Unsteady gait

For the past 7 days, I feel like I'm standing on an airplane, even when sitting down or lying, I feel as if the floor and the world around me is shaking like an earthquake. My ears have wax, but I don't think these cause the balance problem. 7 days ago, I took an airplane, but jetlag shouldn't last this long (if this is jetlag, that is). The night before boarding the plane, my right arm had a numb feeling, sort of like after an injection to the muscles, which consisted of the feeling of dull, numb pain. The very same night, my hand healed, but my nose started to bleed. The next day, everything was alright, but on that night, both of my arms were both really painful with that numbness dull sensation, which inhibited sleep. The following day, these healed, but then the unsteady gait started, still not healing till now. My nose stopped bleading, but there is a foul smell coming from my left nostril (dried blood), with blood clots blocking the flow of blood. Could it be something neurological or to do with my ear or nose?
Thanks.

[selmaS]

If u haven't already go see an ENT to start off.I am sure if u have a clear bill of health from that dr he/she will refer u to a NL or NS depending on what they find.
But u do need to see a dr and get a dx.

Good luck
Godspeed
"selma"

[Curtis1960]

Hello, Chclma.

The shaking sensation and unsteady gait sounds a little like vertigo.  It's possible that something is wrong in one of your inner ears.  Sometimes you can pop an eardrum without knowing it while flying.  

The numbness in the arms and hand could have been a mildly pinched nerve that resolved upon sleep when the muscles relax.  

Not sure about the bloody nose.  I think a visit to the MD is in order.  Jet lag is simply a feeling of fatigue when your circadian rythym is disrupted from changing too many time zones in a short period.  Here is a cut/paste from a website:  

The feelings of disorientation encountered as a result of crossing time zones are known as jet lag. Symptoms include fatigue and general tiredness, inability to sleep at night, loss of concentration, loss of drive, headaches and general malaise. Jet-lag occurs when biological rhythms are disrupted as a result of rapid transitions across multiple time-zones.

Allowing for individual differences, the severity of jet lag is affected by a variety of factors. In general, the greater the number of time zones crossed, the more difficult it is to cope. A 2-hour phase shift may have marginal significance but a 3-hour shift (e.g. British or Irish teams traveling to play European football matches in Russia or Turkey or a Californian sports team traveling to play on the east coast of the US) will entail desynchronization to a substantial degree. In such cases the flight times time of departure and time of arrival - may determine the severity of symptoms.

The severity of symptoms may be worse 2-3 days after arrival than on the day immediately following disembarkation. Symptoms then gradually abate, but can still be acute at particular times of day. There will be a window of time during the day when the period of high arousal associated with the time zone just left overlaps with the arousal high point at the new local time. This window may be predicted in advance and should be utilized for timing of training practices in the first few days at destination.


Best of luck.

Curt