Hello everyone! Glad I managed to find this place because I've been going a little nuts.
It all started with some trouble clearing my throat of phlegm, which was really annoying me. After reading that this could be a sign of something more serious, I started getting health anxiety. But I wasn't too worried about it in general.
Then came the "flu", or flu like symptoms. First my mouth started going dry and I had some minor trouble swallowing along with a general feeling of "umm something doesn't feel right" for a couple of days.
Then I had a high fever of around 39c or so, shivers/trembling, some phlegm and snot but no real cough or anything along them lines.
Then I started feeling random pain in places, my liver region, then my upper back, then both sides of my abdomen, these have all since gone.
I lost some weight, probably due to the fact I felt like crap, but nothing major. I dropped from about 148lb to 143lbs and have generally held around that number. (I've developed a need to check myself at least twice per day).
I also had numbness in various places, even my face and jaw which was super scary!
Oh, and a couple bouts of diarrhea, and also some nausea (rare, and short periods of time).
Lately I've also had muscle cramps too, but that seems to have stopped now.
Today, I awoke to a wet mouth for the first time in nearly 4 weeks. (Dry mouth is one of my other symptoms).
But, I felt the chills again earlier, my tonsils are still swollen (4 weeks like I said) and my mouth is slightly dry again.
I've been to the ER twice, and have had:
* Chest X-Rays - Front and side, both all clear.
* A "battery" of blood work (7 vials worth) and nothing came back of concern/all clear.
* ECG/EKG (whichever one is the quick/simple one) and that was all good.
* Tested for strep = negative
* Tested for mono = negative
* Tested for flu = negative
My diagnosis is "virus and anxiety" which seems plausible, but the swollen tonsils, uvula, dry mouth, and having the chills today are still really bugging me.
I guess it could be a really nasty virus, i've seen quite a few reassuring threads right here on this forum, but I can't shake that nagging thought it might be something more.
Have any of you ever experienced such a virus? Or a bad case of viral tonsillitis/pharyngitis like this? Just looking for like incidents to ease my mind, am planning on booking another Dr's appointment to see if I can get to an ENT or further testing and figure this all out.
Thanks for any help! Trying to keep positive but it's really playing on my mind.