stella55
29-03-18, 18:06
Hi everyone,
I am currently recovering after a very weird virus infection. I say "weird" because it's not like any other infection I've experienced before. First of all, it started very suddenly. I felt totally fine one day, and then I woke up that night and felt that I have an extremely sore throat. Later in the day, the pain subsided, but I started experiencing body aches in random spots. I thought I was going down with the flu or something. But the aches were gone the next day. Then I had a stuffy nose. Also, my right lymph node in the neck was swollen and painful to touch for about 3 days. After about 4 days of being like this, I felt fine again and went to work. But after 2 calm days, the infection returned. I had a stuffy nose, sore throat and also felt slight aches in my joints/bones. This went on for like 5 days – very stable, didn't get either better or worse. I didn't feel that bad, it was just generally unpleasant.
(But there were also some "positive" things about this infection. For instance, my temperature was just slightly elevated during the first few days, I didn't experience any headaches throughout, felt no fatigue, and even had a good appetite.)
Finally, I noticed my body getting rid of the bugs. My nose started running severely, the pharyngitis travelled slightly lower and then I turned into laryngitis, then into a cough, but at least I felt like something was changing. This Monday, I felt fine enough to return to work again. So throughout this week, I got rid of most of the symptoms. I still have an occasional mild cough and my throat feels sensitive.
However, my body still feels stiff and a little achy. Especially my lower back region feels strained and stiff. Also my shoulders. My legs start to hurt when I sit for a longer time, same with other body parts if I hold them in the same position for too long. It's not exactly painful, just as if my body was tired, as if I had been walking all day or had been sleeping in an uncomfortable position. Occasionally, I get spikes of aches in my joints. These symptoms usually get worse towards the evening. They may become milder once I change my position. Actually, I'm not even sure where the aches are located: the joints, the bones, or the muscles. Sometimes it feels either this or that, and sometimes it feels like the whole set. But my joints are generally quite sensitive, and they often start to hurt before changes in weather anyway.
So now more than 2 weeks have passed since I became sick with whatever this is. I am worried, because I've never had an infection for this long.
A few days ago I had a full-blown panic attack because I thought that it's not actually my back that hurts, but my kidneys. I thought the infection travelled to those organs, but now I feel like it is the back after all. I am still worried that these are some kind of dangerous complications that could even leave me paralyzed.
Oh, and I also have a weird spot on my leg that feels very tender. I don't feel anything if I stroke it with my hand, but when I'm laying in bed and the sheet strokes it very gently, I can feel it. It's not pain, just as if the spot was very sensitive and slightly ticklish.
Does anyone have any ideas what these symptoms are?
It's one thing to have a cold, but it's so much worse when you also have health anxiety :)
I am currently recovering after a very weird virus infection. I say "weird" because it's not like any other infection I've experienced before. First of all, it started very suddenly. I felt totally fine one day, and then I woke up that night and felt that I have an extremely sore throat. Later in the day, the pain subsided, but I started experiencing body aches in random spots. I thought I was going down with the flu or something. But the aches were gone the next day. Then I had a stuffy nose. Also, my right lymph node in the neck was swollen and painful to touch for about 3 days. After about 4 days of being like this, I felt fine again and went to work. But after 2 calm days, the infection returned. I had a stuffy nose, sore throat and also felt slight aches in my joints/bones. This went on for like 5 days – very stable, didn't get either better or worse. I didn't feel that bad, it was just generally unpleasant.
(But there were also some "positive" things about this infection. For instance, my temperature was just slightly elevated during the first few days, I didn't experience any headaches throughout, felt no fatigue, and even had a good appetite.)
Finally, I noticed my body getting rid of the bugs. My nose started running severely, the pharyngitis travelled slightly lower and then I turned into laryngitis, then into a cough, but at least I felt like something was changing. This Monday, I felt fine enough to return to work again. So throughout this week, I got rid of most of the symptoms. I still have an occasional mild cough and my throat feels sensitive.
However, my body still feels stiff and a little achy. Especially my lower back region feels strained and stiff. Also my shoulders. My legs start to hurt when I sit for a longer time, same with other body parts if I hold them in the same position for too long. It's not exactly painful, just as if my body was tired, as if I had been walking all day or had been sleeping in an uncomfortable position. Occasionally, I get spikes of aches in my joints. These symptoms usually get worse towards the evening. They may become milder once I change my position. Actually, I'm not even sure where the aches are located: the joints, the bones, or the muscles. Sometimes it feels either this or that, and sometimes it feels like the whole set. But my joints are generally quite sensitive, and they often start to hurt before changes in weather anyway.
So now more than 2 weeks have passed since I became sick with whatever this is. I am worried, because I've never had an infection for this long.
A few days ago I had a full-blown panic attack because I thought that it's not actually my back that hurts, but my kidneys. I thought the infection travelled to those organs, but now I feel like it is the back after all. I am still worried that these are some kind of dangerous complications that could even leave me paralyzed.
Oh, and I also have a weird spot on my leg that feels very tender. I don't feel anything if I stroke it with my hand, but when I'm laying in bed and the sheet strokes it very gently, I can feel it. It's not pain, just as if the spot was very sensitive and slightly ticklish.
Does anyone have any ideas what these symptoms are?
It's one thing to have a cold, but it's so much worse when you also have health anxiety :)