[HN Gopher] Study helps explain post-Covid exercise intolerance
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       Study helps explain post-Covid exercise intolerance
        
       Author : Avshalom
       Score  : 21 points
       Date   : 2023-12-20 18:24 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
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       | SuperNinKenDo wrote:
       | As the article says, it's nice to have something to latch on to.
       | But the article says that reconditioning doesn't work. What the
       | hell am I supposed to do? I've been working out like crazy for
       | the last year. My strength is up, my total endurance is up, but
       | my stamina almost hasn't moved. I feel winded and oxygen starved
       | only a couple reps later than when I originally started. Am I
       | supposed to just accept that I'm permanently disabled? Anybody
       | here have any experience or reading for me?
        
         | alfonsodev wrote:
         | I'm not a doctor, so I just can say my anecdotal experience,
         | take it like grain of salt.
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         | - Measure Vo2 max, and try to improve it monitoring it, there
         | are some things that just work better for vo2 max, like HIT,
         | and specific protocol of max intensity and rest, for example 4
         | min intensity followed by 4 rest, 4 times is one of them.
         | Better explained at this Rhonda Patrick's video [1]
         | 
         | - Additionally I notice a big improvement when doing hikes in
         | high altitude, I did vomit few hours after coming down from
         | Teide mountain, hiked from tele-spheric station up to 3200mts.
         | I think I over did it for my fitness level, and didn't protect
         | from sun properly, but after recovering I could feel a big
         | improvement in my usual walks, and Apple Watch showed and
         | increment of Vo2 bigger than usual.
         | 
         | - Also this is more specific, and probably does not apply to
         | you, but check your hormones. Because lack of sleep and stress,
         | I had ACTH, Estradiol, Prolactin and Homa-IR out of whack, was
         | nearly developing type 2 diabetes, fixing this made losing
         | weight so much easier, and gym sessions way less tiring.
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         | - [1] https://youtu.be/IxYdkMmtjBs?si=NbSBryghetTA5LE4
        
       | an_aparallel wrote:
       | since getting covid nearly 2 years ago: i have developed chronic
       | acid reflux, lactose intolerance, alcohol intolerance, muscle
       | weakness (which seems chronic at this point), weight loss
       | (10kg)...im well over it - i relate @Superkinkendo.
       | 
       | im at the end of my tether with the issues...but i supposed it
       | could be worse...
        
         | opwieurposiu wrote:
         | Wow, I developed alcohol intolerance a couple years ago, your
         | comment made me realize it might be related to COVID.
         | 
         | Apparently COVID can give you Histamine Intolerance:
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         | https://medium.com/@calebwilemon/covid19-survivors-alcohol-i...
        
           | polishdude20 wrote:
           | What kind of symptoms do you get from alcohol now? I feel
           | like I'm not able to drink as much as I used to before
           | feeling sleepy but that could also be me getting older.
        
       | garganzol wrote:
       | "compromised extraction of oxygen by the body's tissues" =
       | mitochondrial dysfunction.
        
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