Category: hives

09/05/08 02:57 - ID#45578

is it possible

that i could be so stressed that i am making myself sick????

seriously, i have no clue what i could be allergic to.

for the past day two days. my body is attacking me. not just hives but a fever, and upset stomach.

and body aches. it was all i could do to get out of bed this morning.

and i went to bed before 9 last night after spending only two hours awake since 10 am.

i can't call into work anymore and i can't miss class. so i am just going to push through but this really sucks.

what also sucks is having (e:hodown) nowhere in sight or any friends really. anyone who really gets me.

and although i live with my mom, i never see her, since mon night i've seen her for five minutes this morning. and she will be gone all weekend.

i swear if i wasn't allergic, to everything, including myself i'd go get a dog...

i am now going to do homework and will the hives and fever away!

tinypliny writes at 11:48:49 09/05/08 - Comment #38597: Quite honestly, this doesn't sound like anything but a bad case of seasonal/specific allergies to me. But I could be wrong. Stress does not cause allergies, but often influences the outcome and aggravates the original exposure to the allergen.

Cellulitis/Lymphangitis? Not very likely. I wouldn't trust symptom diagnosis websites if I were you.

imk2 writes at 11:43:11 09/05/08 - Comment #38595: oh and i found another really good site. check this one out. the doctor asks you questions as if you're really in the doctors office. and they ask very through questions. try this one out. i couldn't answer all the questions for you because i didn't know exactly the temperature you had, whether you had been throwing up or pooping or how exactly your rash looked. for a while it looked like they were asking whether you may have lyme disease.

have you been hiking lately? did you notice a tick bite? i can't see exactly what kind of rash it is. he asks several questions as to the kind of rash it is, where did it originate what shape it is, does it have blisters, does it look like a bullseye with a pale center, etc.

check this one out first and let me know what it comes up with.

:::link:::

imk2 writes at 11:24:09 09/05/08 - Comment #38593: this is what i was able to find on a symptom diagnosis website.

i noted that you have a fever and then the flowchart asked if you had "a rash that's red, tender and warm or a red streak on your arm or leg?" which was the closest thing i could find to your condition. it didn't mention anything about fatigue, but based on those two symptoms you could have "an infection of the skin or lymph system, such as CELLULITIS or LYMPHANGITIS."

both need to be treated with antibiotics.

here's the website. :::link:::

imk2 writes at 11:15:18 09/05/08 - Comment #38592: i dunno, a rash all over the body, fever, body aches and lack of energy does not sound like just a stress related illness. i think this is something that needs to have a diagnosis. i say you should make an appt with a doc.

don't you work in a hospital or something? you could be inadvertently making your patients sick if you are walking around with something. i say go check it out.

i wish we still had jenks around to diagnose us. but tiny, can you think of anything that would have those symptoms?

tinypliny writes at 03:17:14 09/05/08 - Comment #38591: That is really awful. :/ Autoimmune disease has known to be influenced by stress. So yes, its possible. Its very likely that a million other factors are also contributing to the condition. Are you sure you have not

- been eating anything foreign/new/out of the ordinary eg. like new candy etc.?
- bought food from any new shop/source/store?
- have any new adhesive/upholstery/furniture exposure?
- new products in and around home/work?
- bitten/stung by some insect?
- been introduced to any new medication/cosmetics/drugs?

Other than that, have you been vaccinated for hepatitis A/B?

Maybe you should see a doctor just to be safe.