Hi all
About two months ago exactly I started getting sick. The initial symptoms were just fatigue and a cough. Within a week, the cough became quite bad and I had a sore throat as well as swelling. The doctor gave me antibiotics and it cleared up. He claimed it was a case of bronchitis.
I was then fine for a week. Next thing I picked up a cold (what I assume is a cold). It lasted a week. I woke up one morning with the worst pain when breathing as well as muscle pain in my back (pleurisy). It lasted about two days. Later that week, a tingling sensation began in my hands (like pins and needles) and there was a slight rash. I went to the doctor, he took blood tests and concluded I have a bacterial infection (white blood cell count very high). He referred me to a specialist at the local Medi-Clinic who said I should come in to hospital straight away. The specialist said I had pneumonia. I was in hospital for 3 days with a drip in my arm administering antibioitics.
The whole time in hospital I felt relatively fine. Very alive. The day after I got out I started feeling generally fatigued again. Fast forward a few days, I woke up one morning with the same pleurisy-related symptoms - an intense stabbing sensation when when breathing. I went to the doctor again and he said there was another bacterial infection (pleurisy) and he prescribed me antibiotics. The main symptoms was tiredness, loss of appetite, weight loss (6.0kg) and peeling of skin on fingers. I finished the course of antibiotics but the pain continued. It stopped about 4 days after I finished the medicine.
As soon as the pleurisy vanished, I began getting a productive cough that's quite violent. If I breathe, I can hear crackling sounds in my lungs. I still have no appetite and I get nauseous. The phleghm is yellow.
We don't have medical aid and the public health care system in my country is horrendous.
What's going on with me?