine had diahrea and facial flushing for a year and a half and 2 colonoscopies and a scope didn’t find it. Took ultrasound and CT scans to find and it is stage 4 grade 1 and she had surgery at U of Iowa by Dr James Howe who has over 30 years experience with this disease

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Thanks. Will see what my PCP thinks. LC completely messed up my digestive system , and every organ/system in my body. I think I may be hyper sensitive to acid foods and/or foods that did not bother me to eat before. Self testing for that.

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spittendrigh | @spittendrigh | Nov 2 2:55pm

Lots of us same symptoms.

Excersize is difficult but helpful.

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moxiel | @moxiel | Nov 2 6:34pm
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@kendramhurd

Double check with doctors to make sure you don’t have a G.I. neuroendocrine tumor situation going on. G.I. NETS is pretty rare but a friend of mine had diahrea and facial flushing for a year and a half and 2 colonoscopies and a scope didn’t find it. Took ultrasound and CT scans to find and it is stage 4 grade 1 and she had surgery at U of Iowa by Dr James Howe who has over 30 years experience with this disease

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Thank you @kendramhurd. That is a good thing to be aware of, and something I will bring up at appointments coming up. I had never heard of it until your post, so really appreciate that.

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moxiel | @moxiel | Nov 2 6:56pm
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@iamawriter2

Both here as well. Prompted me to request a colonoscopy . Had to fight to get it because of my age. In the interim during the looooooong wait to get it scheduled, did a 6 week fast that ended about a month ago. I am working on becoming consistent about taking digestive enzymes with meals, however small, and probiotics daily since breaking the fast. Both diarrhea and constipation seem to have resolved resolved themselves. Fingers crossed. Had the colonoscopy done done last week and all appeared normal.

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I'm glad to hear the colonoscopy results were normal and the diarrhea and constipation have resolved. That's great news!

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