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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'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.
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I’ve had similar issues for the past 17 months. I’ve had just about every test out there done to discover very little until…my GI doctor did a gastric emptying test & discovered I have gastroparesis. Simply stated…Covid caused some neuropathy in my stomach thus
making 25% of it not properly moving the food out of my stomach as it should. This has caused nausea, weight gain, dizziness, etc…I now have to eat smaller meals & easily digestible foods (no raw veggies, etc)… If nothing is found next week, ask her GI DR to consider this test…Having a diagnosis, although annoying & disappointing, still helps. Best of luck & please keep us posted
Quercitin - over the counter 500mg/day and cromolyn 200 mg 3X/day have helped me- the cromolyn requires a script-- it helped my heart burn- anticacids did nothing.
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I am dealing with fatigue, abdominal pain, constipation, some nausea and reflux. At times I feel dizzy and lightheaded. I had covid in Jan for 2 wks and a very, very mild case in July . I have all shots and boosts. Taking a high quality probiotic and prebiotic for the past 2 months has helped as well an enzyme to aid in digestion etc. I continue to watch what I eat...nothing spicey or rich... some of it is trial and error so keeping a food diary is helpful. FODMAP may be helpful too....google it to understand better. I am still doctoring but after a lot of blood tests, ct scan with dye contrast and numerous tests on stool samples there is nothing. It is frustrating and it has changed my quality of life.