max86
20-09-18, 10:29
Hi,
This is my first post in here and I would like to say that I'm really scared :/
I think I do have a health anxiety although it never came up in a meeting with a doctor and I've never visited a psychiatrist...
I think it all started after my daughter was born... First I was convinced that I have something in my throat, I visited many doctors and eventually it was nothing.
Then I felt something in my chest, I got terrified, went to do an x-ray... and it turned out to be just the xiphoid bone.
Then I had something with my stomach... I did gastroscopy and colonoscopy and they found nothing so they diagnosed my with IBS
About a month ago I had blood from my mouth, I was convinced that I have an oral cancer.... but after visiting the dentist it turned out to be a slight gum problem that was fixed by a medical mouth wash
well.... you got the point now of who am I....
So what's happening now is the following:
About week an a half ago I was feeling leg chills and intermittent fatigue and couple of days later I felt really tired and my body temperature was 37.2 when my normal body temperature is 36.6-36.8.
The next day I had a sore throat and I went to the doctor. I told her the symptoms and he said that it's a virus and many of people now have it.
She sent me to do some blood tests and most of them are already back and look fine (monocytes and glucose are a little out of their normal rates)
All of this days I had this low-grade fever except once when it got to 38
So now here I am... about 5-6 days with this low-grade fever, weakness, cough, dry throat and night sweats...
Of course I went to DR. Google and searched the symptoms that said that it might be Lymphoma....
Now I know that viral infections may cause this long lasting low-grade fever and the night sweats, plus I did't feel any swollen lymph nodes at all but I can't stop thinking of Lymphoma...
Can you please somehow help me relax and tell me what to do next?
Should I ask the doc for more tests? should I just wait? Can a viral infection last more that 1 week with the symptoms I mentioned above? Can I cause the night sweats, the low-grade fever and the weakness myself by being constantly anxious?
Please help...
Thanks,
Max
This is my first post in here and I would like to say that I'm really scared :/
I think I do have a health anxiety although it never came up in a meeting with a doctor and I've never visited a psychiatrist...
I think it all started after my daughter was born... First I was convinced that I have something in my throat, I visited many doctors and eventually it was nothing.
Then I felt something in my chest, I got terrified, went to do an x-ray... and it turned out to be just the xiphoid bone.
Then I had something with my stomach... I did gastroscopy and colonoscopy and they found nothing so they diagnosed my with IBS
About a month ago I had blood from my mouth, I was convinced that I have an oral cancer.... but after visiting the dentist it turned out to be a slight gum problem that was fixed by a medical mouth wash
well.... you got the point now of who am I....
So what's happening now is the following:
About week an a half ago I was feeling leg chills and intermittent fatigue and couple of days later I felt really tired and my body temperature was 37.2 when my normal body temperature is 36.6-36.8.
The next day I had a sore throat and I went to the doctor. I told her the symptoms and he said that it's a virus and many of people now have it.
She sent me to do some blood tests and most of them are already back and look fine (monocytes and glucose are a little out of their normal rates)
All of this days I had this low-grade fever except once when it got to 38
So now here I am... about 5-6 days with this low-grade fever, weakness, cough, dry throat and night sweats...
Of course I went to DR. Google and searched the symptoms that said that it might be Lymphoma....
Now I know that viral infections may cause this long lasting low-grade fever and the night sweats, plus I did't feel any swollen lymph nodes at all but I can't stop thinking of Lymphoma...
Can you please somehow help me relax and tell me what to do next?
Should I ask the doc for more tests? should I just wait? Can a viral infection last more that 1 week with the symptoms I mentioned above? Can I cause the night sweats, the low-grade fever and the weakness myself by being constantly anxious?
Please help...
Thanks,
Max