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Covid Recovery: How can I manage GI issues?
Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19 | Last Active: Aug 8, 2025 | Replies (280)Comment receiving replies
Everytime I am put on I.V. antibiotics, whether for covid or for pneumonia, I get uncontrollable diarrhea as a result. My gastroenterologist NP has speculated I get SIBO in these situations. Twice when I have taken Xifaxan the diarrhea has mostly cleared up. I am terribly afraid to be put on anti-biotics for this reason.
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ts: It is frustrating as the gut microbes contain much of our immune system so one doesn't want to damage them. Antibiotics do damage them. A vicious cycle.
The trick is to avoid getting sick until you have a chance to balance the gut microbes. Then hopefully the balanced microbes and better immune system will help you fight infection in the future.
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Oh I feel your pain! I had COVID in October of 2021 and developed intermittent terrible diarrhea and intestinal in for months - I was diagnosed with SIBO. It has mostly cleared up after a course of Augmentin and following a low FODMAP diet. When I stray from the FODMAP diet and when I am under stress the SIBO acts up. It usually lasts a few days to about a week after I go back on the FODMAP diet.