Hi, I have been sick off and on since March of this year. The symptoms were kind of perplexing and hard to diagnose. I had a very upset stomach with diareah and it was always gurgling and rumbling so at first I and my doctor thought I had a stomach virus since one had been going around the area. He did a complete blood work on me and said everything looked normal.

So my doctor gave some medicine for my diareah, but no antibiotics. I continued to feel worse. I didn't get fever but I was always chilled, run down, and my throat was hurting a lot - burning and swolen. I think this is the sickest I have felt in my life next to when I had Mono. The duration of this is what has made it so hard. When I say chilled, I mean if it was 75 degrees out I would want to wear a light jacket. I wasn't shivering or anything. I just felt cold and clammy and out of it. And a low level nausea. And the stomach gurgling. It was awful.

I went on a few rounds of antibiotics but they did not cure me. Definitely had temporary relief. The first was a 5 day Cipro regimen - 2 tablets per day. I felt like a new man after the first day so I thought I would be cured. But when I finished that the symptoms came back That was during a vacation to the Grand Canyon and the doctor there said he didn't see any infections but he gave it to me anyway since we were on vacation and I felt so awful. He only looked at my ears and throat though.

After that, I went back to my regular doctor and told him my left ear felt blocked. I heard a kind of popping that felt like fluid. I had read that an ear infection can cause nausea and diareah so I thought that must be it. He gave me a 7 day Levaquim prescription and I felt a bit better from it, but not like with the Cipro. After I finished that, my symptoms returned after about a week.

So I decided to go to an Ear Nose and Throat specialist because my throat was really hurting a lot. He said my throat and ears looked fine which I had been hearing. I just didn't get it. How could my throat hurt so much and it looks fine? But then he put a scope into my nose and said I had a sinus infection on the left side.

He gave me a 14 day prescription of Cipro and told me to use Nasonex. I am on day 2 of the prescription. I am kind of worried that it will come back again. I feel great right now and i'm only on day 2 but I felt great the first time I was on the Cipro - granted it was only a 5 day prescription.

Has anyone heard of a sinus infection causing symptoms like I had? The chills with little or now fever, the upset stomach, the burning sore throat.

I guess I'm a little worried that I have something worse but I guess time will tell. I do feel fine on the Cipro so I must have some infection. A specialist diagnosed it as a sinus infection so I guess it must be that. I didn't really feel any pain in my face or sinus's so that's why I am perplexed.

Would appreciate any feedback.

Thanks,
Seve