Experiences with

Virus infections

I feel cold all the time. Even in the warm weather, I still need a hot water bottle especially for my feet. It’s bad circulation. I get cold shivers every so often. Air con is the worst for me on holidays. Airplanes are the worst! I have to wear so many clothes and then feel claustrophobic but still

Please can anyone advise me.... I have my covid/flu jab tomorrow morning, and Sunday is the day I normally take my weekly Methotrexate 25mg injection, should I take the Methotrexate as usual or leave it for a week ?Thanks in advance, Ann

male here having inguinal hernia recurrent repair for the fifth time. not young anymore 81. now also recovering from a two week cold. was on amoxicillin for 10days. have a lot of fear about this coming event. not being able to urinate before being released from the hospital.. getting very weak as

Although pretty ancient now and have been pronè to chest coughs all my life when having a cold, the past 8 months I have had the worst chest experience starting with a chest infection last March. I was hospitalised then not being able to breathe and diagnosed with acute viral bronchitis. Sent home with

hi everyone, I’ve been suffering what I thought was stomach/ abdo pain, I’ve also been getting very itchy skin with my lower legs blood vessels spontaneously bursting. The pain got so bad in my abdo I went to A/E, they done blood tests and ct scan and it turns out I have very serious blood infection

is anybody having problems with Itraconazole. I first found I had Aspergillosis after a bout of pneumonia. I went into hospital for a couple of days. I kept telling the Drs I couldn’t breathe first thing in the morning after I returned home. They didn’t really acknowledge it until one morning I passed

Hi I have a diagnosis of chilblain lupus (and SLE) but the chilblain lupus is really getting me down at the mo and with it being so rare I can't find any helpful information online regarding prevention and management. The only advice is 'keep warm ' but as I live in the UK it's impossible to do so. Given

hi I am having my flu jab this weekend and am taking 25mg methotrexate and Adilimumab. Do I stop either of them before or after? Thanks

Hi everyone! As suggested, I followed everyone's advice regarding the blood test, and also I've been taking the levothyroxine earlier (leaving more of a gap before eating or taking other medications) for a month, and my latest results are: Serum free T4 level 12.0 pmol/L [7.9 - 14.4] Normal 05 Apr

Hello there, I’m looking for advice . I was due to taper from 20mg Pred to 17.5 tomorrow as part of the long term taper from 50mg in May. However , I have a bad cold just started and a brief episode of ocular migraine (zig zag pattern in my left eye) …..no headache apart from sinus due to catarrh (I

hi… in the night and first thing in the morning I cough on and off which seems like hours. I take montelukast every night .. I think it may be the chilled air in the morning and during the night that starts me off.. feel like I’m going round in circles .im having an endoscopy next month as I have a hernia

I've been following the infected blood scandal with interest, basically thousands of patients in the 70's, 80's and early 90's were given blood transfusions/ products that were cheaply imported, often from USA, and not screened for Hep C. This was to save the NHS money. Unfortunately many people became

After my mom (age 94) got a flu shot, her cardiologist said he wouldn’t have recommended that—it can cause more afib in those prone to it (but he didn’t want to expand or share more; we’re in the U.S. and doctors are pressured to tow the line). Does anyone have any info or experience with flu shots and

I was at the hospital yesterday, I thought it was for a lung function test, but I completely misunderstood what the doctor said about the appointment for yesterday. It was just to see him again. I was really in a bad way with breathing and pain, one doctor said there wasn't enough air getting into

Hello, I’m looking for any advice if possible, I was diagnosed with IBS over 20 years ago now. I think I had it as a child, it seemed to come about right around the same time I got my periods at 11. Every month I would have horrendously heavy menstrual cycles that were so painful I’d almost pass out

Hello! Not checked in for a while - did Week 7 Run 1 earlier. Can’t say I enjoyed it much because I’ve got a cold brewing; but, I did it. Been back at work (work in a school) for 4 weeks now and keep picking up bugs. Literally had a cold, stomach bug, and now another cold. If I got in 3 runs a week

Hello Thabk you so much for allowing me to join 💗My husband came across this website and thought it would be an amazing place to get help advice. So sorry for long post. I have had vestibular dysfunction since August 2022. I've suffered with muscle joint pain in my neck(I have had an injury to this

Can anyone relate and / or explain why breathing and barking cough gets worse at night time / bed time. I was kept awake coughing for hours last night until I finally got to sleep in the wee hours. [ Bio: I’m almost 2 months post Covid / pneumonia and a CT revealing pulmonary fibrosis. After 2 spells

In November I had severe pelvic pain and back pain and I went to my GP where they said they suspected I had kidney stones. That evening the pain was so severe my Husband called 999 who told him to take me to A&E. There again I was sent home shortly after saying I was fine, and they booked me in for a

What is the thinking about steroid doses when you are booked for a flu jab. I have mine on Monday!! I am currently tapering from 20mg to 10mg with the taper down by 2.5mg every 3 weeks. I drop to 17.5mg this Friday.