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What Causes Dry Mouth, Fever And Stiff Neck Along With Sore Lymphnodes?
Question: I have systemic infection but hard to findout??
Extreme dry mouth causing thrush.
Low grade fever
Stiff neck
Sore Generalized lymphnodes from 6 months
Horizontal ridges in nails
Body hand and leg and all Tissues pain
Itchy rash around shoulders and neck back
..
Dr saying I am fine but I am confident I am not
Dr going with lab results which having normal all the time
Am I going to die??
Extreme dry mouth causing thrush.
Low grade fever
Stiff neck
Sore Generalized lymphnodes from 6 months
Horizontal ridges in nails
Body hand and leg and all Tissues pain
Itchy rash around shoulders and neck back
..
Dr saying I am fine but I am confident I am not
Dr going with lab results which having normal all the time
Am I going to die??
Brief Answer:
Spinal tap
Detailed Answer:
Hello Sir
Welcome to healthcaremagic.
I have read your query and condition carefully. I would ask you first of all not to panic. Stress increases severity of any kind of diseases and weakens your body immune syestem. My provisional diagnosis for you is meningitis.
As you said you have already undergone lot of tests, i am not sure if you already have a CT scan of head. You should undergo a CT scan of your head and a spinal tap to confirm a Meningitis. Spinal tap makes a definitive diagnosis for meningitis and helps us know exact organism causing this.
If you rule out meningitis, you should take atleast 7 days of strong anitbiotic dosage to kill any unknown infection in your body.
For now i would advise you to reach your doctor and talk about your neck stiffness, rashes and other symptoms again and get treated accordingly.
Hope i was able to help you. Feel free to ask more.
Dr.Moumita Chakraborty
Spinal tap
Detailed Answer:
Hello Sir
Welcome to healthcaremagic.
I have read your query and condition carefully. I would ask you first of all not to panic. Stress increases severity of any kind of diseases and weakens your body immune syestem. My provisional diagnosis for you is meningitis.
As you said you have already undergone lot of tests, i am not sure if you already have a CT scan of head. You should undergo a CT scan of your head and a spinal tap to confirm a Meningitis. Spinal tap makes a definitive diagnosis for meningitis and helps us know exact organism causing this.
If you rule out meningitis, you should take atleast 7 days of strong anitbiotic dosage to kill any unknown infection in your body.
For now i would advise you to reach your doctor and talk about your neck stiffness, rashes and other symptoms again and get treated accordingly.
Hope i was able to help you. Feel free to ask more.
Dr.Moumita Chakraborty
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Raju A.T
hello
I have to start with my sex history; i am male, I went to my home place far away from my work place vacation for 20 days. I have unprotected vaginal sex for 3 days with my fiance and a week after i went to my village i did 1 day unprotected sex with a girl in village,where my head of penis has cut due to rough sex, I forgot that incident and back mt home next day sex with my fience with condom but condom has teared.
I finished my vacation i came back to work and i started think about sex everyday i have met a girl internet and went to her place for 1 day there i have engaged in unrotected oral and protected vaginal sex; After comeback from that incident after 2 days my head of penis have started sore, and itching genital area for 3 days. After9 days after recent exposure i have slight fever, mild pain in testicles, complete dry tongue i thought something i have got from he lady and rushed to urologist where he did complete STD panel including hiv ab, eveything showed up negative. in first after exposure fever(98.4-99.3 f), chills, white tongue, excessive gas, muscle pains, mild liver pain, muscle twitching, hand and leg feet buruning, i can say almost all typical HIV symptoms has been persisted for 3 months, I rush to ID doctor she has tested for HIV PCR RNA quant (not detected, 5 weeeks), hiv ab negative 8 week, generalized lymphnodes has been started after 3 months after exposure which still(i m in 9 month now) persisting continious low grade fever (97.9-99.2f), thrush(oral hairy l) muscle wasting (buttocks, upper chest, hands, legs), shingles around collar bone. I can say all typical symptoms of HIV are persisting still i m in at 9 months;
In this 9 months of i have been to so many hiv and std tests all came back negative
HIV PCR RNA Quant 5,15,42 weeks not detected (low 20 copies/ml)
HIV ab 2,8,15,28,32,40 weeks negative
all std include hep b,c negative,
ANA, TB blood test negative.
TB skin test positive 10mm, chest x ray normal
CBC with differential normal
CMV IGG psotive, IGM negative
EBV VCA IGG postive, EBNA IGG postive, IGM negative
Can you please help me i have enagaged sex with 3 different partners(2 known hiv negative
(fiance, friend), 1 unknown hiv status) all this happen in 2 months duration and my body low grade fever hurting a lot, muscle lost from all over body, lymph nodes everywhere, on off sore throat
Did i contracted HIv from the above exposure still lab tests showing hiv negative at 9 month duration?
Or did I get tb and showing all these symptoms??
I have checked skin test it came positive 10 mm, and the area has pain for 2 weeks
but Chest x rays were normal
Tb blood tests were also negative
Am I suffering with tb?? or HIV??
Your assistance will be so appreciated.
i went XXXXXXX there internal dr tested for TB skin test 10 weeks post exposure came postive 8-10mm, and milld elvation and pain for 2 weeks in PPD area.
Also ESR tested for couple of times int this 9 month duration, it always normal.
CBC tested for In january, feb, april, may, aug, sep results follows below
WBC in XXXXXXX 5.8thousand/ul; lymhocytes 1612
WBC in feb 5.8 k/ul; lymhocytes 1600
WBC in april 6.8k/ul; lymhocytes 2100
WBC in may 5.8k/ul; lymhocytes 2105
WBC in aug 5.9k/ul; lymhocytes 1650
WBC in sep5.8k/ul; lymhocytes 2480
WBC in oct 6.0 k/ul, lymphocytes 2150
chest xray tested for multiple times normal
cmv igg postive; igm negative at 6 month duration
ebv iggVCA postive, igm negative 6 month
ebv igg VCA neg, igm neg, NA igg postive 9 month duration.
i gave lot of blood to lot of tests; whatelse should i do....
I have to start with my sex history; i am male, I went to my home place far away from my work place vacation for 20 days. I have unprotected vaginal sex for 3 days with my fiance and a week after i went to my village i did 1 day unprotected sex with a girl in village,where my head of penis has cut due to rough sex, I forgot that incident and back mt home next day sex with my fience with condom but condom has teared.
I finished my vacation i came back to work and i started think about sex everyday i have met a girl internet and went to her place for 1 day there i have engaged in unrotected oral and protected vaginal sex; After comeback from that incident after 2 days my head of penis have started sore, and itching genital area for 3 days. After9 days after recent exposure i have slight fever, mild pain in testicles, complete dry tongue i thought something i have got from he lady and rushed to urologist where he did complete STD panel including hiv ab, eveything showed up negative. in first after exposure fever(98.4-99.3 f), chills, white tongue, excessive gas, muscle pains, mild liver pain, muscle twitching, hand and leg feet buruning, i can say almost all typical HIV symptoms has been persisted for 3 months, I rush to ID doctor she has tested for HIV PCR RNA quant (not detected, 5 weeeks), hiv ab negative 8 week, generalized lymphnodes has been started after 3 months after exposure which still(i m in 9 month now) persisting continious low grade fever (97.9-99.2f), thrush(oral hairy l) muscle wasting (buttocks, upper chest, hands, legs), shingles around collar bone. I can say all typical symptoms of HIV are persisting still i m in at 9 months;
In this 9 months of i have been to so many hiv and std tests all came back negative
HIV PCR RNA Quant 5,15,42 weeks not detected (low 20 copies/ml)
HIV ab 2,8,15,28,32,40 weeks negative
all std include hep b,c negative,
ANA, TB blood test negative.
TB skin test positive 10mm, chest x ray normal
CBC with differential normal
CMV IGG psotive, IGM negative
EBV VCA IGG postive, EBNA IGG postive, IGM negative
Can you please help me i have enagaged sex with 3 different partners(2 known hiv negative
(fiance, friend), 1 unknown hiv status) all this happen in 2 months duration and my body low grade fever hurting a lot, muscle lost from all over body, lymph nodes everywhere, on off sore throat
Did i contracted HIv from the above exposure still lab tests showing hiv negative at 9 month duration?
Or did I get tb and showing all these symptoms??
I have checked skin test it came positive 10 mm, and the area has pain for 2 weeks
but Chest x rays were normal
Tb blood tests were also negative
Am I suffering with tb?? or HIV??
Your assistance will be so appreciated.
i went XXXXXXX there internal dr tested for TB skin test 10 weeks post exposure came postive 8-10mm, and milld elvation and pain for 2 weeks in PPD area.
Also ESR tested for couple of times int this 9 month duration, it always normal.
CBC tested for In january, feb, april, may, aug, sep results follows below
WBC in XXXXXXX 5.8thousand/ul; lymhocytes 1612
WBC in feb 5.8 k/ul; lymhocytes 1600
WBC in april 6.8k/ul; lymhocytes 2100
WBC in may 5.8k/ul; lymhocytes 2105
WBC in aug 5.9k/ul; lymhocytes 1650
WBC in sep5.8k/ul; lymhocytes 2480
WBC in oct 6.0 k/ul, lymphocytes 2150
chest xray tested for multiple times normal
cmv igg postive; igm negative at 6 month duration
ebv iggVCA postive, igm negative 6 month
ebv igg VCA neg, igm neg, NA igg postive 9 month duration.
i gave lot of blood to lot of tests; whatelse should i do....
Brief Answer:
Meningitis
Detailed Answer:
Hello Sir,
Welcome to healthcaremagic
I understand your situation and read your query carefully.I am sure of you not being an HIV patient and a TB patient.Please stop panicking.
I am asking you to do a spinal tap(not a blood test) to confirm that you do not have meningitis.
Please eat healthy food and exercise daily and stop thinking that you have HIV or TB. Once you rule out meningitis, you have no disease then. You visit a doctor and get a week of prescribed antibiotic, which may releive your symptom.
If possible get a psychological support, because you are mentally weak right now. Be positive and stop panicking.
Hope this helped.
Dr.Moumita Chakraborty
Meningitis
Detailed Answer:
Hello Sir,
Welcome to healthcaremagic
I understand your situation and read your query carefully.I am sure of you not being an HIV patient and a TB patient.Please stop panicking.
I am asking you to do a spinal tap(not a blood test) to confirm that you do not have meningitis.
Please eat healthy food and exercise daily and stop thinking that you have HIV or TB. Once you rule out meningitis, you have no disease then. You visit a doctor and get a week of prescribed antibiotic, which may releive your symptom.
If possible get a psychological support, because you are mentally weak right now. Be positive and stop panicking.
Hope this helped.
Dr.Moumita Chakraborty
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Raju A.T
Where should I contact to get spinal tap test done...
Brief Answer:
your physician
Detailed Answer:
Hello Sir
Welcome back
Though your blood tests are all normal, you still have fever and neck stiffness, you can talk to your physician regarding this. If required he might carry spinal tap for you.
Hope I answered your query.
Take care
Dr.Moumita XXXXXXX
your physician
Detailed Answer:
Hello Sir
Welcome back
Though your blood tests are all normal, you still have fever and neck stiffness, you can talk to your physician regarding this. If required he might carry spinal tap for you.
Hope I answered your query.
Take care
Dr.Moumita XXXXXXX
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Vinay Bhardwaj
I contacted variety of doctors all were saying blood tests are normal.. Everything fine..
If everything fine .. Then why are these generalized lymphnodes, on off fever, very drymouth with tyrush... Rash around collarbone and neck trunk..I lost my all fat muscles... I have mild pain in liver.. Mild pressure feel like Some pain in Spinal cord sometimes..
All
Dr just doing CBC with differential and that always normal that I did for 10 times..
And dr saying if any infection CBC will tell us.
What should I do? Don't know.......... Miserable life
If everything fine .. Then why are these generalized lymphnodes, on off fever, very drymouth with tyrush... Rash around collarbone and neck trunk..I lost my all fat muscles... I have mild pain in liver.. Mild pressure feel like Some pain in Spinal cord sometimes..
All
Dr just doing CBC with differential and that always normal that I did for 10 times..
And dr saying if any infection CBC will tell us.
What should I do? Don't know.......... Miserable life
Brief Answer:
take antibiotics
Detailed Answer:
Sir
Welcome back
You just have allergy to something around you or any food, which is still continuing to exist in your life, leading to infection and swollen lymph nodes.
You can take a 7 day course of antibiotic like amoxicillin and potassium clavulunate and take Allegra at night for a month.
Try to find out what can cause you any allergy since few months.
You might get relieved from your symptoms after taking these tablets.
Hope I answered your query.
Dr.Moumita XXXXXXX
take antibiotics
Detailed Answer:
Sir
Welcome back
You just have allergy to something around you or any food, which is still continuing to exist in your life, leading to infection and swollen lymph nodes.
You can take a 7 day course of antibiotic like amoxicillin and potassium clavulunate and take Allegra at night for a month.
Try to find out what can cause you any allergy since few months.
You might get relieved from your symptoms after taking these tablets.
Hope I answered your query.
Dr.Moumita XXXXXXX
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Vinay Bhardwaj
First thing I want to bring you attention I have been suffering all these sysmptoms from 10 months, sysmptoms started 10 days after sex with unknown status...
I alredy Been to ID doctor she has given me amoxollin and doxycycline antibiotic (10 day course) in January-2014 but sysmptoms not subsided.. And still persisting.. I definitely feel like got some systematic infection in my body...
My nails have horizontal ridges(internet showing underplaying serious decease) can only cause this XXXXXXX lines in nails.. Sometime pink eyes.. My body all some times very hot to touch but thermomter reading always in between 97.9-99.3f
Can you suggest me
I alredy Been to ID doctor she has given me amoxollin and doxycycline antibiotic (10 day course) in January-2014 but sysmptoms not subsided.. And still persisting.. I definitely feel like got some systematic infection in my body...
My nails have horizontal ridges(internet showing underplaying serious decease) can only cause this XXXXXXX lines in nails.. Sometime pink eyes.. My body all some times very hot to touch but thermomter reading always in between 97.9-99.3f
Can you suggest me
Brief Answer:
malnourished or low calcium in body
Detailed Answer:
Hello sir,
Welcome back
Since you said you have lost weight plus you have horizontal lines in your nails, these can be signs of malnourished body.Please have a good diet including green vegetables and fruits.This will increase your body's immunity, help you put on.
Take calcium supplements for a month and check for nail improvement.
Hope i answered your query.
Dr.Moumita Chakraborty
malnourished or low calcium in body
Detailed Answer:
Hello sir,
Welcome back
Since you said you have lost weight plus you have horizontal lines in your nails, these can be signs of malnourished body.Please have a good diet including green vegetables and fruits.This will increase your body's immunity, help you put on.
Take calcium supplements for a month and check for nail improvement.
Hope i answered your query.
Dr.Moumita Chakraborty
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Vinay Bhardwaj
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