Question: I just returned from Jamaica very ill. My symptoms have been: fever (as high as 101.5), an extreme sore throat with trouble swallowing (worse on left side), body aches all over from fever, headache that comes and goes varying in severity, a little sneezing, very running nose and congested sinuses. In addition, I have the painful sensation that the left side of my mouth - including the inner cheek and gums and inner lips - are filled with a million tiny blisters. It is burning and painful. There are no visible sores. It looks inflamed (as does my tongue), but nothing more than that. I feel a similar pain in my left nostril and left throat. My left eye is a bit weepy. There is a clear demarcation down the center of my face - there are none of these strange symptoms are not on the right side of my face or in my mouth. I am craving eating cold food - sorbet (which is very unusual for me), but otherwise have not had much appetite. No stomach symptoms. No neck pain. No visible rash. I was in a location where the Zika virus is fairly rampant. I did protect myself, but got about 8 mosquito bites while there. I know my symptoms aren't typical Zika, but thought I would include that info. I am not pregnant. I am 47 year old female. I was diagosed with Flu A in early December. it took the whole month to recover. Before I left for Jamaica I felt strong and healthy. I have gone to a doctor here. I do not have the flu now - results were negative. They could not diagnose me. I wasn't having the mouth symptoms yet. They cultured me for strep throat which I will get the results for in a few days. The onset of this illness occurred while I was in Jamaica a few days ago. It appeared like the very beginning of a cold. it took about 24 hours from the time I noticed body aches, headache, and fatigue for the runny nose/ sneezing to start. Next came the sore throat which rapidly worsened. Not sure when the fever onset but know I had it as of yesterday morning. The mouth / face issues arose yesterday afternoon.

Thank you. Your analysis concurs with the doctor I saw here. However, that was prior to the accute and prolonged pain in my mouth and left nostril. I've had quite a few infections / flus, etc in my life and never symptoms like this. Please comment.