ashley
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Post by ashley on Aug 8, 2023 13:26:59 GMT
Update: just got back from the ER and I was diagnosed with West Nile.
This has been an odd week of weird symptoms and wondering if anyone has any insights.
Last Wednesday I woke up in extreme pain — every bit of my skin hurt. I couldn’t brush my hair or shave my legs. Wearing soft clothing felt like it was made of scratchy stuff. My body hurt enough that resting my hand on my leg was too painful. Advil provided some slight relief. The pain lasted for about three days.
I had a terrible headache that didn’t budge with migraine mediation or OTC medication. My whole face and right eye especially hurts. The headache lasted maybe five days.
I’ve been waking up in the night vomiting, or with atrocious other bathroom activities, usually between 3:30-4:30.
This is going to sound odd but I also had terrible indigestion and relentless nauseated feelings. I took epic amounts of heartburn type medication and nothing helped. I am still nauseated and having indigestion (this is not normal for me at all).
My body is also fatigued. My legs feel tired from just walking across the house. I’m trying to paint a room but I can only do about two brush strokes before my arm is tired. I am much stronger and have much greater endurance than this!
And then finally on Sunday morning I woke up covered in a red rash all over almost my whole body. Small red dots, not raised, not weepy, not itchy. Mostly on my back, but also on my face, neck, arms, stomach, thighs, tops of feet, and backs of hands. The rash got worse over the course of the morning but since then hasn’t gotten worse and is started to fade.
NOTES: I have eaten no new foods, switched no products, etc.
So…. Virus?? Stress?? Something else?
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Post by gracieplusthree on Aug 8, 2023 13:31:48 GMT
Sounds a bit like 5ths disease, been around any little kids?
My skin hurts like that a lot. I chalk it up to the fibro and the vascular disorder I have. Totally sucks though.
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Post by bbkeef on Aug 8, 2023 13:41:08 GMT
It sounds like a virus to me. Have you called a nurse line or anything. I hope you feel better soon.
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Post by summer on Aug 8, 2023 14:51:28 GMT
It sounds like Fifths Disease. The rash, the extreme fatigue. I had it years ago when I worked with small children. I remember not being strong enough to turn a door knob, too weak to brush my hair and not able to stand long enough to take a shower. The rash would come back when I went in the sun. It was horrible and took a long time to recover from. Hope you are feeling better soon.
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Post by Anita on Aug 8, 2023 15:09:17 GMT
Lyme disease? Any possibility a tick bit you?
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Post by scrapngranny on Aug 8, 2023 15:24:00 GMT
There is a place where people wearing white coats get paid to diagnose things like this. Maybe you should try there. This thing has been going long enough that you should be seen by a professional, instead of a group of women playing a guessing game.
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Post by katlady on Aug 8, 2023 15:33:27 GMT
Go to ER or Urgent Care!! I would not put up with headaches, vomiting, skin pain, terrible indigestion, etc. for as long as you have without going to a doctor!!
Hope you get relief soon!
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Post by pjaye on Aug 8, 2023 15:53:08 GMT
Most of those symptoms would have me running to a doctor after about 2 days.
Until you said the rash was fading, I was thinking it could be meningitis, but as you're still alive - it probably isn't, but you realize diseases like that can kill you, don't you?
But seeing as we are guessing, I'm going to toss West Nile Virus into the ring.
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Post by peabay on Aug 8, 2023 15:53:38 GMT
All of that together? Go to the doctor. Hope you're feeling better soon.
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Post by gar on Aug 8, 2023 16:09:33 GMT
You're braver than me - I would have been seen by a medical person after a day or two of all that!
I can't offer any suggestions really but I do hope you get seen and get well soon.
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Post by monklady123 on Aug 8, 2023 16:12:36 GMT
After all this time I hope you've gone to a doctor!  |
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Post by ashley on Aug 8, 2023 16:29:14 GMT
If it had happened all at once, I would have gone to the ER right away. All the skin pain and headache was gone by the time the rash showed up.
I have not been around any children younger than 9.
Does Fifth’s Disease present without the slapped-cheek rash? Because mine was on my face but it’s just little dots quite spaced everywhere.
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Post by elaine on Aug 8, 2023 19:06:41 GMT
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Post by flanz on Aug 8, 2023 19:12:22 GMT
I hope you seek medical help and find relief asap!
((( hugs )))
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Post by calgaryscrapper on Aug 8, 2023 19:22:19 GMT
A friends 18 year old recently came down with hand foot and mouth disease. They called the doctor and he did not want to see her in the office. Try googling adult hand foot and mouth disease.
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Post by ashley on Aug 8, 2023 19:33:03 GMT
I doubt I’ve been bitten by a tick — it’s certainly always possible but I haven’t been anywhere other than my urban garden and my camper which has very very short grass. I googled most of the common red rash related diseases when it first popped up — no lesions on my soles, palms, mouth, nothing open or weepy, they aren’t clustered. None of the typical google image results looked like what I have. Tbh this all came after a very stressful episode of camper renovations, I have a lot of food sensitivities that cause all sorts of what seems like random GI distresses, it’s been weird weather and it’s not uncommon for me to have persistent migraines. So I thought most of the symptoms were just regular old weird me. The rash started days after the body pain stopped. It wasn’t until I woke up with it that I thought maybe some of the other symptoms were not just weird me.  . |
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Post by twistedscissors on Aug 8, 2023 22:33:45 GMT
That’s the exact way I felt with Covid except for having red dots. But other symptoms are spot on.
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Post by dewryce on Aug 8, 2023 23:58:35 GMT
After another vote to get to the doctor, I’d also like to mention that you can become allergic to things you’ve never had an issue with before. Hope you’re diagnosed and feel better soon.
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Post by samantha25 on Aug 9, 2023 0:03:19 GMT
Shingles?
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Post by AussieMeg on Aug 9, 2023 0:21:07 GMT
They are almost exactly the symptoms DSO had a few weeks ago. Lethargy, aching body, vomiting and diarrhoea, and then a rash that covered most of his body, but not his face. The other symptoms disappeared after a few days, but the rash stayed for weeks.
If it were me, I would have been at the doctors. But DSO, in normal DSO fashion, just rode it out.
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Post by leannec on Aug 9, 2023 1:17:51 GMT
I doubt I’ve been bitten by a tick — it’s certainly always possible but I haven’t been anywhere other than my urban garden and my camper which has very very short grass. I googled most of the common red rash related diseases when it first popped up — no lesions on my soles, palms, mouth, nothing open or weepy, they aren’t clustered. None of the typical google image results looked like what I have. Tbh this all came after a very stressful episode of camper renovations, I have a lot of food sensitivities that cause all sorts of what seems like random GI distresses, it’s been weird weather and it’s not uncommon for me to have persistent migraines. So I thought most of the symptoms were just regular old weird me. The rash started days after the body pain stopped. It wasn’t until I woke up with it that I thought maybe some of the other symptoms were not just weird me.  . I renovated my house last year and lived in it while the work was being done ... while teaching at a stressful school ... To say my stress level was off the charts would be an understatement ... I was also exposed to chemicals and various particles in the home atmosphere for months ... I ended up super sick with some of the same symptoms you have ... especially the rash and fatigue ... The doctor ran lots of tests and all he could come up with was stress and environmental causes ... I ended up taking time off work and felt 100% better once my renovations were complete! The rash took FOREVER to clear up ... like more than a year! I felt like crap for months! Just putting that out there! |
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Post by hookedonpeas on Aug 9, 2023 2:43:49 GMT
Sounds like the new strain of Covid. A rash is one of the new symptoms. I just got over it and it was horrible. After 3.5 years it was my first (and hopefully last go around). I am fully vaccinated but the new strain isn’t covered until the new booster coming out in September. Feel better!
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Post by RedSquirrelUK on Aug 9, 2023 8:50:38 GMT
It sounds horrid Ashley - poor you. I hope you've got some medical help by now?
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Post by peasapie on Aug 9, 2023 12:33:00 GMT
That’s my guess as well, not seeing the rash. |
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Post by ashley on Aug 9, 2023 19:25:17 GMT
I just returned home from the ER and have been diagnosed with West Nile.
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Post by flanz on Aug 9, 2023 19:27:42 GMT
I am glad that you have a diagnosis, Ashley.
So a mosquito-borne virus.
I have no idea of treatment or duration of illness but I hope you can heal your gnarly symptoms quickly. xo
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Post by elaine on Aug 9, 2023 21:09:00 GMT
I just returned home from the ER and have been diagnosed with West Nile. I hope that you heal quickly with no lasting effects! |
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Post by librarylady on Aug 9, 2023 22:25:30 GMT
I just returned home from the ER and have been diagnosed with West Nile. Get well soon! |
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Post by danor98 on Aug 9, 2023 22:27:32 GMT
Holy crap, Ashley! I hope you respond well to treatment.
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Post by Neisey on Aug 9, 2023 22:57:24 GMT
Best wishes for a speedy recovery!
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