MrBlue
01-10-10, 23:19
I'm 18 years old firstly and I have been scared of every major illness there is, heart disease, cancer, brain tumors you name it I've 'had it' I know I don't have meningitis but the symptoms are actually there! I have had a stiff neck for a while which seems to loosen up after hot baths but nevertheless it's still there so I changed my pillow to a memory foam one and it it relieved symptoms but I still wake up with a stiff neck and need to shower to get rid of it! So what do I do under this worry? I google and regret it because this is where I found meningitis, and I KNOW I shouldn'tve googled, I promised myself I wouldn't google ANY symptoms again but anxiety took control!
Yeah so since yesterday I've developed what I think is a fever which has me more concerned, my skin on my face and body/back feels a lot warmer than usual, my Mum said I don't have a fever when she felt my head, and my ears feel normal, as usually I can press them against my head and they feel really hot when I have a fever. I feel like I'm burning up and too hot, the rest of my body however is fine!
Can anxiety cause the skin to be hot? I'm trying to grasp at anything to make sure it isn't meningitis as I don't want to go to the doctors AGAIN and for them to say "nothing is wrong, you're young and healthy" as it's quite frankly embaressing!
HELP :(
Yeah so since yesterday I've developed what I think is a fever which has me more concerned, my skin on my face and body/back feels a lot warmer than usual, my Mum said I don't have a fever when she felt my head, and my ears feel normal, as usually I can press them against my head and they feel really hot when I have a fever. I feel like I'm burning up and too hot, the rest of my body however is fine!
Can anxiety cause the skin to be hot? I'm trying to grasp at anything to make sure it isn't meningitis as I don't want to go to the doctors AGAIN and for them to say "nothing is wrong, you're young and healthy" as it's quite frankly embaressing!
HELP :(