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Question: Over the past couple weeks I have had strange symptoms: bad headaches/migraines that come and go and are accompined with dizziness blurred vision/ bad back pain swelling of lymph nodes/ left breast leaked foul smelling odor once and vanished/ feet swollen/ fingerjoints and all over joints hurt and now I have developed a rash on my left arm near crease of arm size of a nickel or so red with little red bumps around the intial rash area. no itching or burning on rash but swollen slightly under rash location under skin that is uncomfortable when messed with. I do have fibro but never experienced all these symptoms at once and some are quite strange. also have some pain and numbness time and again in my upper left arm. I recently lost my health insurance and am concerned if I need to go to the ER?
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I read your question carefully and I understand your concern.
Judging from your description your symptoms have a widespread character over several sites. Fibromyalgia might explain many of the symptoms but not all of them and anyway it's a diagnosis which is made after excluding other causes.
Such combination of pain in different sites, joint inflammation, enlarged lymph nodes, skin signs is an indication of a systemic issue such as a rheumatological connective tissue condition or an infection. Now diagnosis of connective tissue conditions are pretty laboratory dependent and may require many tests not routinely done in an ER setting. So a visit to the ER may not be a definitive solution to your problems.
However I still think you should go there to have at least, apart from a basic clinical assessment, also some simple routine tests such as blood count, esr, crp and chemical panel. That would allow to exclude some urgent issues such as an active infection which would require immediate attention.
I remain at your disposal for other questions
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Detailed Answer:
I read your question carefully and I understand your concern.
Judging from your description your symptoms have a widespread character over several sites. Fibromyalgia might explain many of the symptoms but not all of them and anyway it's a diagnosis which is made after excluding other causes.
Such combination of pain in different sites, joint inflammation, enlarged lymph nodes, skin signs is an indication of a systemic issue such as a rheumatological connective tissue condition or an infection. Now diagnosis of connective tissue conditions are pretty laboratory dependent and may require many tests not routinely done in an ER setting. So a visit to the ER may not be a definitive solution to your problems.
However I still think you should go there to have at least, apart from a basic clinical assessment, also some simple routine tests such as blood count, esr, crp and chemical panel. That would allow to exclude some urgent issues such as an active infection which would require immediate attention.
I remain at your disposal for other questions
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
thank you just trying to see if this concern enough for a visit ti the er or not
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I am sorry I am answering a little late.
I am not sure whether you just confirmed you regarding the ER or whether perhaps I wasn't about going there or not. I meant that you should go there for some basic screening tests, but should (if those come back normal) keep in mind that if the symptoms persist in the future more tests might be needed on a non urgent basis.
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I am sorry I am answering a little late.
I am not sure whether you just confirmed you regarding the ER or whether perhaps I wasn't about going there or not. I meant that you should go there for some basic screening tests, but should (if those come back normal) keep in mind that if the symptoms persist in the future more tests might be needed on a non urgent basis.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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