I suddenly have arthritic symptoms all over my body. i have difficulty in walking. i had something like this six years ago and was told by the rheumatologist it was likely a virus. i just got over a bad case of norovirus. can both the things be connected?

Need eval: Ache in your bones and joints can be caused by many different things. Viruses are 1 possibility but if you are having recurrent problems then it may be valuable to have some blood work done to check for things like rheumatoid arthritis. It also depends on what other symptoms you are having with it such as fever swelling of the joint changes in your blood results. Therefore i recommend going to se.

Possible: There are only a handful of cases where post-noroviral arthritis have been reported. However, there are many other possible causes of your arthritis. I would recommend you seek the opinion of a doctor in the clinic setting within the next few days.