← Return to A Gut Feeling: Long COVID and GI symptoms

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@marcconley

Constipation started in July 2020, right at the start of COVID. Been on treatments laxatives, colonoscopy and endoscopy negative. Changed diet and added water still struggling with it. Please comment if you are also having this.

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I have to avoid oxalate and developed same problem…. Currently going to try small amount of magnesium citrate…. As this seems to help others. Please let me know if you find anything that works.

Yes I'm having the same issues. I've also suffered with drastically weight loss. All tests come back negative

After I had covid, my digestive tract has been horrible, I am having diarrhea, then it gets constipated , it's all over the place, I have to take miralax to help me go, I truly believe the covid caused this, everything I eat gives Me severe gas and it's awful

Exactly the same as me! Severe constipation started the day I came down with covid. This was July of 2022, and I am STILL struggling with constipation. Taking a magnesium pill morning and night fixes it, but if I stop taking the pills for even a day, the constipation is back. Colonoscopy revealed nothing. I think it is just one of several long covid symptoms I’ve been battling. Covid also gave me bad second degree vastus lateralis strains in both knees, and they also still haven’t healed. I’ve also been battling heart palpitations, tingling, chest jumping at night, and muscle and tendon pains.

Same and I’ve tried everything. I had COVID 12-11-20 all symptoms were in my head and gut. I got it again when vaccinated 12-12-21 and that was all in my sinuses and chest. My long COVID is from 2020 and my symptoms were way less in 2021. I’m sure from being vaccinated. My gut hasn’t been the same since 2020 I’ve had a colonoscopy everything looks fine- I was put on IBS medication doesn’t work. I’ll try something new and think it’s working only to fail 2 weeks after starting. This has been debilitating and causes me to want to sleep, wake up, eat ,and sleep. Until I take laxatives there’s no going or getting any type of energy. It’s also messing with my mental health as well.