Unknown cause of serious pain? Help! INTENSE headache, body aches, chills, fever, sore throat, diarrhea, stiffness, eye pain?
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abietta
I am a 19-year-old girl living in New Jersey. Two days ago I had a fever of 101.3 F, spontaneous sharp pains in my ear that would come on suddenly, a bad headache, chills, a slightly upset stomach and what felt like a strained muscle at the bottom of the right side of my ribcage, which would hurt badly every time I moved the wrong way or even breathed deeply. Yesterday I took some Tylenol and felt OK for most of the day, my "strained muscle" was completely better, and apart from some minor aches and pains I was fine. Today however, I woke up with a moderately painful sore throat, an intense headache which persisted throughout the day despite my taking Tylenol, a fever of 99.6 F, the same body aches and intense chills as the first day. My throat still hurts, my temperature is high, my whole body aches, I feel as if I'm constantly switching between being way too cold and way too hot. When I bend down to pick something up or anything, head begins pulsing and feels like it's about to explode. I have a stiff neck and my eyes hurt when looking at light or even shutting them tightly. I'm taking adderall xr 25mg daily for my ADD. Two weeks ago I had four impacted wisdom teeth extracted and had two dry sockets which despite being a little sore seem to now be healing normally (after revisiting the oral surgeon). I have a lump under my armpit, which my mother, a RN, told me was a folliculitis infection. It started about a month ago as a small red bump, and then spread to be about ten or more of the same small red bumps. They were painful and all eventually came to a head and popped. Unfortunately they have now formed a boil under my arm, which was very large but seems to be shrinking now, I hope that means it's healing and not that it's just draining the bacteria into my body. I tried doing some research online, and some things I found matching my symptoms included the flu (or swine flu), meningitis, or some complication from an infection (I'm guessing from my follicular boil infection?) I've had some mild diarrhea for a few days but only slight nausea and no vomiting. I feel genuinely awful. However, I have no runny or stuffy nose, no sneezing or coughing. I have a doctor's appointment on Monday but want to get someone's opinion before then. Please help! Thank you, Abby
Posted by abietta
I am a 19-year-old girl living in New Jersey. Two days ago I had a fever of 101.3 F, spontaneous sharp pains in my ear that would come on suddenly, a bad headache, chills, a slightly upset stomach and what felt like a strained muscle at the bottom of the right side of my ribcage, which would hurt badly every time I moved the wrong way or even breathed deeply. Yesterday I took some Tylenol and felt OK for most of the day, my "strained muscle" was completely better, and apart from some minor aches and pains I was fine. Today however, I woke up with a moderately painful sore throat, an intense headache which persisted throughout the day despite my taking Tylenol, a fever of 99.6 F, the same body aches and intense chills as the first day. My throat still hurts, my temperature is high, my whole body aches, I feel as if I'm constantly switching between being way too cold and way too hot. When I bend down to pick something up or anything, head begins pulsing and feels like it's about to explode. I have a stiff neck and my eyes hurt when looking at light or even shutting them tightly. I'm taking adderall xr 25mg daily for my ADD. Two weeks ago I had four impacted wisdom teeth extracted and had two dry sockets which despite being a little sore seem to now be healing normally (after revisiting the oral surgeon). I have a lump under my armpit, which my mother, a RN, told me was a folliculitis infection. It started about a month ago as a small red bump, and then spread to be about ten or more of the same small red bumps. They were painful and all eventually came to a head and popped. Unfortunately they have now formed a boil under my arm, which was very large but seems to be shrinking now, I hope that means it's healing and not that it's just draining the bacteria into my body. I tried doing some research online, and some things I found matching my symptoms included the flu (or swine flu), meningitis, or some complication from an infection (I'm guessing from my follicular boil infection?) I've had some mild diarrhea for a few days but only slight nausea and no vomiting. I feel genuinely awful. However, I have no runny or stuffy nose, no sneezing or coughing. I have a doctor's appointment on Monday but want to get someone's opinion before then. Please help! Thank you, Abby