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Anyone else experience Weight Gain with long COVID?
Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19 | Last Active: Sep 21 8:51am | Replies (400)Comment receiving replies
Omg, I thought it was all in my head. Every doctor (PCP, pulmonologist, cardiologist, gastroenterologist,OB-GYN) have told me I’m crazy. I did intermittent fasting, 18-6, for 4 weeks and lost nothing, WW for 6 weeks- lost nothing , didn’t even lose an ounce after a colonoscopy for which I had to prep for starting the week before. I eat healthy and go to exercise class 4x a week and yet nothing comes off.
In the month I got Covid I gained 10 lbs. even though I had no taste or smell and barely ate. It took me 5 months to get an appointment with an endocrinologist, who I will finally see in September. I am praying that someone will believe me.
It is no fun doing everything you can to lose weight, but so discouraging that none of the doctors believe me.
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Same thing has happened to me. Fortunately, my doctors believe me.
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Hi, I gained 12-13 pounds over a short 4-8 week period without any change in my eating habits or activity level as my long covid symptoms started taking off. I then plateaued at that weight and when seen by the Dr. at the Long Covid Clinic in a nearby University, she said that it is very common to see weight gain with Long Covid. She also warned to monitor closely for the development of diabetes. LC affects many systems of our body and apparently can have a significant affect on metabolic processes. They have shown in the lab that the Covid virus affects mitochondrial function. Mitochondria are components of our cells that make up our body and are like the cell’s engine, creating its energy for whatever function that cell is suppose to do. Anyway, you’re not crazy, the weight gain association with LC is real (I was relieved to learn that at the time I did - although still unhappy about the additional weight). Regards, Allen