I've been symptom-free for the past 8 months on a steady diet of antivirals and partial JOH regimen. However, for the past week I have had a return of vertigo (slow-moving) pretty much every day and my tinnitus, which has never gone away, is much, much worse. Reviewing my activity over the past few weeks the only thing out of the ordinary is that I caught COVID for the first time on Christmas day. Doing a search on coronavirus and herpes revealed there is a suspected correlation. In fact, one small study (28 participants) revealed a reactivation of herpes virus due to covid in 78% of the participants. Has anyone else experienced a return or increase in symptoms after catching Covid? I was relieved to find out about the correlation but now I'm concerned with the fact that Covid has a lot of long term effects and I'm hoping one of them is not related to herpes viruses.
I too got sick around Christmas, and since, I've had worse symptoms of aural fullness (my main complaint -- at this time I've never experienced vertigo), as well as a bit more noticeable PPPD than usual. I took two COVID tests during my illness and both came back negative. However, I am still suspicious... Given that the immune system probably goes through a lot while sick, it makes sense to me how such can reactivate the herpes virus. Do we know, though, if this uptick in symptoms would be temporary? Could you link us to this study?
COVID-19 and Herpes Simplex Virus Infection: A Cross-Sectional Study This is one of a few that are out there. I have to admit I'm not up on the type of viruses and I know viruses are not simple to understand. I'd like to investigate this further but right now it's tough to even sit upright.
Just for the record, I had Covid in October 2020 (mainly body aches for ten days), and it had no effect on my ears. I was in a remission at the time.