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Just a bit of advice really - please.
I woke up on Friday morning, after sleeping in the tent with one of the kids and found I was really hot and so badly dizzy I could barely stand, I managed to make it indoors, but had to quickly lay down as I was starting to feel sick.
Laid down and tried to focus on a fixed object, but it was like the room was spinning and I had to keep trying to focus, it was pretty worrying.
Before anyone asks I hadn't been on a roundabout or drinking! But it did feel like that.
Everytime I attempted to get up the same happened, so I spent the day laying on the settee trying to look after the kids, not easy. Towards the evening it was a bit better and by Saturday afternoon the dizziness had completely gone. All that remained was a really heavy chest, with lots of cr@p on it (no cough though).
Sunday I picked up my youngest and went to swing him round and after about a quarter of a turn had to put him down because I felt ultra dizzy again, was fine after a few mins.
Any ideas as to what it was/might have been? and what is the best thing for clearing up chest congestion?
Don't want to bother the doctors as they are probably swine flu'd out, but I need it to clear up asap as I am marathon training.
Any help would be gratefully received.
Kev
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Yeah I phoned them on the day and well, this is a U rated forum so I won't say what I am thinking!
Ears feel fine.
JamesMio
17-08-09, 08:11 PM
Sounds like a severe case of toomuchlageritus to me?!
I'm no expert, but that sounds like either labrynthitis/vertigo.
Horrible, my dad gets it. Usualyy treated with anti-emetic (anti sickness tablets)
Go see the quack, I'm sure they would like something different to pig flu
maviczap
17-08-09, 08:24 PM
Just a bit of advice really - please.
I woke up on Friday morning, after sleeping in the tent with one of the kids and found I was really hot and so badly dizzy I could barely stand, I managed to make it indoors, but had to quickly lay down as I was starting to feel sick.
Laid down and tried to focus on a fixed object, but it was like the room was spinning and I had to keep trying to focus, it was pretty worrying.
Before anyone asks I hadn't been on a roundabout or drinking! But it did feel like that.
Everytime I attempted to get up the same happened, so I spent the day laying on the settee trying to look after the kids, not easy. Towards the evening it was a bit better and by Saturday afternoon the dizziness had completely gone. All that remained was a really heavy chest, with lots of cr@p on it (no cough though).
Sunday I picked up my youngest and went to swing him round and after about a quarter of a turn had to put him down because I felt ultra dizzy again, was fine after a few mins.
Any ideas as to what it was/might have been? and what is the best thing for clearing up chest congestion?
Don't want to bother the doctors as they are probably swine flu'd out, but I need it to clear up asap as I am marathon training.
Any help would be gratefully received.
Kev
My youngest had something i the middle of July which gave her a lot of crap on her chest, but no sore throat or headaches, so swine flu was ruled out by the surgery.
A colleague at work passed it on to her via me I think. I wasn't ill.
He went to the Doc and he said there was a virus going round. My colleague said he felt carp, but the only symtoms he had was a a rash all over, which my daughter also had. This was the indicator to the doc, but was at the end of the illness!
So if you have a rash all over or on the body soon, then it could be this virus.
I had labyrinthitus last year and it sounds exactly like what you're saying. It went after about 3-4 days but at the worst point I was being sick because of the dizziness. I think sea sickness tablets work or it should just go after a couple of days.
It's surreal though!
Red Herring
17-08-09, 08:36 PM
Kev, I've just asked the Mrs. (she's a GP) and she says exactly what Paiste1 said.
Speedy Claire
17-08-09, 09:10 PM
Don`t really like to diagnose online but I`d say with those symptoms it`s either vertigo or labyrinthitis and i`d swing towards the latter. You obv need to see your GP and hope you feel better soon
I saw my GP when I had it and there's nothing they can do as it's a virus, see if sea sickness tablets help.
Red Herring
17-08-09, 10:15 PM
ps: Kev, she also said you ought to sort it out before Brands.......
Speedy Claire
18-08-09, 06:43 AM
I saw my GP when I had it and there's nothing they can do as it's a virus, see if sea sickness tablets help.
Can be a virus yes but can also be caused by a bacterial infection or trauma so these other things need to be ruled out. And there are 5 different drugs a GP can prx for this plus anti sickness tablets :D
I don't feel sick anymore and the dizziness appears to have gone, admitedly I haven't swung either of the kids around since sunday to test.
The only symptoms I have is a congested chest, for which I am taking covonia medicene but it's not doing much.
sounds like labrythinitis - not nice - i got an attack last week and it floors me. thankfully i can feel it coming on. best just rest up its the only thing that works for me - dyatime tv is normally mind numbing enough to send me to sleep
hope you keep getting better!
Did an 8 mile hard run earlier - and my chest is now a bit clearer.
Miss Alpinestarhero
18-08-09, 03:37 PM
but that sounds like either labrynthitis/vertigo.
+ 1
I suffer from it and it is awful. The last "attack" I had occured out of the blue. I was feeling fine all day then I got up and bang! Was very unwell for about 2/3 weeks and the adivce my doctor gave me was "slow your movements down" :rolleyes: I looked like an idiot but it worked.
Just read your updated posts, glad you're feeling better! :D
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