Treating Long Covid as Inflamation Based

i think covid has made all of us crazy dealing with symptoms we've never had before or covid awakening dormant illnesses. i have a compromised immune system so i doubt if i'll ever get any better than i am at this point (age 79) but live with dizziness, tingling in feet, some brain fog which has lessened and realize most of us will never completely heal in spite of the $$ we've spent on specialists...my opinion only...

My long covid internist treats my covid with antihistamine famotidine, anti-stomach acid fexofinidine, and low dose naltrexone for fatigue ( not sure I can tell that fatigue is better due to naltrexone). I also take hydroxychloroquine and 5 mg prednisone which I have taken for 30 years for lupus.

You're 100% right! It's about quality of life! You need the pain meds and it is Soooooo wrong that doctors won't give them to you! I'm so disgusted by this....

What are histamine-releasing foods?

Just google post Covid long haul foods high in histamine and you will find soooooo much info about healthy foods to avoid

Denise
Thanks for that valuable info.

i just want to reiterate that most of my info. has come from the facebook survivors corps page where thousands of long haulers have posted about their symptoms and treatments; i saw a neurologist in 2021 after many symptoms (dizziness/cognitive decline/memory issues and he had me follow his finger with my eyes; walk across the room and book another appt. for 6 mo. i am self-treating and i was born with a compromised immune system so at age 79 i don't ever expect full recovery but i'm not at the full acceptance level yet. i don't have symptoms that are as bad as some long haulers and for me, being able to exercise 6x/week is my salvation and being retired, i can nap as often as needed; i'm not sure a naturpath dr. could help and the dr. would prob. tell me to avoid all the histamine-releasing foods but if you've read up on what foods are high in histamine, there's only a few foods we can eat so i deal with dizziness and tingling in my feet after eating high histamines, take dao antihistamine before dinner and a citrizine antihistamine after dinner and when i wake up next morning, i start all over having 0 symptoms til i eat something that triggers histamine release. i just wish long haulers found dr. who understood the damage this virus has caused and not deplete our finances trying to get help and recover.

@diverdown1 There are several apps dealing in food allergies that include histamine intolerance. The basic theory is that there are things we eat/drink that have quantities of histamine and then there are things we eat/drink that cause histamine release. Alcohol is a histamine released because it affects our bodies ability to deal with histamine. Big subject and I use the app “intolerances” and Google and make notes in a drive to stay under 4 milligrams per day. And the punch line - histamine causes inflammation

Look it up, but I’ll get you started. They are foods called Nightshades and they include: tomatoes, chocolate, shellfish, aged cheeses, citrus, fermented foods, pineapple, strawberries, sauerkraut, eggplant, canned meat, eggs, fish, processed meats, spinage, vinegar, dried fruit, cashew nuts, cherries, alcohol, pickled and canned foods, cured meat, Avacado and I’ll stop there! I do eat some of these foods on occasion, especially the Avacado as I need good fats in my body. It’s been a real eye opener having this and it’s awful! I also lost my taste and smell with Covid in December of 2022, so for me, it’s been a living hell! Wishing you well!

SH*T!! I will look this up. Some of those foods are mainstays, but if it is causing the PEM/Fatigue, I will have to change my diet. I am tired of waking up feeling like I survived some catastrophic event. Thanks everyone. Hang in there.