shellyruby40
31-12-12, 11:06
Hi All.
i have chronic health anxiety..i recently had a bad cold and thought i had a sinus infection..i have had one before but not for years..ive got pain over my cheekbones..one worse than the other and slight swelling on the left one..ive had the slight swelling for 3 days but only a very low grade fever...its been throbbing over the cheekbone..bad headache and all my teeth throbbing all the usual sinus symptoms..
i went to the drs this morning and she first said yes i can see the slight swelling and she said that can happen in sinus infections..then she started saying i dont want to send you to hospital for intravenous antibiotics if we can help it...that really freaked me out..she said sometimes with swelling it can mean the sinus infection is spreading..but ive only had it for about 3 days..she given me eurothromycin 500 g 4 times a day...this is another problem in itself..ive had a lot of antibiotic allergies..i dont know if these are real or slightly dramatic as i seemed to have problems with all broad spetrum antibiotics and a few i had taken where in the height of my health anxietys...i remember taking eurothromycin before and was throwing up everywhere...ive taken my first dose and so far so good..the dr has really scared me..she said they dont like swelling with sinus infections because its near the blood vessels and the eyes etc..she has booked me in for an follow up on the 2nd jan and has said if you feel really unwell or the swelling gets worse go straight to the hospital...this is a scary thing to hear for a terrible hypocpondriach..but the throbbing isnt as bad as it was last night..can anyone help or advise..im so frightened
thank you for reading.
i have chronic health anxiety..i recently had a bad cold and thought i had a sinus infection..i have had one before but not for years..ive got pain over my cheekbones..one worse than the other and slight swelling on the left one..ive had the slight swelling for 3 days but only a very low grade fever...its been throbbing over the cheekbone..bad headache and all my teeth throbbing all the usual sinus symptoms..
i went to the drs this morning and she first said yes i can see the slight swelling and she said that can happen in sinus infections..then she started saying i dont want to send you to hospital for intravenous antibiotics if we can help it...that really freaked me out..she said sometimes with swelling it can mean the sinus infection is spreading..but ive only had it for about 3 days..she given me eurothromycin 500 g 4 times a day...this is another problem in itself..ive had a lot of antibiotic allergies..i dont know if these are real or slightly dramatic as i seemed to have problems with all broad spetrum antibiotics and a few i had taken where in the height of my health anxietys...i remember taking eurothromycin before and was throwing up everywhere...ive taken my first dose and so far so good..the dr has really scared me..she said they dont like swelling with sinus infections because its near the blood vessels and the eyes etc..she has booked me in for an follow up on the 2nd jan and has said if you feel really unwell or the swelling gets worse go straight to the hospital...this is a scary thing to hear for a terrible hypocpondriach..but the throbbing isnt as bad as it was last night..can anyone help or advise..im so frightened
thank you for reading.