Hello everyone,
my name is Flo, I'm 34 years old and started having CFS around 4 years ago, the onset was very gradual. I don't know what triggered it, but 5 years ago several things happened : I've caught giarda intestinalis parasite, I've had a car accident, and I fell jaw first on the floor during a party, leaving me with TMJ : my jaw hurts and clicks when I open it, and it hurts when I talk for too long or when I'm under stress.
After all of these events, my health began to deteriorate slowly until I've reached a somewhat severe state on the cognitive side : I was unable to talk with someone for 5 minutes or work (I'm a developer) for 5 minutes, playing a video game would be too intense, etc. On the other side, I was very mild on the physical side and could go for very long walks or even run a bit, which is weird to me. And of course, a very intense feeling of fatigue.
Anyway, I'm wondering if the TMJ could be causing "inflammation" in my body and might be one of the causes, or the cause to my ME/CFS, or if the CFS is causing TMJ issues. I've also had my wisdom teeth removed and had an infection after that 4 years ago, which was cured with antibiotics.
Another thing that makes me wonder, is that most of my symptoms seem to be around my head (except poor digestion and IBS) : brain fog, glassy eyes and eye mucus coming out all day, runny nose, face a bit swollen and red. I've never had POTS, pain in my muscles, or symptoms in my body except for the IBS. Does anyone have a take on that ?
Sorry about my poor english skills and thank you for reading me.
my name is Flo, I'm 34 years old and started having CFS around 4 years ago, the onset was very gradual. I don't know what triggered it, but 5 years ago several things happened : I've caught giarda intestinalis parasite, I've had a car accident, and I fell jaw first on the floor during a party, leaving me with TMJ : my jaw hurts and clicks when I open it, and it hurts when I talk for too long or when I'm under stress.
After all of these events, my health began to deteriorate slowly until I've reached a somewhat severe state on the cognitive side : I was unable to talk with someone for 5 minutes or work (I'm a developer) for 5 minutes, playing a video game would be too intense, etc. On the other side, I was very mild on the physical side and could go for very long walks or even run a bit, which is weird to me. And of course, a very intense feeling of fatigue.
Anyway, I'm wondering if the TMJ could be causing "inflammation" in my body and might be one of the causes, or the cause to my ME/CFS, or if the CFS is causing TMJ issues. I've also had my wisdom teeth removed and had an infection after that 4 years ago, which was cured with antibiotics.
Another thing that makes me wonder, is that most of my symptoms seem to be around my head (except poor digestion and IBS) : brain fog, glassy eyes and eye mucus coming out all day, runny nose, face a bit swollen and red. I've never had POTS, pain in my muscles, or symptoms in my body except for the IBS. Does anyone have a take on that ?
Sorry about my poor english skills and thank you for reading me.