Monday, April 13, 2009

You spin me right-round, baby!

Labyrinthitis.
Oh, joy. Like I don't have a hard enough time bending over already, now I get to deal with vertigo, too! It started Saturday morning & when it hadn't subsided by this morning, I called my OB to make sure I wasn't having a brain aneurysm...that would've been a bummer. Instead I was told it was probably just a deep inner ear infection. Upon further investigation (thank you, WebMD), I was able to find a prognosis--labrynthitis--a viral infection occurring a few weeks after an upper-respiratory infection or the flu. Haven't had the flu for years, but I did have a nasty upper-respiratory bout a couple of weeks ago. Yay me. The kicker is, "the vertigo may last for several weeks" and "antibiotics rarely work, since it's usually caused by a virus." I can just imagine how fun it will be when the room is still spinning as I'm giving birth in June. So much for helping Mike in the garden for the next couple of weeks, unless of course, puke makes good compost...

4 comments:

Jen said...

I had something similar last year (vestibular neuronitis - inflammation of an inner ear nerve). It was so bad I was rushed to the hospital in an ambulance and spent weeks on anti-nausea and vetigo meds. It took me about 9 months to feel normal again. Hope yours doesn't last that long!!!

Jonesy said...

NINE MONTHS...that makes me feel even better! Thanks, Jen! Maybe I should actually go to the Dr....

Fiddlefish said...

I got vertigo when I was prego -- it was a "silent" UTI (very common when pregnant). Basically, a UTI with no typical pain/burning. Get better soon! BTW, when can we meet so I can get you clothes/carseat etc.?

Ardie said...

My brother's suffering from vertigo right now, too. His is from loose crystals in his ear or something. My point is, from what I've observed, vertigo sucks! I hope you get better soon.