Haven't eaten in 2 days, still not hungry...how bad is this?

Ichinisan

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I normally have an eating problem. I eat WAY TOO MUCH and do not exercise portion control. The last thing I ate was some Oreo ice cream on Sunday night.

That night, I started feeling a tickle in my throat and couldn't sleep due to uncontrollable coughing. I finally fell asleep after 5:30AM and slept for a couple hours. My alarm went off at 7:30AM and I jumped out of bed...feeling fine considering that I hardly slept. Thinking I wouldn't be able to take a full shower before work, I put my head under the bathtub faucet. After only a couple minutes, I felt pain all over my body (like a full-body headache) and realized I wouldn't be able to go to work. My throat was finally starting to feel sore due to all the coughing through the night. If I tried to cough, I could taste blood. I later felt a bit of nausea, but never vomited.

Docs say it's bronchitis. I didn't mention, I also haven't defecated this whole time.

I haven't done a lot of coughing since Sunday night, but when I do, it's bringing up some nasty stuff.

Is it possible that I don't feel hungry because my stomach is full of mucous? Wouldn't I feel the urge to go #2 and expell the mucous? Will that prevent my body from absorbing the antibiotic I'm taking?
 

Leros

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Jul 11, 2004
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I have no idea, but you should make sure that you're drinking plenty of fluids even if you aren't thirsty.
 

shiner

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It is most likely one of two things:

Ass cancer
Ass herpes

Either way you're a dead man walking.
 

shiner

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As an ass herpes survivor, I disagree with your assessment.

You are one of the lucky few.

pour.jpeg
 

Saint Nick

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You probably have bronchitis. Take Mucinex and make sure you spit out your mucus. Don't swallow it for the love of God...D:...it is why you have no appetite.
 

Numenorean

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Go talk to a chiropractor. I hear they are just like real doctors and can fix you right up without any medicine at all!
 

edro

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My wife and I had a similar illness that I am just now getting over.
The doctor said it was walking pneumonia, but couldn't say if it was bacterial or viral.
I didn't have much appetite, but I ate anyway.

My wife went to the doctor and got antibiotics, tamiflu and a steroid inhaler.
I have gotten better quicker than her and I haven't taken anything except DayQuil and a few hits from her steroid inhaler.

Ours was probably viral, because I caught it from my wife and her antibiotics haven't done anything.
 

bfdd

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don't trip you're not alone. i was up til 5am, woke up at 8 am, haven't eaten in 2 days and can't eat today because I'm prepping for a colonoscopy.
 

Ichinisan

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Hey OP, your doctor did not do a rapid flu test? How about a chest x-ray?

Had a chest x-ray. I'm pretty sure it's not flu because I never had a runny nose or sinus congestion.

I did get exposed to toner from a laser printer on Friday...so that might have compromised my lungs.