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24. The loss of balance results from.....

Reply to Tree Lady (Reply #17)

Fri Jan 6, 2023, 01:56 PM

Jan 2023

covid is primarily respiratory infection. And ear canal is connected to throat. The virus gets into ear and causes bad balance because your ears help your balance.

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Covid Brain Zaps? Anyone that had Covid experience this? [View all] tulipsandroses Jan 2023 OP

Brain Zaps? Not sure what that is. Lochloosa Jan 2023 #1

To me, they felt like that sensation where... W_HAMILTON Jan 2023 #22

What's a brain zap? Ocelot II Jan 2023 #2

What is a brain zap ? CentralMass Jan 2023 #3

I googled brain zap and came up with this (I'd never heard of them before) Glorfindel Jan 2023 #4

Thanks for posting that. Yes that's an accurate description of what it feels like tulipsandroses Jan 2023 #12

I have no idea what brain zaps are USALiberal Jan 2023 #5

I had loss of balance and fuzzy thinking during covid infection at140 Jan 2023 #6

I lost my balance getting up Tree Lady Jan 2023 #17

The loss of balance results from..... at140 Jan 2023 #24

Have you reported these symptoms dweller Jan 2023 #7

Doctors either don't know about them or poo poo them. Patterson Jan 2023 #11

Had 'em when I abruptly stopped an antidepressant johnnyplankton Jan 2023 #8

I've had them before during tapering off medication tulipsandroses Jan 2023 #13

Yes, when I was weaning myself off an anti-depressant... W_HAMILTON Jan 2023 #23

Did you take a new medication? I experienced what I call squigglies ecstatic Jan 2023 #9

No new medication. It started the same time I was diagnosed with Covid tulipsandroses Jan 2023 #14

I think it's called vertigo or maybe dizziness FakeNoose Jan 2023 #10

Thanks for your response.I've had vertigo with ear infections. Brain zaps feel like electric shocks tulipsandroses Jan 2023 #15

I'm not sure if this would help, but when you get a brain freeze Bluethroughu Jan 2023 #16

Thanks for posting that. I will give it a try tulipsandroses Jan 2023 #18

There have been plenty of reports about neurological effects from COVID, so I am not surprised Hekate Jan 2023 #19

Seuzure-like activity? SheltieLover Jan 2023 #20

Yes, I definitely had them back when I had COVID that first summer. W_HAMILTON Jan 2023 #21