Patchnomad
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- Camino del Norte (September 2018)
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Of course, that is our next step. I was curious though if other veteran pilgrims have experienced something similar. Perhaps it's some well known pilgrim phenomenon?Obviously you should go to a doctor. None of us on the forum can diagnose you.
Another wonderfully sarcastic answer. There seems to be a theme to much of your content. It’s the reason my activity in the forum has greatly reduced in recent months.Pluck a chicken using only your left hand. Boil it in a copper pot with one small onion and a madder root.
Drink the resulting broth every quarter moon.
The above advice is at least a valuable as the other suggestions above. Or, of course, you could consult someone actually qualified to give such advice
Another wonderfully sarcastic answer. There seems to be a theme to much of your content. It’s the reason my activity in the forum has greatly reduced in recent months.
The young chap has intimated in an earlier reply that he WILL seek medical advice which I believe anybody would recommend, but alas you are unable to prevent yourself from taking the opportunity at unloading more low hanging fruit upon the forum audience and onto someone who has used his basic right of asking a question.
It was my belief that the beauty of this forum was its ability to allow people to ask ‘questions’. The content of this particular question was a genuine question and he looks to seasoned walkers for guidance. It had been answered previously without sarcasm. You didn’t need to pile on. Is it possible for me to ‘block’ you as a moderator? I love reading the advice and tips from everyone on here but I find your tone negative and insulting.
I have found friendship, warmth and guidance both on the Camino itself and als through this online version of it and it is in my consciousness everyday.
Should I be removed for my job with and frustrated comments may I wish you all well. The forum is a wonderful tool for all.
Yes, I thought that it was unusual that they are both having the same symptoms. Plus I'd think that after walking for a month they would have worked out hydration issues that might be a cause.So as it appears to affect both of you, we can most likely exclude some individual health conditions that cannot be undone by a change of behaviour ... and it is probably also no underlying hidden health problem. This is good.
Temperatures change, terrain changes. After a month you start to develop hiker's legs which means you often increase distances per day and walking time per day. Hence you travel into uncharted waters for you and your body.Yes, I thought that it was unusual that they are both having the same symptoms. Plus I'd think that after walking for a month they would have worked out hydration issues that might be a cause.
Good call for ‘hydration’ - I work on the principle that if I’m ever thirsty, I’m probably already dehydrated. It’s quite possible to be marginally dehydrated for a long period, which will certainly impair recovery.Yes, I thought that it was unusual that they are both having the same symptoms. Plus I'd think that after walking for a month they would have worked out hydration issues that might be a cause.
I'm back from my walk.I'd felt a bit dizzy myself yesterday wearing my full backpack for the first time before I leave for the Via F next week, but all seems fine today and I added a granola bar for extra energy.
I wondered if the two friends could possibly have had a mild case of covid.
I have have been struggling with long covid for over two years now and I have had long conversations with experts. Symptoms are very divers. Hence it is rather unlikely that both of them develop it in the same way and seem to lack all of the other symptoms. what really strikes here is that both seem to have the same problem ... whatever it is. But this suggests with some probability that it is related to what they are doing together right now.The OP has tested negative for covid, but does report having had it ‘a few times’ before. I don’t know what ‘long covid’ entails, but reports in the UK are of some debility persisting for months. Hopefully a qualified diagnosis will be posted in due course; in the meantime I hope the two of them are making progress.
Could be Blood Pressure drop, get it checked at pharmacy.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?
Circle, Circle, dot, dot. You need a Cooties shot. Or better yet see a doctor. If these symptoms have persistent over days you have passed numerous opportunities to see qualified medical advice. Don't delay.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?
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