Mystery Illness: Bacterial, Viral, Or Both? Posted: 04-15-04 18:04pm
About seven weeks ago, I had a typical
flu-like virus that left me with extreme
fatigue, swollen glands in my neck, and
white spots on my tonsils. The spots on
my tonsils and swelling in my throat never
completely went away. Both the strep
culture and the mono blood test came back
negative.
Ten days ago, I fell sick again with a new
acute illness. I have a variety of
symptoms: fever of 100-102 degrees
fahrenheit, runny nose, very sore throat
(i feel like screaming whenever I
swallow), productive cough with thick
green mucus, hoarse voice (almost can't
talk), and redness/crusting of the eyes --
in addition to swollen, white-spotted
tonsils. The individual who gave me
this new illness was very sick for about
ten days but now he is fine. My
condition, however, only seems to be
getting worse.
I'm going to pay a visit to an ent
specialist in a couple days. In the
meantime, can anyone venture a guess as to
what's going on with me? Thanks.
Update: I saw the ent yesterday and he put
me on augmentin. I have a follow-up
appointment in a few weeks. He thinks I
got a secondary bacterial sinus infection
on top of viral tonsillitis. Thanks for
your comments.
Last edited by etoile on 04-18-04 04:30am; edited 1 time in total
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Forum Girl
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Oct 2003 Posts: 207 Location: Orlando, Florida
Posted: 04-16-04 08:43am
Red crusty eyes sounds like pink eye to
me. I know because I had that last week.
Other than that - a throat infection?
Bronchitis? Severe sinus infection?
Could be any number of things. I think
the ent doctor is the right choice. Hope
you are able to get some answers. Good
luck!!
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purple333
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Dec 2003 Posts: 1420 Location: Sydney
Posted: 04-17-04 12:58pm
Here when we have the sort of symptoms you
descibe we go on anti-biotics. Have these
been tried? Also a diet of mainly fluids
& no dairy foods whatever (no milk,
cream, cheese, nothing) until it is all
cleared up as these foods cause extra
mucus to build up & hence slow down
healing.
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wakkochic17
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Mar 2004 Posts: 494 Location: South Carolina
Posted: 04-21-04 03:05am
I just recently had a viral infection with
the same symptoms (except the crusty
eyes.. But overactive sinuses and mucus
membranes can cause this). My throat
cleared to a tolerable level in a few days
for me though.. But i'm still battling
the congestion and coughing and such.
