Woman shares 'torturous' long Covid symptom that makes it dangerous to eat

A mysterious long Covid symptom is making life miserable for one young woman. Marianna Cisneros, 31, is suffering from long Covid, and with it, a condition that makes it 'torturous' to eat, causing her to be reliant on liquid food supplements.

The ICU nurse suffers from a condition called dysphasia since contracting the virus which means she has trouble swallowing food.She is one of the millions living with the aftermath of the virus.

In the UK alone, an estimated 1.3 million people are dealing with long Covid, The Mirror reported. Marianna has been afflicted by several conditions since getting coronavirus, going from fitness competitions to struggling to walk.In a TikTok video describing the "torturous" ailment, she said: "Doctors don't know why."She said it could be down to neurological damage and adding it is a side effect which is not being discussed enough.

Marianna, from California, said there are a few reasons why she may be suffering the condition, including her autonomic nervous system because she has Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), or peripheral neuropathy, which she has on her entire right side.She said: "Do you know how torturous it is to be this young and have to drink Ensure for most of your calories and on a good day mashed potatoes?"Ensure is a ready-to-drink liquid food supplement sold in the US."I've been dealing with this for over a year now and I'm frustrated because I want to eat," said Marianna."I'm hungry a lot of the time and I just can't because I risk food getting stuck or aspirating on it." The ICU nurse has documented her journey and recovery from Covid on TikTok - starting from when doctors initially believed she had a stroke after testing positive.