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Difficulty maintaining body weight after Covid
Digestive Health | Last Active: May 19, 2023 | Replies (16)Comment receiving replies
Hello @waverider89
When you asked for a referral to a dietician was your doctor agreeable to that? If not, it might be a good thing to remind him of that possibility.
Do you feel OK or are you fatigued from the weight loss? Is your appetite severely reduced?
@sears How long ago did your son have COVID? Has he had any return of his appetite? If not, you certainly might request help from a dietician. Your son's doctor can probably give you a referral.
How is your son feeling otherwise?
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My grandson had it last winter. It was very mild except for the loss of taste and smell. He was fine and went back to school
after 10 days. It took a few months to regain his smell and taste. His appetite has returned but not normal.
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Hi @hopeful33250
Thank you for the response.
I didn’t press my doctor about the dietician referral...she wants to give me 2 months to see if it will resolve on it’s own since I had Covid just 2 months ago.
My cardiologist put me on a low dose of beta blocker and that has helped tremendously with the elevated HR, insomnia and fatigue...these symptoms all appear to have been related to my HR. So, any fatigue now is very minimal.
My weight has gone up a few pounds over the last month but I’m also eating more calories (compared to pre-Covid) to give me a boost. I have a good/normal appetite now after my initial recovery..I have no problem eating and no digestive issues (at least that I can tell).
At this point, I’m going to try to maintain what and how much I’m eating and see what happens. My Dr did give me a contact at a local university that’s conducting studies around post-Covid health issues and I’m going to be involved with that so hopefully that’ll provide some answers.
Thank you for replying and anything I learn or can pass on to help then I’ll certainly do so here in this forum.
Thank you!