ATOT Medical people. Here are my symptoms what do you think i have.

OutHouse

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Last Friday i felt like i was coming down with something. felt worn down and sorta achy.

sat I felt fine
sun it hit me hard. 101.5 temp and my arms were tingly and numb from the elbow down to finger tips, legs were tingly and numb from knees down to toes. not other symptoms

Mon: Stayed home from work, fever broke, tingly and numbness gone and i sweated a river, shirt was soaked. Monday night i woke up in the middle of the night with very very very itchy hands and feet. i took an allegra and that helped.

Tues: stayed home again felt better but needed to rehydrate, felt tired but could not sleep. Tuesday night, itchy hands and feet returned but much worse. got up and washed my hands and put lotion on them and took another allegra.

this morning i have a rash on my chest and back that itches some but not to bad.

I called my doc this morning and she has seen two other people with the same symptoms as have. she tested them for west nile and it came back negative but thinks it could be a mosquito borne virus. I got some benadryl lotion to put on my hands to stop the itching but its not helping much. she said i should be over it in another 2-3 days.

so what does the ATOT med dept say about my symptoms?
 

zinfamous

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have you recently been to Ecuador? I'd say you have some flesh-eating worms crawling around just under your dermis. It may itch now, but it's really gonna suck when you can follow all their movements like heroin tracks along your arms and backs, and the unbearable itching keeps you up for weeks on end....
 

OutHouse

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Originally posted by: zinfamous
have you recently been to Ecuador? I'd say you have some flesh-eating worms crawling around just under your dermis. It may itch now, but it's really gonna suck when you can follow all their movements like heroin tracks along your arms and backs, and the unbearable itching keeps you up for weeks on end....

errr no.
 

kranky

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I have no idea what that could be but it sounds nasty. Some kind of insect bite seems like a reasonable guess.
 

GenHoth

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It may just be an allergen that you're being exposed to. Did you recently switch detergents?
 

xanis

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I'm not a doctor, but the fact that Allegra alleviated some of the symptons points toward some sort of allergy. The rash could be caused by any number of things. Have you used bleach on your sheets or anything recetly? Have you used any different chemicals while doing laundry or while cleaning?
 

mundane

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Saw the thread title and expected mjuszczak to be the OP. What a disappointment.
 
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Originally posted by: ognabor
somebody call House.

Dun Dun DUUNN Dun Dun dun dun dun, Dun Dun DUNNNN Dun Dun dun dun dun

Have you ever cheated on someone, had unprotected sex, or done some insignificant thing that got you some rare virus that has only had 3 cases in the history of medicine?
 

OutHouse

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Originally posted by: tenshodo13
Originally posted by: ognabor
somebody call House.

Dun Dun DUUNN Dun Dun dun dun dun, Dun Dun DUNNNN Dun Dun dun dun dun

Have you ever cheated on someone, had unprotected sex, or done some insignificant thing that got you some rare virus that has only had 3 cases in the history of medicine?

The kinky mod came over a few weeks ago, does that count?