Coxsackie Virus

[King_Crispy]

Hi,sorry to hear you have contracted the Coxsackie virus. I got the Virus back in 1988 when i was racing roadbikes. Also got Epstein Barr. 2 of the viruses which cause Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. The Epstein Barr however stays with you to the grave as it has its own DNA and will stay dormant until activated via a stressor. One word of advice on the Coxsackie virus is beta cell destruction in the pancreas. It has been known to be a precursor to Diabetes so I would watch my diet in terms of sugary foods. Even have a fasting Insulin test to see how your pancreas is doing. It's a bad virus no matter who says what and has been implicated in Myocarditis. The Coxsackie B virus total 6 so obviously the titre count on the others was within range. Chest pain is a symptom of the Virus. Definitely would not train hard with high titles. In fact your body won't allow you to. Am talking from personal experience. I did recover over time and once had 28 consecutive days of 120km. Am paying the price now though and havnt ridden for close on 3 years

ńhoughn

I had the same, with the added misfortune of glandular fever.

I then ended up in Sunninghill Clinic with Meningitis.

I had a really $h1tty time over the next 14 years with the Meningitis reoccurring 8 times. I was a case study with Dr Lurie, who said nothing could be done to help long term. Stress onset. I spent a week over Christmas in hospital with it last year.

 

K@k life in Jhb

[Shane S]

Joined in on a hard club ride and have ended up with a sore throat & joints once again almost like flu with being tired . I knew it would come from the effort but it was worth it .

 

Rest up for a day or two and see what happens again .

 

Very frustrating !!

[Tham-Tham]

Just an update on my health status:

I have been resting and have not done any physical activity since my post in September 2019. There's a bit of improvement in my condition as I no longer get tired from walking nor have breathing problems. I decided to try an easy session on the indoor trainer 2 weeks ago and my heart rate was concerningly high (175BPM average) based on the low workout intensity. The session was at 55W (my FTP was 205W before contracting the virus), small chainring, legs spinning at moderate cadence. My HR was consistently above 160BPM throughout the duration of the workout. So it's back to resting for me unfortunately! I will try walking as a form of exercise - I hate walking I must say!!