Four the past 4 years, I have been experiencing pain/tingling in my left hand. After having it for a few days, then would come, blurred vision,stumbling,dizziness, and fatigue. There was a slow build up to it lasting 2-8 weeks. All evoked potentials and MRI's came back normal. Blood work came back clear except for a small elevation in my HCT and HGB. I figured this was from the amount of running I do.
A Transcranial Doppler was done which showed a grade IV right to left PFO. I have started taking Aggrenox and it is a wait and see process.
I have been a avid runner for the last 10 years and actually made my self run when I was having my episodes. It is the one thing that actually made me feel a little better. But sometimes if I ran far, it would kick up my symptoms. When I was not feeling well, it would be just 30 minutes. When I was doing good, up to 90 minutes. 4 years ago I was doing marathons and ulta marathons.
So my question is, why did things change in the last four years? Is it ok to continue to run? Why would my running stir up my symptoms? Could it be hypoxia?
Side note: Have had migraine with aura once a year that has only happen during running.