Anyone else experience Weight Gain with long COVID?

Posted by RMS @rinadbq, Oct 8, 2021

I have had ~30 pound weight gain since November 2020 when I initially had COVID. It seems disproportionate to my calorie intake. Any one else with this?

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@imdee

No doubt the COVID since the rest of us seem to have all the symptoms too. I had COVID 6 times and I had the Moderna shots and the booster. The booster made my lymph glands in my armpits swell and hurt and could hardly have shirt touching them. No more shots for me but all the other symptoms I am sure are from the COVID/ long COVID. Weight gain,water retention, tinnitus, joint pain,bladder issues, cough off and on especially when laughing, exercise intolerance,weakness,shortness of breath. Ugh. Probably more I left out of do not even know about yet!

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I have a hunch it was the vaccine, because one of my kids who didn’t take the shot did better than me and his siblings when he caught covid at the same time we did and thankfully he never experienced any of these problems. So I’m 99% sure it’s the shot. Everyone I know, whether they caught covid or not has had similar complications. I had no choice but to take it either, my job was on the line.

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Definitely weight gain and the same, energy and workout fiend before long covid. I finally started to lose weight when I started no sugar no flour bright line eating in order to address the inflammation from the long covid. I have lost 20 pounds in 2 months and am still unable to move a lot because of fatigue and migraines.

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I too have gained a lot of weight after having severe covid in 2020..i had severe shortness' of breath episodes,pains in my back and my chest,was not hospitalised although i certainly should,my CT is my only proof i guess along with some strange though not indicating sth extremely serious blood tests),i had lost a lot of weight during that period,i wasn t feeling like eating because i couldn t breathe,had some hair loss too,lasted 3 and a half months,i survived but since then i have a wide range of symptoms!at the end of 3 and a half months i experienced severe low blood pressure,semi fainting episodes(extreme nausea)
Then i got herpis zoster,started feeling better by time but my breathing,my oxygen levels was shorter,i also started having joint pains,chest pains and after that i had also heart palpitations!for 2-3 years!i m kind of better now as for these(breathness still not returned to absolute normal cause i have some snoring when i sleep)and my weight has just increased(belly,stomach,under my chest,neck,moon face,buttocks)
My glucoze etc levels have been disturbed,doctors tell me i have insulin resistance(i never had that before)
i caught covid two more times,was exhausting but without shortness of breath!another symptom i gained was fungal infections!!(nail fragility,change in their shape),fungus in genitals(along with another bacterium),under my chest who knows where else...i have severe lack of concentration,extreme fatigue when i stand still or when i climb stairs,everyone is just looking at me cause i get red and puffing a lot!like i m much heavier in my kilos than i actually am(15 kilos weight gain)i also have pain on my right hip bone)
I weighted 46 kilos in all of my life cause i m also short,was eating a lot and never gained a grammar!i had the greatest metabolism!i only had large iron deficiency but i guess it was because of my heavy bleeding periods!but i was a very healthy person overall!
In 2018 i took NORLEVO!a bith control pill!and it had implications in me!and i guess severe implications!my period changed after that pill for good until now!(During my first covid my period stopped for a month)After that pill i felt my feet much heavier,my period got very exhausting like i have problems with my blood pressure or my blood in general and my weight had started to increase just only a little bit!i had bloating in my legs,my ancles,my feet and i increased one number in my trousers and some clothes couldn t fit like they used to or some shoes..!!after covid i increased my troused gradually 3 sizes more!so from xxs i reached large..!who?me!my shirts also can t fit me,not only haven t changed anything in my diet,but i even eat a lot less than i used to!
I also have diarreas,bowel changes,intestinal irritability if i may say,urine incontinence kind of,very fragile skin(you can see my veins)i did a triplex and i even have early atherosclerotic plaques in my legs although i m a really young person//and oily skin and hair!
My question is-and i hope some doctors or scientists may see this- : don t all these symptoms seem to you like cushing syndrome?!the fatigue in muscles,the fungal infections,the insomnia-sleep disturbulances,the redness and fat in my face and my cheeks,the high blood pressure and the disturbulences in it,the gradual weight gain,the pain in my hip bone,the loss of hair(male pattern hair loss,but some hair in the edges of my cheekbones)
I took some hormone blood tests and apart from some indications for pcos(probably caused by norlevo?!if it s possible)i also have high cortisol levels!i took a saliva test(for cushing syndrom)and it was positive!(Didn t seem any tumour in my axial upper lower abdoment without contrast though)but that s why i mentioned the birth pill norlevo i had taken in 2018!cause i read that contraceptive pills may cause changes in cortisol levels too!(And the birth pill is like taking a lot of contraceptive pills together all at once!)symptoms that covid worsened!symptoms that many people face in long covid!they look like disturbulances in cortisol don t they?!or like covid causing maybe cushing syndromes?!

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@magdalini

I too have gained a lot of weight after having severe covid in 2020..i had severe shortness' of breath episodes,pains in my back and my chest,was not hospitalised although i certainly should,my CT is my only proof i guess along with some strange though not indicating sth extremely serious blood tests),i had lost a lot of weight during that period,i wasn t feeling like eating because i couldn t breathe,had some hair loss too,lasted 3 and a half months,i survived but since then i have a wide range of symptoms!at the end of 3 and a half months i experienced severe low blood pressure,semi fainting episodes(extreme nausea)
Then i got herpis zoster,started feeling better by time but my breathing,my oxygen levels was shorter,i also started having joint pains,chest pains and after that i had also heart palpitations!for 2-3 years!i m kind of better now as for these(breathness still not returned to absolute normal cause i have some snoring when i sleep)and my weight has just increased(belly,stomach,under my chest,neck,moon face,buttocks)
My glucoze etc levels have been disturbed,doctors tell me i have insulin resistance(i never had that before)
i caught covid two more times,was exhausting but without shortness of breath!another symptom i gained was fungal infections!!(nail fragility,change in their shape),fungus in genitals(along with another bacterium),under my chest who knows where else...i have severe lack of concentration,extreme fatigue when i stand still or when i climb stairs,everyone is just looking at me cause i get red and puffing a lot!like i m much heavier in my kilos than i actually am(15 kilos weight gain)i also have pain on my right hip bone)
I weighted 46 kilos in all of my life cause i m also short,was eating a lot and never gained a grammar!i had the greatest metabolism!i only had large iron deficiency but i guess it was because of my heavy bleeding periods!but i was a very healthy person overall!
In 2018 i took NORLEVO!a bith control pill!and it had implications in me!and i guess severe implications!my period changed after that pill for good until now!(During my first covid my period stopped for a month)After that pill i felt my feet much heavier,my period got very exhausting like i have problems with my blood pressure or my blood in general and my weight had started to increase just only a little bit!i had bloating in my legs,my ancles,my feet and i increased one number in my trousers and some clothes couldn t fit like they used to or some shoes..!!after covid i increased my troused gradually 3 sizes more!so from xxs i reached large..!who?me!my shirts also can t fit me,not only haven t changed anything in my diet,but i even eat a lot less than i used to!
I also have diarreas,bowel changes,intestinal irritability if i may say,urine incontinence kind of,very fragile skin(you can see my veins)i did a triplex and i even have early atherosclerotic plaques in my legs although i m a really young person//and oily skin and hair!
My question is-and i hope some doctors or scientists may see this- : don t all these symptoms seem to you like cushing syndrome?!the fatigue in muscles,the fungal infections,the insomnia-sleep disturbulances,the redness and fat in my face and my cheeks,the high blood pressure and the disturbulences in it,the gradual weight gain,the pain in my hip bone,the loss of hair(male pattern hair loss,but some hair in the edges of my cheekbones)
I took some hormone blood tests and apart from some indications for pcos(probably caused by norlevo?!if it s possible)i also have high cortisol levels!i took a saliva test(for cushing syndrom)and it was positive!(Didn t seem any tumour in my axial upper lower abdoment without contrast though)but that s why i mentioned the birth pill norlevo i had taken in 2018!cause i read that contraceptive pills may cause changes in cortisol levels too!(And the birth pill is like taking a lot of contraceptive pills together all at once!)symptoms that covid worsened!symptoms that many people face in long covid!they look like disturbulances in cortisol don t they?!or like covid causing maybe cushing syndromes?!

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I also had dizziness,eye irritations,headaches and photo sensitivity!like many people face in long covid!doesn t cushing cause these things too?!

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@magdalini

I also had dizziness,eye irritations,headaches and photo sensitivity!like many people face in long covid!doesn t cushing cause these things too?!

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Heart palpitations also can be caused by adrenal glands/cushing!

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