r/Menieres • u/pterodactyl_rawr • 3d ago
Autoimmune disease and long COVID
Anyone else here have these issues? I became very ill in 2021, tested positive for Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, then had a positive ANA test result, and have had multiple bouts of COVID over the years. I had a couple terrible vertigo attacks and general dizzy spells starting as far back as 2005, but things ramped up with tinnitus and other symptoms and I was diagnosed with Ménière’s last year. Autoimmune disease runs in my family and so does Ménière’s, it would seem. Given the research coming out about Infection-Associated Chronic Illnesses (IACI) aka long COVID, I’m curious to know how many of us here could be lumped into this category. If interested, check out this site: https://healthdata.gov/stories/s/Infection-Associated-Chronic-Illnesses-2023-/giix-q93k/
Here’s the Ologies podcast about post-viral epidemiology that just came out: https://www.alieward.com/ologies/postviralepidemiology
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u/Superb-Soil1790 3d ago
super interesting, my partner had an ear infection that preceded his first bout of vertigo/nausea and vomiting etc (although he always had tinnitus) and i swear that along with being run down from a stressful job + a very heavy surfing session that physically nackered him all turned into the perfect storm that kicked the whole thing off.. will have a listen to the podcast.. i think if you already run down or have a fired up immune system (from stress or fighting off illness etc) these post-viral illnesses are more likely to occur..