My dizziness started in the summer of 2003. I have read so many others on here who also had their first dizzy spell in the summer. I am very curious if in fact this dizziness may be due to the West Nile Virus. The West Nile Virus is a very new disease and they don't know an awful lot about it. They do know that it affects people in different ways. Some people don't even know they have it and have no symptoms at all, and some people die from it.
My question is, is there a middle ground? Perhaps some people get damage of the inner ear from it? I asked my doctor if I could get a west nile blood test and he brushed me off saying he didn't think that was what I had.....
Who else here got this last summer?
I also got nailed last August however it was winter here in Sydney. I have this crazy theory that it happened because of the proximity of Mars to the Earth back then - LOL. It sounds totally nuts but on August 27th last year Mars was the closest to Earth in over some 300 years. That very day I got out of bed and my lower back totally collapsed like never before. I spent 2 days in bed without moving (I couldn't move without horrible muscle spasms going off). On the 4th day (back was much better) I walked outside to discover my whole world was moving - labyrinthitis had landed. That night I was in the ER thinking I was having a stroke or something...it came with a really weird viral infection that sucked every bit of energy out of me for a month and nearly drove me insane. Probably all a coincidence. It's easy to think it could be this or that but at the end of the day it's probably just bad luck.
Hi all - scott I dont think I realised about your back - you dont think the dizziness was connected to that? I got my dizziness in autumn - october - 2 weeks after a fluey cold....
Yup me too, I got the dizzies in June of last year, just celebrated my year anniversary, yipee I do so love this thing. who knows where you pick this up from... , I came off a plane so maybe someone kindly shared it with me, wouldn't I just love to meet them he he. So how you doing these days Em, I spoke with Ilia and got a referal to London so fingers crossed....
Hi Em.....I think the back thing could have been more to do with the viral illness I got with the labyrinthitis. Maybe it was already affecting my muscles. Whatever virus I did get was like nothing I had never experienced before (not including the dizziness). I actually had one other warning sign that lab was coming about 2 weeks before it really hit. One night I went to bed and after lying there for about 15 minutes, I suddenly got this naseous feeling....similar to the feeling you get going to bed after a few too many drinks. It felt like I was moving too. I wonder if I could have prevented it somehow had I known what it really was?
who knows where you pick this up from... , I came off a plane so maybe someone kindly shared it with me, wouldn't I just love to meet them he he. So how you doing these days Em, I spoke with Ilia and got a referal to London so fingers crossed....
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