Long COVID gut symptoms and racing heart, dysautonomia better but gut problems persist
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill before improving or writing
- 2 years
- Last post
- Apr 2022
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I am struggling with bloating, constipation and low GI motility after covid
In context ↗ - Now: Somewhat better
I was complaining from dysautonomia at first but now it's better.. now I feel gases make my heart goes crazy not the food
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I am struggling with bloating, constipation and low GI motility after covid
In context ↗
Read from 9 of their posts and comments; links to the 8 this page draws on
Summary
Ill after COVID-19 in early 2020, they still had severe bloating, constipation, trapped gas and a heart that raced, especially with gas, almost two years later. H1 antihistamines eased most symptoms until a doubled dose caused tachycardia near 180, and a six-day course of rifaximin worsened the bloating and POTS. By April 2022 the dysautonomia had improved but the gut symptoms continued and gas still made their heart race.
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What they tried
What they credit
Their words about each treatment
- rifaximin · Worse
I tried one course of rifaximin but it even warsen my symptoms
In context ↗ - h1 blockers (Zyrtec, then Claritin) · Helped
I tried h1 blockers it worked for all of my symptoms except hear
In context ↗ - red beet juice · Worse
I tried it today I am feeling worse
In context ↗ - predinslone · Worse
still wonder why predinslone worsen my symptoms and gave me adrenaline rushs
In context ↗ - pecid · No change
I am on pecid 20 mg once daily don't notice so much
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Approaches: H1 antihistamines
Their path
They say too little about how ill they were at each step to draw it on the severity scale, so the steps are listed as they describe them. Dates are when they posted.
| When | What happened | After |
|---|---|---|
| early 2020 | long COVID after COVID-19, starting with gut problemsI am struggling with bloating, constipation and low GI motility after covidIn context ↗ | |
| December 2021 | severe bloating, abdominal pain and worse POTS on rifaximintwo days ago i wake up on sever bloating and sever abdominal pain from gas trapping and i noticed i am more constipated with worsen of my pots eitherIn context ↗ | Rifaximin / Xifaxan |
| by January 2022 | H1 blockers eased nearly all symptomsI tried h1 blockers it worked for all of my symptoms except hearIn context ↗ | |
| January 2022 | tachycardia after doubling the antihistamine doseI double the dose and it gave me horrible tachycardiaIn context ↗ | |
| April 2022 | dysautonomia improvedI was complaining from dysautonomia at first but now it's betterIn context ↗ |
Adverse events
- Rifaximin / Xifaxan“I tried one course of rifaximin but it even warsen my symptoms” In context ↗ Made symptoms worse
- Cetirizine (Zyrtec), Loratadine (Claritin)“I tried h1 blockers it worked for all of my symptoms except hear so I double the dose and it gave me horrible tachycardia!” In context ↗ Heart rhythm problems
- Nitric-oxide boosters (beetroot, arginine, citrulline)“I tried it today I am feeling worse” In context ↗ Made symptoms worse
- Corticosteroid pulses“still wonder why predinslone worsen my symptoms and gave me adrenaline rushs” In context ↗ Side effects
- Cetirizine (Zyrtec), Loratadine (Claritin)“when I tried to increase the dose it gave me weird attacks of tachycardia reaching to 180” In context ↗ Heart rhythm problems
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- POTS & dysautonomia
I was complaining from dysautonomia at first but now it's better
In context ↗
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