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brightviper29 said:In my experience—and I’ve lived long enough to pull over >20 ticks off myself—I never had any issues whatsoever.
Just stay brave,
bold,
chill,
don't panic
it'll all work out
🙂
My neighbors in Canada actually implemented a rule recently where they charge you for ER visits if it's not a true life-or-death emergency.
Basically, you can't just go bothering medical staff over trivial stuff—just see your own primary care doctor instead.
At this rate, we'll be rushing to the ER because of mosquito bites pretty soon. 😁
Here in the States, they don't charge you per visit, but the trauma you get from an ER trip is so bad you won't even want to go back unless it's absolutely critical.
I dealt with this exact kind of pain once—it started in one spot, then migrated down to my foot after just a day, and I was stuck with a nagging ache in my foot for another five days. My doctor ended up telling me flat out that it was caused by my fallen arches.
So, for the last three years, I've been dealing with some pretty brutal allergic rhinitis symptoms. Then yesterday, after feeling like my breathing was getting a bit hitched, I went in for a spirometry test with a Ventolin challenge—turns out I’ve got asthma on top of everything else. Since my current routine isn't really cutting it (I'm currently on Claritin spray and Allegra), I've started looking into allergy shots/immunotherapy. Does anyone know where I can actually get that done around here, and does it honestly work? Has anyone here gone through the process?
steeleagle152 said:I’d be super grateful if someone could help me make sense of these blood results. I can see my cholesterol and liver enzymes are up, but I’m not really sure what to make of it—especially looking at the hematology side where a few things are elevated too. What does this all point to? Just for context, I’m 51.
Thanks in advance.
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High white blood cell counts can sometimes signal a bacterial infection, but as for the stuff in red, I'm not totally sure. From what I can tell, there isn't a CRP result listed, which is usually the main indicator for inflammation or infection.
Anthony Wood11 said:Hey there!
Can someone take a look at my blood work? Should I be worried?
https://ibb.co/PYLZjqC
https://ibb.co/8Nnc1z0
edit. For context—I'm 38, in pretty good shape, hit the gym regularly, and don't really have any specific symptoms. Just been feeling a bit wiped out in the afternoons over the last two weeks, but I’m guessing that’s just due to lack of sleep and stress. Also, my GGT has been slightly elevated like this for about 5 years now—usually hovering somewhere between 73-83. My internist didn't think much of it back then.
I'm seeing slightly elevated eosinophils here—that could definitely be an allergy. An allergy might actually be what's causing that mild fatigue you mentioned.