Is covid weakening the immune system? Is this covid no.2 so soon after an infection 2 weeks ago

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I found a fever on Monday the 4th of the July. I had some body aches too. As the week progressed I texted positive and I developed more symptoms. I had a loss of taste and smell. I had a slight cough.

Last week was week number two for me. I was on the mend but I was tired.

I met with a friend who was just over a 24 hour bug.

Then bang I am down with sickness again.
Nausea and vomiting
Fever
Body aches
Dirrohea

I can't keep anything down with sickness and vomiting and I am not able to use suppositories either so the fever is hanging on.

It's the middle of the night and I am scared to drink water in case I puke again.

This is worse than covid.

I am just wondering if this is covid once more. I don't have access to home tests right now. Or if my immune system was absolutely shot from the covid infection I was more susceptible to a serious dose. This feels like a flu.

I think I am tolerating a drink with electrolytes now.

Jabbed to the max, I assume?

Jabbed to the max - yes.

All with Pfizer.

My friends symptoms was nausea and vomiting and apparently no fever but he doesn't own a thermometer. Sore throat too but he said that is from the vomiting.

Your immune system's been finely tuned to fight specific long-gone variants of Covid. It's hardly likely to be much good against anything else. Your choice.

What does this mean?

I know my immune system was primed with vaccines for an older varient.

Does the second bit of your post indicate the possibility of covid? Perhaps some long haul sickness or something?

Is anyone else experiencing the same or similar by the way. Sickness so soon after a covid infection?

Is it likely my friend had covid? I thought with having a dose 2 and have weeks ago, I would have be safe from covid.

Are you suggesting that due to Covid vaccination, OP's immune system is now capable of only fighting Covid (specifically older versions of Covid) and therefore can't fight other diseases? Really??!!

What's the evidence to support this?

Are you a medic or scientist? no, thought not

My fever today is similar to the covid fever from a few weeks ago. Stubborn to come down.

Should I be testing in the morning to get if I get a positive and if so should I be logging this with my GP so its being monitored by the health authorities.

This is not normal. To be sick a few weeks ago and sick again now.

I went years even pre pandemic without sickness. This is unusual for me.

I read an article today about covid. They've found traces in stools of patients with long covid which suggests it hides out in your gut and then reinfects you and compromises your immune system. You may just have the misfortune to have a gastro flu which has nothing to do with Covid but at least the diahorea will help clean out the residual covid hiding in your gut. Next time I get covid as soon as I feel better I'm going to do a water fast for a few days and clean out my gut.

Oh god all mighty. I have diverticolosis pouches in my colon. That's what's happening.

With nothing in my system I will be better off doing movical in the morning and flushing the system out.

God, I wish I could be prescribed the power house of laxatives - the moviprep.

Sounds most likely to me that your immune system isn't yet back to normal after having Covid, meaning you've been hit worse than usual with a stomach bug.

I hope you feel better soon OP.

What is the article you read?

Am I still infectious I wonder?

I wonder if I need to go to hospital for monitoring?

I met with a friend who was just over a 24 hour bug.

Was that a sickness bug? Isn't it more likely you've just caught that?

You met a friend who had a vomiting bug.

You got a vomiting bug.

Due to lack of exposure to normal every day bugs because of lockdowns and mask wearing, population immunity levels are down. This means everyone is more likely to get everything at the moment.

Vomiting bugs can be horrendous. This has nothing to do with covid. They are just awful.

So, even if you never catch anything, you are more likely to get something post flu pandemic / covid pandemic because of population levels changes in behaviour. And vomiting bugs are seven shades of hell.

None of this needs to involve having covid recently.

This makes absolutely no sense whatsoever, even to someone with GCSE level scientific understanding. Honestly, it's just nonsense.

You’ve just been unlucky. You had covid, just about recovered then met your friend who’d had a vomiting bug - probably norovirus. You caught the vomiting bug because norovirus is horribly infectious and you are only ever immune to it if you have a certain blood type or if you’ve had that particular variant of norovirus within the last few months - the virus chops and changes so much that you never build up a long term immunity to it.

it’s likely that you’re feeling even worse with it than usual because you’ve only just had covid, but this does not indicate that covid has ruined your immune system - just that it’s hard on the body catching one horrible virus directly after a different horrible virus.

Exactly this. Some real other nonsense of the thread already and it's only 6.15am

I think you may be my twin!

Tested positive on the 4th, fine by day 11. Yesterday I started exactly the same symptoms as you, apart from vomiting - and I have diverticulosis. Last night I did a covid test as my temp was 38, but it was negative.

I had covid right at beginning of the pandemic, and it took a while for my gut to sort itself out then too.

Today I will be drinking peppermint tea and water only and see how It goes.

Op you’ve just been unlucky. You are more run down and possibly more vulnerable after having any illness and your friend shared her lovely bug which happens. Rest and recover.

Covid even a mild dose can take a while to get over. It affects many systems of our body. Best thing for you to do when your recovered from the bug is to help your health with healthy foods and foods that can help your gut as more and more research is proving gut health is so important, ( Google foods for gut health) move your body in some way, get some vitamin d from the sun for a few minutes a day and maybe a short walk outside can work wonders, do things you enjoy help improve your mood. Covid also can affect our mood.

In my experience both the immune system after covid and covid itself seems to fluctuate a bit.

For example, out of 6 of us in immediate family, 4 of us got itchy hives about 6 weeks after the initial infection. Anti histamines seems to help some long covid people. A friend collapsed 3 months after a seemingly mild infection and the hospital said it was covid related.

All infections can cause extra inflammation, covid definitely can. Lots seem to experience the gut issues. At the same time, there are other bugs around and you could be less resilient right now. Mines been a bit off this week after initial infection 3 weeks ago.

I don’t think it’s the sort of thing you can flush out like that. You’d need an anti viral, but it’s not without risks.

sounds like it’s probably noro, OP but I don’t think you can rule out a new covid infection or a post covid issue.
Noro is pretty awful, so you have my sympathy.