I went in for a routine pelvic exam in the beginning of October this year and showed up positive for gonnorhea. I was shocked because I've been in a monogomous relationship for 3 years and have been 100% faithful and so claims my partner as well.
I was treated immediately with 1000 mgs of azithromycin and another unknown injected antibiotic (I'm in the middle of getting my medical records together so I'll know soon).
My partner was tested for gonnorhea at a different hospital and came back NEGATIVE, so red flags were raised.
Two days later I'm became VERY sick. I had a 103.5 fever for a week straight and I felt like I was dying. I broke out in a rash all over my body and had severe abdominal pain, dizziness, nausea and weakness.
I went back to the doctors again and they retested me and I came back negative for gonnorhea although I was still suffering from the fevers and other symptoms. I was given an ultrasound and sonogram and everything came back normal. I then went in for a cat scan and a colonoscopy and they found out that my glands in my large intestine were extremely inflamed. My gastroenterologist said that the antobiotics for the gonnorhea were most likely the culprit of my illness although he didn't seem 100%
They perscribed me MORE antibiotics which I didn't take because I was afraid I'd get worse.
When I finally got better, both my partner and I got retested for gonnorhea since we've had sex since I was first diagnosed with it. We both came back negative which confirmed my concern of a mix up in the lab at my doctors office. If I had had it in the first place then my partner and I would have been passing it back and forth to eachother and we BOTH would have shown up positive at our most recent re-tests.
What my question is, is it possible for azithromycin or the antibiotic injection that was wrongfully given to me back in October a probable cause of the high fevers, rash and severe abdominal pain? If so, I will be filing a medical malpractice suit.
Sorry this is such a long post, but thank you in advance to anyone who reads this and/or answers my question : )
