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Can you help me diagnose myself?
Generally I'm good at diagnosing myself and family members but I'm a bit stumped. Although I realize that none of this takes the place of professional medical advice (aka Doctor) I'm one of those people who will obsess until I get some kind of an answer. So, here goes my symptoms and history:
1. Positive ANA, negative RA, possibly anemic, myoclonic seizures (the seizures are those little jerking/spasms of the muscles but other than annoying me present no problem in and of itself)
2. Ankylosing spondylitis was tested and discarded a couple of years back, as were lyme disease and osteoarthritis. The last rheumatologist I saw just left a diagnosis of undifferentiated connective tissue disease. Our best guess is maybe lupus, but I lost insurance before we finished testing.
3. Current symptoms- lower spine just above/around hips is swollen but not tender to the touch. That said, pain does radiate from there throughout hips and upper back to legs, along with a pinching sensation of pain sometimes.
4. Throughout out the day I'll start to feel like (I'm trying to describe this accurately) ice water is running through my veins, but I'm not feverish and I don't feel cold externally. Sometimes I'll feel flushed during all of this. The best way to describe it is that feeling you get when something starts to go numb on you, before you get the blood flowing again.
5. Might not be related, but my voice is shot to heck and back but no sore throat.
Basically I hurt, feel run down and lethargic, but other than the pain and symptoms I don't actually feel sick, as in need to go to the ER sick (my only option without insurance at this point!) Help, anyone?
I forgot to add one last thing, perhaps the most critical: I've been taking massive amounts of Tylenol to deal with the pain (not successful obviously!) I know it's toxic to the livers so I'd appreciate if we'd gloss over that, since I get no personal enjoyment or high from the Tylenol other than taking the edge off the pain. That being said, that is the only medicine I'm taking (Tylenol and Tylenol PM)
I appreciate the answers, but let's backtrack to the part where I said I don't have insurance, which is the main reason I'm doing this. Once I have my top five fave diagnosis I'll at least be able narrow the specialists on my list and continue saving for the visit, but until then let's keep trying to diagnose me!
6 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Can't give diagnosis without further testing- a positive ANA makes me worry- sounds a LOT like Lupus. Ice water feeling through veins sounds bad- remember that women have strange heart attack symptoms, so if it moves to arm or upper back, get to ER. As far as the possible anemia- you probably know this- eat lots more dark greens to up your iron count. Just that may help you get more energy. Sounds like you need to look into getting medicare/caid- you need to figure out what's going on. High WBC counts can lead to so many conclusions...hope you figure this out- be careful not to misdiagnose yourself then treat based on your own dx.
Source(s): hematologist/MA - DekayelLv 61 decade ago
Sounds highly suspicious for Lyme disease and/or other tick-borne infections. You say that was considered and discarded. Probably based on an ELISA test, which is highly unreliable. Recommend you read up on the following websites, and decide if you want to revisit the possibility of Lyme.
Good sources of info about Lyme disease:
- 1 decade ago
Look into to www.brimhallwellness.com. You need to have someone look into everything that you have going on. Someone who is able to look at the medical as well as the holistic model.
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