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Old 09-12-2023, 06:42 AM
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Golfing Eagles. Sorry for your COVID. I just had my first Covid after a European River Cruise. Fortunately, I did not get it on the cruise and secondly fortunate that I tested for it early, got Paxlovid and had no major symptoms.

Obviously, you know a lot about Vertigo. One of my questions is whether you ever had severe Vertigo?
Thanks, finally improving, today is day #9, but I didn't start Paxlovid (for what it's worth) until day 4. The absolute worst was such a severe sore throat that I could only swallow with intense pain. Now just down to fatigue. Still very hard to assess the efficacy of Paxlovid, the success rate is all over the board. I have to admit it was a bit disconcerting when my pulse ox dropped to 84%, but I question the accuracy of that reading since I didn't have any dyspnea. Hope you are getting over it as well.

No, I never had vertigo. Unfortunately, it is difficult to treat when it has an element of chronicity. You can try Epley maneuvers and pump the patient full of meclizine, but it usually recurs. More often I have seen the acute form----acute viral labyrinthitis. Almost anyone can diagnose it---you literally are fine one second and falling to the floor the next. It's more severe than the chronic variety, but also self limited. Best not to get either in the first place.