← Return to Covid Recovery: How can I manage GI issues?

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Greetings, I hope that everyone is making progress to recovery! I had GI covid and 15 months of long covid: GI symptoms and cognitive decline. Supplements and diet recommended by a functional medicine MD have helped my gut a lot. QUESTION: I have completely avoided any form of sugar, thinking that it is a trigger for GI symptoms. I have no basis for that idea!! Has anyone found that sugar is a trigger? I should have asked that a month ago, LOL! Thank you!

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Hi..saw your post..what are you doing as far as diet and supplements. I am desperate for any help you can offer. I have been told to watch the sugar as it can cause inflammation. I try to follow a low residue low fiber plan as much as I can, if I eat forbidden foods , I pay for it dearly. I eat at home, make my food here, and do not eat out at all, it is not worth it . I ate some other food last week at work, and was ill christmas eve and all day Christmas. Can you tell me about the supplements you take and your diet plan. Happy New Year..Sincerely kitty2..hope your christmas was peaceful.

I'd be interested in what diet and supplements are working. My 17yo had Covid in July and has been struggling with severe stomach and abdominal pain, nausea, heart burn and acid reflux, and now lightheadness and dizziness. Nothing helps and so far all tests, labs and scans show nothing. She's scheduled for an endoscopy and colonoscopy next week, but I'm running low on hope. She's missing so much school and life and it just feels like she will never feel well again.

It is hard to know what is a trigger. If sugar seems to be your trigger,
avoid it in excess amounts. I still consume Activia, and if I do not eat
it twice daily, I get mild gi bloating, cramping, lightening-like pains in
my gut. But nothing like the first 6 weeks. I just feel the spike protein
is still cycling, periodically.
Don't overeat. Eat 6 small meals. Lots of water, again in small, steady
amounts. Get your rest. Keep exercising, at least 30 min a day. Just
treat your body kindly. It will heal.