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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
Anyone else have bad symptoms from celiac and covid together? In mid-March I was on a 7-day 350 mile bike tour (I average 120 miles/week biking and am 69 yo). I got glutened at the "gluten free" group dinner on day 5. We found out 2 days later that a fellow cyclist has covid, and a number of us caught it. Symptoms were mild for most, but not for me. I've been negative for a month but still can't bike or walk without a pounding heart. Fatigue is mostly gone, but not the left chest pain. I went to the ER 3 weeks ago due to 190/89 BP, and EKGs were abnormal but troponin was baseline (no heart damage). Four years ago I was told I have a beautiful heart, rather disheartening that it seems to be under attack now.
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@kayabbott, welcome. I hope you saw the helpful post from @thisoldewe. Like you, @elias93 also lives with celiac and caught COVID.
I moved your question about gluten and COVID to this existing discussion so you can more easily connect with others experiencing similar issues:
- Long COVID and gluten sensitivity https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/long-covid-and-gluten-sensitivity/
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My worst gluten attack took 8 months to resolve, but I eventually went to a naturopath who suggested 'live' prebiotic, not the regular bottled kind. These are kept in a fridge, and some pharmacists sell them. These settled my guts so quickly, and I returned to normal.
You seem to have the problem of symptoms overlapping, different problems with some of the same symptoms and unfortunately happening at the same time.
I hope you are continuing to follow-up on these heart / blood pressure issues and get a full understanding of "what is happening to me".
Best wishes to you, my friend!