Severe GI symptoms and fatigue with long COVID, somewhat better with sauna
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill before improving or writing
- 6 months
- Last post
- May 2022
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
My bout started in October. ... Things get better we are just slowly detoxing/healing
- Now: Somewhat better
Things have improved ... for me i started feeing decent at the 6 month mark
- Began after: COVID
My bout started in October.
In context ↗
Summary
Their illness began in October with severe GI symptoms, fatigue and a body that felt tortured, along with daily thoughts of ending their life. They credited sauna use with helping their stress, inability to sleep and fatigue, and said they felt decent by the six-month mark, with things improving though bad days were still expected.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- sauna · Helped
What has worked for my stress, inability to sleep and fatigue is the sauna.
In context ↗ - prayer · Helped
God has helped me stay sane through all this.
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Approaches: Alternative therapies
Their path
How ill they were on the ME/CFS severity scale, estimated from what they describe at each point, with time counted from when the illness began. Hover or tap a point. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2021 | illness began with severe GI symptoms, fatigue and constant painMy bout started in October.In context ↗ | Moderate | |
| 2022-04-23 | felt decent around the six-month markThings have improved and I thought i was going to stay like this forever.In context ↗ | Mild | Hyperthermia and sauna |
| 2022-05-21 | still having bad and so-so days but overall betteri started feeing decent at the 6 month markIn context ↗ | Mild |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Gut problems
I have severe gi symptoms
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
Ive had thoughts everyday of the last 3 months to end myself
In context ↗ - Sleep problems
What has worked for my stress, inability to sleep and fatigue is the sauna.
In context ↗ - Pain & fibromyalgia
my body feels tortured
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