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Post Covid Long Term Chronic Constipation Like Marbles - Anybody Else?

Posted by nlcarl @nlcarl, Sep 5, 2022

First - I thank the Lord I found this forum. I knew there had to be others having strange, unexplained issues.

November of 2021, I returned from traveling and 2 days later started experiencing diarrhea. At that time, NOBODY told us diarrhea was associated with Covid or could be only symptom. We now know you can have ONLY gastro symptoms with Covid. I did not have respiratory symptoms other than a slight runny nose. On day 4, I got a very bad headache that lasted for 2 days. And exhaustion at night. Other than that, I felt ok. Diarrhea multiple times throughout the day. On day 13 of diarrhea, I went to an urgent care. The NP looked at me like I was an idiot because I hadn't been tested for Covid. Why would I? Informed me yes, you can present with ONLY diarrhea (who knew!) Said it was too late now, I had already been out and exposed people, and it may or may not show as positive after so many days. So - I never got an official diagnosis other than medical staff telling me "duh, you have Covid...".

Day 14 was my last day with diarrhea. Then 2 weeks of extreme fatigue. AND - I've never had a normal stool again. Just hard round "deer pellets" - like large hard marbles. I do go, but never empty completely, and never a normal stool shape. I have used probiotics for many years, and am otherwise VERY healthy.

Yes, I've tried it all: kimchee, sauerkraut, nuts, vegetables, fruits, high fiber everything, ground flaxseed, chia seed, little to no processed foods, etc. I drink minimum 60 oz water a day. I exercise regularly and am active. It's nothing that I've done or am not eating correctly. And I didn't suddenly get IBS or Crohn's. I 100% believe my intestines were damaged from having intestinal Covid. My biome is broken.

Seeing all of you describing long term symptoms (many so much worse) gives me hope maybe they'll figure this out. It's at least starting to be acknowledged. In the meanwhile, I'm going to keep trying and hoping. If you've found any fixes, I would love to hear.

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ritzgerb | @ritzgerb | Jul 25, 2023
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@nlcarl

@ritzgerb and @iamawriter - Here are the basics in a nutshell for a gut rebalance:
1. The Tea - make each morning and drink through the day.
Ingredients: 1/2 t. each cumin seeds, coriander seeds, and fennel seeds.
How: boil 4-5 C water in a pot, while it's heating add the seeds (I use a teaball). Boil for 5-10 minutes depending on how strong you like it (it's very pale). Afterward strain the seeds out or remove the teaball. Pour tea into a thermos of some sort and sip on it all day. These herbs are all very healing to the GI tract and gut.

2. Triphala - 1000 mg daily or before bed. (This is NOT a laxative.) It's very healing and soothing and promotes colon rebalance - helps bowel start to behave normally. (Easy to research Triphala.) If you don't experience bowel normalcy within a week, add another 1000 mg. You can go up to 4,000 mg if needed.

3. Fiber - 1 t. each of psyllium husks and ground flaxseed stirred into a glass of warm or room temperature water every other evening. (tastes fine). I did this only a few times, I have a fairly high fiber diet. If you don't and need it, good thing to add.

4. This is something I learned partially from the book and on my own by experimenting: believe it or not apples! Particularly cooked apples. Cooked/stewed creates pectin and some other things which are soothing and helpful for colon issues. Also easy to research "Stewed apples and gut health". Easy to make. Eat alone or add to oatmeal, yogurt, other.

The book goes on to Stage 2 once you have things sort of rebalanced and detoxed, which I won't go into. You add some other things like Ashwaganda and Brahmi. But I found myself with a back to normal colon within about a week from the things listed above. Hopefully this will help even just one person to heal and feel better.

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I have done the tea for a bout a week now...very helpful. I got triphala 1000 MG capsules and took one at bedtime. I'd say for me it worked a bit too well...had abdominal pain/discomfort until the afternoon and lots of BM's. I am thinking a 1/2 capsule....500mg....maybe every other day. Have you ever split the capsule and if so how did you use the contents?

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nlcarl | @nlcarl | Jul 25, 2023
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I have done the tea for a bout a week now...very helpful. I got triphala 1000 MG capsules and took one at bedtime. I'd say for me it worked a bit too well...had abdominal pain/discomfort until the afternoon and lots of BM's. I am thinking a 1/2 capsule....500mg....maybe every other day. Have you ever split the capsule and if so how did you use the contents?

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I have only ever gotten the hard tablets. Planetary Herbals. Ingredients are: Chebulic Myrobalan Fruit, Amal Fruit, and Belleric Myrobalan Fruit. 3 kinds of berries. Hoping yours has same ( sometimes called by different names). If you have capsules with granulated powder, do exactly like you said and just take half - I would open capsule and try to put about half into some honey or yogurt on a spoon. I haven’t come across anybody that reacted that way to it. You can also take during day instead of night if that would feel better for you. I hope this helps put you on the road to healing. 🙏

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