Covid Recovery: How can I manage GI issues?

Greetings, you are not alone, many cases of covid have been gastrointestinal instead of respiratory, including mine, and a year of long covid. Things that have helped me are the usual suspects. They might or might not help you and I am not a doctor! Quality probiotic like Garden of Life, adding probiotic strain Bacillus subtilis was a miracle, prebiotic like Heather's Tummy Fiber. Things that did not help at all: my old gerd meds like prevacid. It is worth doing research on covid's impact on ACE2, functional medicine MD recommend a few supplements and diet changes that helped me a lot. He reco'd avocados and chick peas to help rebuild gut biome, and they taste good. I have seen Prevacid recommended because of its antihistamine properties, but it does not seem to help me. Everyone is different! Be well!

I had covid in January 2022 and then again in July 2022. My symptoms for long haul became almost unbearable. My digestive system is struggling to digest a lot of different foods. Has anyone had to change your diet to avoid reactions certain. What have some of you done to avoid thi?. What kind of diet did you change to?

I became allergic to wheat ( or gluten) and red meat. I think there’s other things that trigger allergies but reaction isn’t as bad and haven’t figured out what. Dealing with reflux and think possible SIBO. I’m being treated for a UTI with cipro which is one option for SIBO and so far feel better. I’ve also doubled my probiotic and added prebiotic fiber and cider vinegar.

Thank you. I do suspect gluten, dairy and red meat

I have a similar problem. You might try adding low histamine foods to your diet. That has helped me tremendously.I also take 40 mg of omeprazole and Zyrtec and Pepsid. That has helped a lot.

Easy way to find out. Eliminate them. I definitely feel a difference

Another promising probiotic is SLV#3 my gastroenterologist suggested I try it after years of telling me that all probiotics were the same - just get one with 3 strains. I looked it up on the National Institute of Health website and was totally amazed at the potential benefits as compared to the over-the-counter products (This one has to be kept refrigerated so it won't be on the shelf so ask your pharmacist if he can order if he doesn't have it in his fridge.) It's a little pricey but I'll try anything to tame the storm raging in my gut.

please describe benefits.

I have only read the data to date - I logged into the National Institute of Health (NIH) and read there write up on SLV#3. My doctor has set up an endoscopy for my upper intestine diabetologist in a couple of weeks, I have only been taking it for one week and am not sure of what benefits if any will results but given the write up from the NIH it will be on my go to list. If you take a probiotic search for it on the web and include NIH at the end of your search to compare the potential benifits - I was very impressed. For those that don't know what NIH is search for it -

Sorry to hear your issues. Me Probiotics before I eat seem to help majority of the time. If I start getting nausea I take another probiotic. Still haven’t figured out how to regulate between consumption and diarrhea. And it’s been over 2 months. Severe stomach pain seems to interact with the constipation . Miralax fiber don’t seem to help . Even my foods I have diarrhea from doesn’t always work. Then when I finally do get a bm 4 or 5 days later I may have the diarrhea and feel decent the next few days . I also take an Acid reducer helps with heartburn symptoms that i really shouldn’t have since my hiatal hurnia surgery in 2004 .