Chronic diarrhea: The evolving symptoms of long COVID

Posted by spittendrigh @spittendrigh, Feb 27 8:50am

Long Covid symptoms seem to evolve over time. I'm at 4 years. I still have brain fog and fatigue but less so. Rashes long gone. Joint soreness gone. Insomnia gone (CBD oil helps).

Tinnitus, dizzy spells short term memory retrieval damage and diarrhea remain.

I see diarrhea is common among haulers.

Are there any theories about why the diarrhea happens?

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celia16 | @celia16 | Feb 27 11:33am

Sorry, I don’t have anything to offer about diarrhea. But, did you have any smell/taste problems?

dloos | @dloos | Feb 27 11:35am

It seems Covid messes with the biome of the bowel. Some of us get diarrhea and some get constipation.
Especially with diarrhea, replacing electrolytes and staying hydrated is important.
I see a lot of LC sufferers get help using Liquid IV. It’s a powder electrolyte mix to add to water.
I have the opposite problem and I’m using GutRhythm, to try to balance my gut biome again, and get my bowel moving. It is helping me, but still not back to normal.
GutRhythm is available only online. Liquid IV is available at Costco, and I think other places as well.

Just this morning I read an article from Goats and Soda on NPR site, stating how easily and cheaply chronic diarrhea can be treated especially in children.
Not sure how to post here, but you can find the article on NPR.
Search NPR ..Childhood diarrhea can be deadly. One treatment is effective-but underused: Goats and Soda
I think this would apply to anyone with chronic diarrhea.

spittendrigh | @spittendrigh | Feb 28 7:16am

In reply to @celia16 "Sorry, I don’t have anything to offer about diarrhea. But, did you have any smell/taste problems?" + (show)

I lost smell taste during covid, for a few days.

Not during long vivid. About a week ago my smell and taste were almost psychedelically acute. Better than 30 years ago. That has since subsided

I have tinnitus (inner ear inflammation?) diarrhea and dizzy spells, where I almost pass out but never do.

A year ago I had 20 dizzy spells per day. Now 4 to 6.

I have noticed they subside quicker if I breath fast and deeply.

What ever the dizzy spells are. At least one Bozeman Mt Dr said "not vertigo"

dloos | @dloos | Feb 29 10:56am

In reply to @spittendrigh "I lost smell taste during covid, for a few days. Not during long vivid. About a..." + (show)

Interesting that you mention acute taste. I recently had that too. I lost taste and smell during Covid, but recovered with a somewhat dulled taste. Recently, (after TWO years) my taste seemed very acute. I was eating chili verde and I tasted every note in the dish! Like you, I don’t think it lasted, but it was something!

On vertigo, doctors don’t call “dizzy” vertigo unless you feel the room is spinning. With me I have “disequilibrium “, but not true vertigo.
I always have disequilibrium unless I am seated or lying down.

Yes, deep breathing helps me too.
Good luck to you.

kitty2 | @kitty2 | Feb 29 12:18pm

I wound up getting my ulcerative colitis back from covid after being in remission for over 20 years...I had the highest Calprotectin lab result they had ever seen. What a journey..nothing helped until I got off all the medication they were having me take for the Colitis.