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What Causes Fatigue, Body Aches, Night Sweats, Hot Flashes And Loss Of Appetite?

Posted on Mon, 23 Jan 2017

Question: I've been sick approx 4 1/2 months. Began with fatigue and joint pain then progressed to whole body pain where I couldn't walk for days. The pain has lessoned but I still get bad bad fatigue, night sweats and chills, hot flashes in the day, loss of appetite, nausea. I've had 13 cbcs done with differential, vitamin testing, Lymes, mono, thyroid, cortisol levels, A1c, loads of bloodwork,cat scans, mris of my brain and spine, endoscopy, hida scan, ultrasounds, xrays, I even paid out of pocket for a whole body pet/cat scan. All normal. The only thing I had off was my Ana was 1:1280 and I had an equivocal ds DNa(not quite positive but they won't call it negative) I'm so scared I have lymphoma or leukemia or some other horrible cancer. That would have been detected by now right? Please help ease my fear here

Answered by Dr. Dr. Esmeralda Sera (50 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Fatigue and wiknees

Detailed Answer:
Hello and thank you for asking .You have done all the test and they are normal as you have mention in your post,but you still get bad fatigue,hot flashes ,loss of apettite.Whay do you thimk that you have leukemia or cancer if your test results are all negative?Please let me know your gender and your medical history if you have some.Have you done total blood exams and cancer biomarkers;In my opinion if they are all ok maybe you should see a psychologist for possibility of anxiety disorder or post traumatic stress.If you have any additional questions please don't hesitate to asking us.Kindly Dr Esmeralda

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Follow up: Dr. Dr. Esmeralda Sera (1 hour later)

I had CBC with diff, metabolic testing, ldh, sed rate, c reactive protein, vitamins, cortisol, full thyroid panel, hormones, carcinoid testing, tests for parasites in the stool,allergy blood panels, immunology panel, SPEP, blood cultures, full rheumatological workup(Ana 1:1280), Lymes testing, mono testing, diabetes blood testing and that's it I think. Should I request something else

Also I've had a mammogram, forgot to add that.

Answered by Dr. Dr. Esmeralda Sera (4 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Fatigue and hot flashes

Detailed Answer:
Hi again.How old are you;It is possible to have menopause;Did you had full hormonal test like FSH;

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Prasad

Follow up: Dr. Dr. Esmeralda Sera (2 hours later)

I am 33 years old. I see my gyn on Wednesday to see if it's hormonal. Is it def not cancer? It just seems like I have all the signs of lymphoma. Would that always show on pet/cat full body scan?

Answered by Dr. Dr. Esmeralda Sera (7 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Fatigue

Detailed Answer:
Hi again,

Pet-ct it's very useful and exact exam.So don't worry,you haven't cancer and neither lymphoma.

Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Prasad

Follow up: Dr. Dr. Esmeralda Sera (16 hours later)

I'm just so stressed. I can't take the nightly chills and night sweats anymore. I feel bad fatigue all day long, some days I have zero appetite others I can eat. It's just strange. I am very worried

Answered by Dr. Dr. Esmeralda Sera (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Fatigue and worry

Detailed Answer:
Hi again.Please don't be stressed because that's is not good for your health.Did you have problems in your personal in this period;

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Prasad