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| leph555 |
| quote: | Originally posted by ********
(note this is bs talking) |
you should put that in your sig so it would appear under all of your posts |
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| bucke |
| quote: | Originally posted by SteelWolf
By the way Bucke, you in the medical field? You seem pretty well rounded here |
3rd semester of nursing school. |
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| silene |
| quote: | Originally posted by SteelWolf
are your eyes swollen, puffy, red, itchy, burning?
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They're red, I'm assuming from the gunk. A bit hurty, but nothing serious.
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Do you smoke? How much?
Do you drink?
Have you eaten anything out of the ordinary lately?
Do you have a history of upper respiratory tract infections?
Are you allergic to any kinds of food or medicine?
Have you had unprotected sex recently?
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Don't usually smoke, but smoked 2 packs in an evening right about when this started, 10 days ago. I attributed the shakes, sweats, and nausea to a nicotine withdrawal, but the weakness was there and is still there.
Drink, when I go out. That was 3 times last week.
Unprotected sex - I might have caught something this friday, so I'm going to get tested on monday when the blood labs open.
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If it is conjuctivitis it could be linked to a more widespread infection. How are your ears and throat, any tenderness or aching? Does it hurt to swallow or drink fluids?
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no aching in ears, throat hurts, presumably from all the coughing. Sometimes I cough 7 or 8 times rapid fire. Start off as wet, phlegmatic coughs, end with dry hacking ones.
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Sounds like It may be bacterial pneumonia, are you coughing up any mucous? What color is it? It may just be a nasty case of bronchitis, but better to be safe than sorry. Do you smoke? How often?
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Yep, mucous is there. It's yellow and viscous. Smoked 3 or 4 cigarettes this friday, seemed to aggravate it a bit.
I've been taking my temperature daily - stable 36.6 to 37 C. Hence no fever.
| quote: | Are you lympth nodes swollen (neck, armpits, groin)? Any muscle spasms?
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Can't really tell if they're swollen - nothing seems to be abnormal at first glance. Nope, no muscle spasms.
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Either way you need to see a doctor asap, get full lab done and request a chest Xray (they'll probaby do that anyway from those symptoms).
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Did a chest X ray already - the doc saw nothing out of the ordinary.
| quote: | Hope you feel better man, hope I helped.
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Thanks man.
| quote: | bucke:
any signs and symptoms of chest pain, shortness of breath, or difficulty breathing? chills? night sweats?
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No chest pains, no shortness of breath. No chills, and no nightsweats recently - had them about 10 days ago after those 2 packs of cigs and the speed.
Also, I politely retract the claim that you are useless :p |
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| silene |
| quote: | Originally posted by ********
Also I'm wondering if you have ever had a nose ring (septum) or took medicine nasally .. as it could be leading that your source of issues may be related to septum deviation.
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Fair question. But no, I have no piercings. |
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| Meat187 |
| Probably flu feat. conjunctivitis, but the strange thing is that you don't have a fever. And if it weren't for tubularbills, I'd say Mono is also a possibility. |
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| Ian |
| I can't believe nobody has said Lupus yet. for shame. |
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| Ryan1524 |
Normal chest x-ray rules out TB or Pneumonia.
I think you either caught a really mean strain of flu or cold. The body typically needs average of 2 weeks to build-up the antibodies to fight off anything. and you might not see improvements until then.
Mono almost always causes a fever. so that might not be it.
fluids, vitamins, euchincea, rest. the usual stuff. Green tea might be better than coffee to keep your threat feeling easy. it also boosts your metabolism. |
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| Ryan1524 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ian
I can't believe nobody has said Lupus yet. for shame. |
"It's never lupus." ;) :p |
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| Meat187 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ryan1524
I think you either caught a really mean strain of flu or cold. The body typically needs average of 2 weeks to build-up the antibodies to fight off anything. and you might not see improvements until then.
Mono almost always causes a fever. so that might not be it.
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So does the flu. But he might not be telling the whole truth anyway, as House says: "Everybody lies!". |
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| Ryan1524 |
Smoking, drugs and drinking can beat the crap out of your immune system. It might just be a cold that got baaad. Mono doesn't show up within a day of contact. Then again, it might the one you caught weeks ago. :p
Hope you feel better soon. Oh and lots and lots of sleep is always good. I say pig out (if you still have some appetite), and sleep. let the body do its thing. |
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| Silky Johnson |
Sounds like bronchial pneumonia, but it's weird that you have no fever.
edit: Did the doctor not auscultate your lungs?? |
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| tubularbills |
edit,
i told you ******s i'd get it in lazer form:whip: :whip: :whip: :whip:
*pew pew* |
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