I need a doctor!

On the subject of temperature
I’ve actually mentioned this here before, but I went through a stretch where my temp would hover right around 99°F
After running every test under the sun, my doctor basically told me it was just "stress-induced fever"🤣
To be honest, I wasn't exactly having the best time in my life back then
Maybe you're dealing with something similar
The worst part for me was how much even a tiny spike would just drain my energy, especially since I had to push through it day after day for quite a while
Once things finally settled down and I found some peace, my temperature leveled out too

Let me know if they find anything else. 😕 It might be an autoimmune issue, I guess. You should probably see an immunologist for a checkup.

Jessica Rodriguez said:Definitely let me know if they find anything 😕 it could be an autoimmune issue.

Yeah, 🙄
but do you have any idea which one to aim for out of all those possibilities?

jadesailor14 said:let 🙄
I guess it's hard to know which one to aim for with that many possibilities.

Look, if a fever is the only symptom, I really don't know. I wouldn't want to scare my boyfriend unnecessarily. Anyway, I met a woman yesterday who spent the last five years dealing with constant issues that seemed like nothing more than allergies or random reactions. Doctors were clueless for ages, and then they finally diagnosed her with systemic lupus.
http://www.mayoclinic.org/?sectio...diseases&bid=91

General weakness and a fever are present in almost all patients and usually precede other symptoms.

Hmm... I think I remember hearing somewhere that a body temp around 99 degrees—maybe 98.8 if my math is off—is actually a common indicator for certain mental health issues, though I can't quite put my finger on which ones.

Angela Wright said:Your upper abdomen area is actually your stomach, while the liver sits on the right side just under your ribs. I’d bet you're dealing with a stomach issue, so you should definitely ask them to run a test for Helicobacter pylori. If there were anything wrong with your liver, it would have popped up on those blood panels you already had done, and since those came back clean, that's one less thing to worry about. You might want to get an abdominal ultrasound just to get a clear look at your liver, gallbladder, and pancreas.

Well, it finally happened. They found H. pylori.
I went through about 40 different tests, shelled out a ridiculous amount of money for the whole ordeal, and managed to get the results via email the very same day. Aside from my bilirubin being slightly elevated, the only thing that actually flagged positive was the H. pylori.
To be honest, I'm pretty disappointed; my symptoms don't really align with what this bacterium is supposed to cause, so the whole situation still feels like a complete mystery to me...

Hey Gregory Miller4, I’m actually with you on this—it probably isn't even an issue with Helicobacter. If you look at the threads I posted yesterday and earlier today, like my one about "lingering symptoms," I'm still waiting on replies for those too. My bloodwork actually came back positive for the bacteria once, but my GI doctor told me that wasn't a definitive result anyway. He said I really needed a urea breath test or a biopsy during a gastroscopy to be sure... and sure enough, it turned out I was negative for the bacteria after all.

If you have a second, could you please take a look at my previous posts? I can't help but feel like our symptoms are pretty much identical. Also, just curious—have you ever heard of those super long-lasting viral infections that just won't quit?

Gregory Miller4 said:Congrats! They finally found my E. coli.
I went through about 40 different tests, dropped a massive amount of cash on the whole ordeal, and somehow had the results sitting in my inbox the very same day. Aside from my bilirubin being slightly elevated, the only thing flagging on the report is the E. coli.
Honestly, I'm pretty disappointed. My symptoms don't really align with what that bacteria is supposed to do, so the whole situation still feels like a giant mystery...

Don't you dare congratulate me; I’m actually ready to cry from pure frustration🙄. This honestly terrifies me because I'm a complete amateur who just threw out a rough guess at a potential diagnosis, yet your primary care physician—with an actual medical degree after examining you over and over only to dismiss you as some crazy hypochondriac—didn't even consider that possibility, regardless of whether your symptoms perfectly match the textbook description👎. It's just more proof for my theory that doctors spend all their time learning how to deal with the average person rather than just studying within the walls of the NSA alongside other bookworms😳