I have countless symptoms

simfew
simfew Online Community Member Posts: 1 Listener
edited February 2019 in Rare, invisible, & undiagnosed conditions
Been suffering from countless symptoms over the last 4 years from physical, mental and psychological. Brain fog, numbness, heart problems, vision problems, nerve problems. Was bitten by a tick in 2015 and health been going downhill since and been in and out of hospital, seen about 30 different doctors been abroad for treatments and still fighting to get a proper diagnostic.

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  • Antonia_Alumni
    Antonia_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 1,764 Pioneering
    edited February 2019
    Hi @Simfew ;)

    Welcome to the community. I am sorry to hear this. How are you doing today?

    This process can be frustrating but I hope you get some answers very soon. Please keep us updated.

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  • vysvader
    vysvader Online Community Member Posts: 130 Contributor
    edited February 2019
    It's not rare abroad (e.g. in central and east Europe, there are still new cases, each year. There, it's pretty normal. In Slovakia, for example...). Where was the tick from? Ticks are famous for a brain infection but not only that (not each one tick is infected, just some 2-10% of them can spread it and even if are infected then you don't have to get it) which can eventually kill or make some damages before when you get rid of but you had been cured in a hospital, so... Ticks can also spread infections from human/animal to human (with the blood... almost anything).

    Something to read about Tick-borne encephalitis, Lyme disease, Anaplasmosis, Ehrlichiosis, etc...
  • vysvader
    vysvader Online Community Member Posts: 130 Contributor
    edited February 2019
    So, deductively, if it's Tick-borne encephalitis then you'd to get it abroad (it's not from British species of ticks): https://ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data/tick-borne-encephalitis-annual-epidemiological-report-2016-2014-data
    If you'll be bitten by an Australian spider then they'll have an available treatment in Australia. The same is with ticks... I'm sorry to see this, I can't really advise but one can think that a consultation with specialists from the country where's the tick from or its neighbor is your best chance.

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