Having the flu and 'V'

Hi Girls
Just been through a gruelling week of the flu (I haven't had the flu since 2002) WOW I couldn't believe how bad I ached but the surprising thing was the highlighted aching in the Vulva and souls of my feet. I have a high pain tolerance and am not a whinger but it was really bad. My Vulvodynia started on the left side and that's what was aching the most. Now I have terrible low back pain and a fairly new symptom of pain on the left side of my head interesting that my hair is falling out on the left side of my head...WEIRD.

Also I have never met another woman personally who has Vulvodynia but today I met a man through a friend of mine who has well you could say Vulvodynia in his penis and groin area, his battles have been all similar to us as far as medication goes.

Well yeah, vulvodynia is considered to be in the category of autoimmune diseases, so if you get the flu, it attacks your immune system which in turn would probably make everything a little more pissed off than usual.

I also know a man with V type symptoms in his testicles which happened after he had a hernia repair so they suspect the surgeon damaged a nerve in the groin, he has not found any lasting relief from meds either.

I find it odd your V got worse when you had flu, usually a normal immune system prioritises things so the flu would be the new and acute attacker so it should have been kept too busy with that to throw any inflammation at your vulvar for the first few days. Have you had a blood test for autoimmune antibodies? If an autoimmune disorder was present it would ramp up the response to both which sounds to be what happened in your case.