Balance and head cold

[Catflower]

Do other folks find their balance problems get worse when they have a head cold?

[nancyann]

Can't help you Cat, I NEVER get colds  (achoooo!!)  Nancy

[tony]

Yes - there is a definate relationship between my revised balance
and colds/flu etc - the remaining hearing is affected too
I  do find the cold type remedies particually to do with soft tissue swelling
do improve things
best regards
tony

[linnilue]

Do other folks find their balance problems get worse when they have a head cold?

  Oh Yes...and weather changes...

[leapyrtwins]

My balance doesn't seem to be affected by my current head cold, but it IS affected by being tired.  When I'm tired, I tend to walk like I've been drinking heavily    This morning while walking down the hall at work, I actually bumped into the wall with my shoulder.

Weather changes haven't affected my balance, but they have been giving me headaches.

[Gennysmom]

Yes, for me it's the tiredness that comes from being sick, and tiredness in general, that makes my balance go funny.  The more tired I get, the stumblier I get. 

[leapyrtwins]

Yes, for me it's the tiredness that comes from being sick, and tiredness in general, that makes my balance go funny.  The more tired I get, the stumblier I get. 

I couldn't have said it any better myself 

[SteveWWD]

Yes I have definitly notices that when my head is out of it, I meet many more doorway edges with my shoulders.  I will have this happen for a day or so.  Usally around this time I will feel a slight pressure in my scar area, but I do not get headaches.

[marguerite]

Do other folks find their balance problems get worse when they have a head cold?

my symptoms increased last week... dizzier, tinittus (higher and longer than normal), and i was getting very concerned and considering calling dr, then the headcold appeared, so it makes sense.

[debora]

Sneezing sends me into orbit with the vertigo.  The weather and being tired don't help either.  At least we have other people on this site who understand
and for that I am very grateful.  We are not nuts!   
Couldn't figure out how to add the funny face.

Deb

[leapyrtwins]

Debora -

you are right, we are most certainly not nuts.  I little crazy at times, but definitely not nuts 

Jan

[er]

I just had a sinus problem and it effected my ear, I hated it  :'(I had to stay home. Going out into the public was so hard, I couldn't feel people coming up from behind me or hear what they were saying  and my blance was way off even my mind would be like I couldn't think or speak right away I had to process what the person was asking me and I was asked often if I was ok.
I wonder if a baha or a transear help any of these issues
eve

[Static]

We are not nuts, but we need to find doctors who understand that we are not nuts and work with us on that one!

[Soundy]

I am scared to get a cold ...or a cough ... or any illness that is gonna effect my head or any
of it's components in any way... I have stirred up dust and sneezed which sends me running for
pain killers and leaves me dizzier and wobblier than normal... I got choke and cough with same results...
with two kids in school and working there off and on I know there is no way to avoid it completely but
I am scared of catching something all the same... I do check with school nurse to see if any bugs are
going around school and when alot of kids have something at same time I don't go

I did find out last weekend that just getting face cold could cause head ache...watch a local Christmas
parade and as my face got cold my head started aching ...took some Tylenol to head it off ...had a hood
on my head but it is loose fitting ... I guess a scarf or a ski mask type hat needs to be added to my
wardrobe if I am gonna be outside in the cold...

I refuse to let this make me a hostage in my home although some friends and relatives have recommended
me hibernate til spring

[yardtick]

I hear you Soundy.  I'm on antibiotics for a sinus infection.  It only took me a month to do something about it.  Started as a cold that would go away.  On Wed I called my family Dr's office almost in tears, begging for an antibiotic.  I had missed two days of work the week before and I was getting worse.  I thought my left cheek bone was going to EXPLODE.  In the morning when I would wake up my sinuses would drain down the back of my throat.  My breathe could kill a few Al qaeda.  Not to mention the pressure above my eyes and the headaches.

I'm slowly on the road to recovery.  This is how I first notice I had decreased hearing.  Two winters ago I had a bad sinus infection that never left.  I was on antibiotics for months.  How many others out there had a really bad sinus infection only to discover AN or FN?  Maybe there is a common thread here.

Anne Marie