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Covid Recovery: How can I manage GI issues?
Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19 | Last Active: Sep 20 11:09am | Replies (260)Comment receiving replies
I caught COVID for the first time in March of 2020. Ever since, I have been experiencing debilitating GI issues that have greatly impacted my diet and the quality of my life. I have seen multiple gastroenterologists and have done all kinds of tests and nothing appears to be physiologically wrong with me. So far, no one has been able to offer a solution that works. There is a great variety of foods I can’t tolerate and I am constantly constipated, bloated, gassy, and generally uncomfortable. My issues also make me irritable, cause fatigue, and give me a general feeling of malaise. I would like to find treatments that will allow me to eat a more diverse diet because I am concerned about the possibility of developing other health issues as a result. Prior to catching COVID I never had GI issues. It is almost as if someone had flipped a switch inside of me. Sometimes I feel I am the only person in the world dealing with this, but I know that can’t be possible.
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Hey just saw your text
Me also
Feb March 2020
I would go to a good gastro doctor
Ask them to put you in xphaxen
It’s a antibiotic for your intestinal system
It helps
Also keep on a good priobotic
I’m not sayin it’s going to take it away but this helps
Until they figure out why it moves around in our body but generally it effects our intestinal system this is my only advice
Get on an inflammation pill such as fish oil
And liposomal glutathione
the exact same thing is happening to me!
I'm now looking into IV glutathione because oral glutathione is almost useless. You can't get enough to absorb it. There are many places across America that do that. See if that works for you. I know the injections helped me, they have to be done very consistently. Google IV glutathione and go to NIH study. It is very interesting the way glutathione is depleted in most of us, especially a little older. I am on a BRAT diet and being very careful, I am going to try Zantac and Zyrtec together because that seems to be one of the recommendations. I'l pray for you, I know it is and has been very miserable. We're all in this together! Hang in there.
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Hello @ahernandezvaldez and welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. It can be so easy to start to feel like you are alone in how you are feeling and what is happening with your body, which is why I am glad you've joined Connect!
You will notice that I have moved your post into an existing discussion on the topic of Covid recovery and GI pain so that you can more easily connect with members such as @jackieperry @bdoodle and @tryingmybest who have all recently shared personal experiences or experiences of loved ones.
I am not sure if you know this or not, however, there is a COVID Activity Rehabilitation Program (CARP) at Mayo Clinic that you may wish to learn more about: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/blog/post-covid-recovery/newsfeed-post/covid-activity-rehabilitation-program-carp-at-mayo-clinic/
Is there any chance you've looked into ways to improve gut health as a baseline just to see if measures like taking probiotics and a high-quality liquid collagen could help you recover somewhat as you continue to investigate any additional diagnosis?