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Long COVID and gluten sensitivity
Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19 | Last Active: Jul 23 3:21pm | Replies (59)Comment receiving replies
I had both COVID vaccines in the Spring of 2020 after having what may have been COVID in December 2019. Since having the vaccines, I have experienced major stomach issues that seem to be wheat allergies. Eating any foods with wheat will make me have lots of gas, abdominal cramping, frequent bowel movements, gallbladder like problems, heart palpitations, shortness of breath, and IBS symptoms. Wheat seems to also cause flare ups of an autoimmune disorder. I have lost weight without trying. GI and lab tests are normal. So, recently had bad episodes and decided to cut out wheat all together, and now I am free from discomfort.
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I’ve had a similar experience, but I didn’t catch COVID. I got vaccinated 5/21/2021 and 6/11/2021 and within a week of receiving the second vaccine, I became completely gluten intolerant with no previous issues. When I consume even trace amounts of gluten (ex. a pizza made on the same surface as regular wheat dough) I experience intestinal pain, bloating, frequent and mostly liquid bowel movements (which begin almost immediately after consumption), extreme and debilitating lethargy (which lasts at least two days — like I’d taken multiple Benadryl), palpitations and shortness of breath, headaches, and skin rashes. I blood tested negative for celiac disease and experience next to no issues when I eliminate gluten from my diet.
However, still unhappy about this new development. I’m already a vegetarian (I was raised that way), so this seriously limits the foods available to me and it’s really difficult to eat out and socialize with others.