Long COVID
Moderate → no benefitIll for 4 months
Long COVID reflux and gut pain, tests normal, unable to go out or keep plans
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Moderate (mostly housebound)
- Ill for
- 4 months
- Last post
- Apr 2023
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
Hope for long hauler GERD?
In context ↗ - At worst: Moderate
I can’t go out, I flake on plans constantly for feeling unwell, and I can’t even give a proper hug to loved ones.
In context ↗ - Now: No benefit
I hoped that I would be improving by now, but this whole time it’s just been consistently unpredictable, barely manageable, and wearing me out.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
contracting covid in early December 2022
Read from 1 of their posts and comments; links to the one this page draws on
Summary
A Reddit user with pre-existing GERD and IBS caught COVID in early December 2022; over four months their reflux and indigestion worsened, with deep aching gut pain under the left ribcage that made moving painful. Endoscopy, CT, X-ray and H. pylori tests came back normal. By April 2023 they said their quality of life was ruined, unable to go out or keep plans.
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What they tried
Their words about each treatment
- Elavil · Not said
My doctor currently has me on 25mg Elavil
In context ↗ - omeprazole · Not said
40mg omeprazole (about to change to rabeprazole once insurance approves)
In context ↗ - Levsin · Not said
and Levsin for the pain
In context ↗ - Low FODMAP diet · Not said
I’ve also been through the ringer of the Low FODMAP diet.
In context ↗
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 | Where they were |
|---|---|---|
| December 2022 | COVID infection on top of pre-existing GERD and IBSI had GERD and IBS before contracting covid in early December 2022In context ↗ | Not stated |
| April 2023 | reflux and gut pain kept worsening; quality of life ruined, cannot go out or keep plansmy GERD changed and worsened after having covidIn context ↗ | Moderate |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Gut problems
On the daily I experience extreme uncontrollable reflux and indigestion that worsens as the day goes on
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
I also suffer from health anxiety and a fear of vomiting
In context ↗