Any doctors here?

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  • shawn474
    shawn474 Posts: 3,052
    edited December 2007
    Ideas? The Black Plague, The Bubonic Plague, Scarlet Fever................ j/k. If I am a bettin' man, you got mono, brother!


    Or you can do what my brother does: plug your symptoms into WebMD and figure out that you either have a cold or cancer.;):rolleyes::D
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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited December 2007
    At this point I don't even want to know what I've got.

    All I know is that I haven't been feeling well since September.
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  • BaggedLancer
    BaggedLancer Posts: 6,371
    edited December 2007
    shawn474 wrote: »

    Or you can do what my brother does: plug your symptoms into WebMD and figure out that you either have a cold or cancer.;):rolleyes::D

    Haha, I never knew they had something like that. I just went on the site and said my nipples were bleeding.....says I have cancer.:eek:
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  • nms
    nms Posts: 671
    edited December 2007
    appadv wrote: »
    At this point I don't even want to know what I've got.

    All I know is that I haven't been feeling well since September.

    My dad had a case of bronchitis that lasted about 4 months...
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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited December 2007
    nms wrote: »
    My dad had a case of bronchitis that lasted about 4 months...

    That's horrible. I've had a cough, runny nose, and cold-like symptoms for 3 months now. On top of that I've got strep throat and a sinus infection! I just hope it's not for another 4 months...
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  • Disc Jockey
    Disc Jockey Posts: 1,013
    edited December 2007
    Did you get a look at your blood results? Was the elevated white count due to neutrophils or lymphocytes and any depression in any of the counts. That will help clue you in as to wether its viral or bacterial. Yellow or green mucous is not the predictor it was once thought to be, so that doesn't mean much.

    Don't know what antibiotics you've been given but amoxicillan has been proven to be no better than placebo or saline sprays. Of course, if it's viral no antibiotic will work.

    Often with recurrent infections there is stagnation in the sinus flow, which are supposed to be "self flushing" and it provides a nice breeding area for the bugs. This is why the surgeries are often very successfull, they open up those passageways quite nicely.

    There are a couple of self-care things you can do to try to open them up a little yourself. They are a little hard to explain (much easier to demonstrate) but pm me if you want me to run through those with you.
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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited December 2007
    The blood results were inconclusive, the doctor was not sure if it was a viral or bacterial infection. What clued him in was that last time, the antibiotics had an effect on the infection.

    I've been given both azithromycin and another common antibiotic. The antibiotics did seem to do something though.
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  • Disc Jockey
    Disc Jockey Posts: 1,013
    edited December 2007
    Part of the problem is that the sinuses are poorly vascularized, so many antiobiotics have trouble reaching a sufficient concentration in the sinuses to be effective, like pennicillan and its relatives. there are others that are more lipid soluble like doxycycline that seem to be more effective in reaching critical concentrations. I'm not telling you what you should be taking, that's up to you and your doc, just trying to point out that all antibiotics are not the same.

    I can't remember if you said you're seeing a EENT specialist or not. But if you're not, it's probably about time.
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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited December 2007
    Disc Jockey wrote: »
    Part of the problem is that the sinuses are poorly vascularized, so many antiobiotics have trouble reaching a sufficient concentration in the sinuses to be effective, like pennicillan and its relatives. there are others that are more lipid soluble like doxycycline that seem to be more effective in reaching critical concentrations. I'm not telling you what you should be taking, that's up to you and your doc, just trying to point out that all antibiotics are not the same.

    I can understand that. The first antibiotic did help, and the second one made a difference but didn't eliminate the problem completely.
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited December 2007
    A friend of mine went through the same thing. This is what he told me:
    Yea - it took 3 prescriptions to knock out what I have. I went to an ENT - I have 2 benign lymph nodes...waiting to see if they go down. He said they seem to be much smaller than before...

    No surgery just yet...

    Time to see a ENT if you haven't already.
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited December 2007
    :eek: ROTFLMAO!!!!! Mark you are crazy!:D:D:D

    Hang in there Appadv!

    BaggedLancer wrote: »
    Did you die yet?









    KIDDING, hope you feel better
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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited December 2007
    cfrizz wrote: »
    :eek: ROTFLMAO!!!!! Mark you are crazy!:D:D:D

    Hang in there Appadv!

    I didn't see the white on white text at first...
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,794
    edited December 2007
    You need an excorcism. Evil spirits have claimed your body and soul.
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  • BaggedLancer
    BaggedLancer Posts: 6,371
    edited December 2007
    lightman1 wrote: »
    You need an excorcism. Evil spirits have claimed your body and soul.

    Oh yea, that will definately cure him.......:rolleyes:
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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited December 2007
    BaggedLancer wrote: »
    Oh yea, that will definately cure him.......:rolleyes:

    Haha.

    Even though I've been sick I still was able to complete my group projects ;)
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited December 2007
    BaggedLancer wrote: »
    Oh yea, that will definately cure him.......:rolleyes:
    I believe he was being sarcastic. I found it funny at least. :D
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  • BaggedLancer
    BaggedLancer Posts: 6,371
    edited December 2007
    Face wrote: »
    I believe he was being sarcastic. I found it funny at least. :D

    I was being sarcastic as well! and yes, it was funny.
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  • BaggedLancer
    BaggedLancer Posts: 6,371
    edited December 2007
    appadv wrote: »
    Haha.

    Even though I've been sick I still was able to complete my group projects ;)

    Damn, low blow.
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited December 2007
    ROTFLOL! Pay back is such a *itch! WAAAAAAAAA!
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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited December 2007
    Haha,

    In all seriousness, it looks like I'll have to see a doctor again. When he called basically things didn't sound so good from the way he described it...
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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited December 2007
    I'm finally starting to feel a little bit better...which is good because my finals are in 9 days!
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited December 2007
    So what did the doctor say when you went to see him???

    appadv wrote: »
    Haha,

    In all seriousness, it looks like I'll have to see a doctor again. When he called basically things didn't sound so good from the way he described it...
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