Patchnomad
World nomad
- Time of past OR future Camino
- Camino del Norte (September 2018)
My friend and I began walking the Camino in Austria over 6 weeks ago. Everything was going good, until about two weeks ago we both noticed that we would experience a lightheadedness/dizziness at random times, particularly when we would be exerting ourselves, like going up a hill. He sometimes gets nausea as well, but for me it's just a lightheadedness, almost like I took a bit of mushrooms or something.
We chalked it up to being fatigued, and one day I actually got sick (fever, fatigue) and we took a rest for a few days. Everything seemed fine after that, but now a few days later we are walking again and I started experiencing it again. More than being annoying, I'm now actually a bit worried what the heck it could be. We've theorized that maybe our bodies are really tired and depleted after 6 weeks of walking. Possibly lacking in some vitamin or mineral? I've taken multiple covid tests and it's not that, I've had covid a few times before and this is way different. My friend also suggested it may be from a tick bite, since we're in tick country. But we didn't notice any ticks on us and none of the other symptoms, like a bite, rash etc.
Has this happened to anyone, and could we please get some advice on what to do next?
We chalked it up to being fatigued, and one day I actually got sick (fever, fatigue) and we took a rest for a few days. Everything seemed fine after that, but now a few days later we are walking again and I started experiencing it again. More than being annoying, I'm now actually a bit worried what the heck it could be. We've theorized that maybe our bodies are really tired and depleted after 6 weeks of walking. Possibly lacking in some vitamin or mineral? I've taken multiple covid tests and it's not that, I've had covid a few times before and this is way different. My friend also suggested it may be from a tick bite, since we're in tick country. But we didn't notice any ticks on us and none of the other symptoms, like a bite, rash etc.
Has this happened to anyone, and could we please get some advice on what to do next?