Long COVID
Somewhat betterNeeds ongoing treatment
Severe gut symptoms with long COVID, somewhat better on a low-residue diet
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill before improving or writing
- several years
- Last post
- Aug 2024
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
r/Longcovidgutdysbiosis
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I had to eat an extremely low fat diet for about six months, and I can’t eat a lot of red meat or high fat foods even now, several years after the fact.
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Summary
A Reddit user reported severe gut symptoms that made eating impossible without vomiting or diarrhea, with 60 pounds of weight loss. A low-residue diet suggested by their GI helped; they followed an extremely low-fat diet for about six months. Years later they still avoided much red meat and high-fat food, and repeated the diet when gut symptoms flared.
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What they tried
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- low residue diet · Helped
My GI suggested a low residue diet when I had similar issues and it did help me.
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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 |
|---|---|
| — | could not eat without vomiting or diarrhea and lost 60 poundsI wasn’t able to eat anything without vomiting, diarrhea, or both, and I had lost 60 poundsIn context ↗ |
| — | low-residue diet helpedMy GI suggested a low residue diet when I had similar issues and it did help me.In context ↗ |
| several years after the fact | still avoids much red meat and high-fat food; repeats diet during gut flaresI can’t eat a lot of red meat or high fat foods even now, several years after the fact.In context ↗ |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Gut problems
When my gut gets too inflamed and the symptoms start back up, I go through the above steps again.
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