Itching skin

[zuludog]

As winter changed into spring I started doing a bit of walking, but then in the middle of March I was hit by a really horrible bug - feeling cold, tired, weak, a bit dizzy, and aching all over.
I'd lost my appetite, and with that my weight fell by 5 or 6 kg in as many weeks
I also developed a urine infection which was cleared up by antibiotics

Now, about 6 or 7 weeks afterwards I'm slowly getting better, but I still get spells of shivering & feeling cold, and also my skin itches, especially on my legs & calves, though there is no rash.

Do you think this is just the bug taking longer than usual to clear up, or could it be something more serious?

I'm T2 treated with Novorapid & Glargine, diagnosed in 1998

 

[Northerner]

Sounds nasty @zuludog, I'm sorry to hear this Did they identify what the actual bug was? 6kg is a lot to lose I have had itchy skin after infections, usually my back and shoulders seem worse affected, so it may just be a consequence of recovery, but it does sound like you are suffering a long time after the original infection, so I would be going round to the GP, if only to rule out any other problems. Is there any possibility it could be Lyme Disease - have you perhaps been bitten by a tick or something whilst out walking?

 

[zuludog]

I don't think it will have been a tick as I haven't done any walking over mountains or moorland for probably 2 or 3 years; and last year thanks to my asthma and other problems I did hardly any walking at all, and what there was, was on canal banks, trails, and so on

I have a diabetic review on 11 May; I'll ask my DSN, she's usually helpful

I'll make sure I take a urine sample, and ask for a foot sensitivity test if she doesn't offer one, to make sure there are no early signs of nephropathy or neuropathy

 

[grovesy]

I maybe wrong but I thought you could get bitten by ticks in woodlands too!

 

[Northerner]

I maybe wrong but I thought you could get bitten by ticks in woodlands too!

Yes, it is, a work colleague got bitten in the New Forest and got Lyme Disease from it I'd never heard of it until then 😱

Hope everything checks out OK @zuludog, or if you need treatment, I hope that it is effective 🙂

 

[trophywench]

Ticks are everywhere I'm afraid, wherever anything with a leaf happens to grow even fairly urban canal banks have a bit of a verge where stuff self seeds so you get shrubs and grass and weeds and flowers same as in a more cultivated park, garden, heath, moorland or wood/copse/forest.

Ticks don't mind if its human blood or a wild animal, farm animal or pet !