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Bacterial or viral.... not a damn person knows🙄

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jeff1984
jeff1984

This past Friday night October 20 as I was leaving an amusement park I fel malaise and exhausted.  I stopped by my parents and noticed my whole body was hot.  I had a sore throat but it wasn’t a big deal just yet.  I slept all day and most of the next day feeling just drained... then the sore throat kicked in it was hard to swallow.  Sunday I went to the urgent care where I plopped down from exhaustion, as the assessed me my temp was 106, heartrate was 120. They gave me a rapid strep test, mono test, and flu swab all which were neg.  they also sent off a strep cuture of which I have yet to hear about.  That was Sunday Monday my fever sorta broke but not really till Tuesday I was sleeping and woke up dreenched.  I actually feel a lot better still have a sore throat but I am trying to manage it.  Here’s hoping day 5 brings total healing!!!

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  • jeff1984
    jeff1984

    Posted

    ANd i forgot mention I also developed white patches on my tonsils and behind them
  • dutch_h90254
    dutch_h90254 jeff1984

    Posted

    Could be the herp. You'll know if some sores break out in your mouth, though that doesn't necessarily need to happen. Flu like symptoms minus the flu are usually caused by a viral infection, not bacteria. Best of luck. Hope it is the flu.

  • juanita01359
    juanita01359 jeff1984

    Posted

    It could be a viral infection which sadly even if you took antibiotices it would not work. It should begin to clear after about a week. You could ask your Doctor what you could take for it.

     

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