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Hey All, new member hear to this incredible supportive community. Very concerned with symptoms I've been having and GP/specialists are unsure as well. I've got complete and utter exhaustion. Done so much googling and CFS/ME seems likely and frightening match.
Around 6-7 weeks ago I started to get tingling sensations in my leg, this was accompanied by what I would describe as lower abdomen pressure/sensation as well as some genital pain. I attended GP and sexual health clinic and bloods/urine returned nothing of concern.
These sysmptoms were accompanied with intense night sweats, fever, chills, etc. My torso would run quite hot. These symptoms waxed and wained but were below the belt so I continued to go to work and play sport.
Eventually I did get a head cold, sniffles, cough which eventually resolved.
The leg tingles returned and developed into leg ache and fatigue.
I started to have trouble focusing at work, noticing myself more physically fatigued, intolerance to alcohol, and sudden hitting a wall/brain fog in social settings. I'd be out to lunch and suddenly would glaze over. This has been subtle over the last 5 weeks or so.
I've seen an infectious disease specialist who didn't return anything on his serology for EBV/CMV, HSV 1 & 2, among other things but has me on Vaclovir as this certainly feels like a viral cause.
The Valclovir seems to have subsided the tingling and pain in lower spine but leg muscle soreness and full body fatigue remains. I've been in bed the past week.
I've taken the last week off work as I've felt extremely fatigued and hardly able to leave bed let alone home.
Does anyone have experience with something viral that started or sounds like this? I'm quite frightened this has quickly developed into CFS - like a switch. Can it be reversed or is the viral damage done?
I've read the accounts of CFS and I'm very sorry to those suffering for so long and not getting the attention or acknowledgement they deserve.
Around 6-7 weeks ago I started to get tingling sensations in my leg, this was accompanied by what I would describe as lower abdomen pressure/sensation as well as some genital pain. I attended GP and sexual health clinic and bloods/urine returned nothing of concern.
These sysmptoms were accompanied with intense night sweats, fever, chills, etc. My torso would run quite hot. These symptoms waxed and wained but were below the belt so I continued to go to work and play sport.
Eventually I did get a head cold, sniffles, cough which eventually resolved.
The leg tingles returned and developed into leg ache and fatigue.
I started to have trouble focusing at work, noticing myself more physically fatigued, intolerance to alcohol, and sudden hitting a wall/brain fog in social settings. I'd be out to lunch and suddenly would glaze over. This has been subtle over the last 5 weeks or so.
I've seen an infectious disease specialist who didn't return anything on his serology for EBV/CMV, HSV 1 & 2, among other things but has me on Vaclovir as this certainly feels like a viral cause.
The Valclovir seems to have subsided the tingling and pain in lower spine but leg muscle soreness and full body fatigue remains. I've been in bed the past week.
I've taken the last week off work as I've felt extremely fatigued and hardly able to leave bed let alone home.
Does anyone have experience with something viral that started or sounds like this? I'm quite frightened this has quickly developed into CFS - like a switch. Can it be reversed or is the viral damage done?
I've read the accounts of CFS and I'm very sorry to those suffering for so long and not getting the attention or acknowledgement they deserve.