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Sulaiman Abd Al-Hadi
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الأسئلة المجابة 47886 | نسبة الرضا 97.7%
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I went to multiple doctors. I go to med school...
I went to multiple doctors. I go to med school myself but im only in my 2nd year. 2 weeks ago I got an infection that felt like it was maybe pharyngeal tonsilitis. I went on to recover with 0 symptoms in 4 days. I would like to mention that i took a broad spectrum antibiotic (xithron) but i took the last pill almost a day late. Now, 2 days ago I got tenderness and swelling in my left cervical lymph node alone. I woke up after that with a bad wisdom tooth infection (it is yet to rupture) so i assumed it was periocoronitis and proceeded to treated my tooth. Later on tho, I would get chills and a fever of 39.5 throughout the day so I end up in the emergency room. I receive a bronchodilator shot, a voltaren shot and another antibiotic and i was prescribed the same xithron again. I was also asked for a CBC (finding microcystic hypochromic rbcs of normal mchc and count), a CRP (which was found to be 27.1) and a D-Dimer which was completely normal. The platelets were also normal yet my wbcs showed absolute lymphopenia. Another doctor adised me to go do a corona swab and I am currently waiting for my results, although I'm certain it isnt covid-19. May I get an opinion on this?
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Sulaiman Abd Al-Hadi
Licensed Doctor
الأسئلة المجابة 47886 | نسبة الرضا 98%
Treatment of your problem:
According to your description, you can use paracetamol 500 mg 3-4 times daily, and you have to drink good amount of hot fluids, and you can use cetrizine 10 mg once daily for 5 days, and if there is bacterial infection, you can use azithromycin 500 mg once daily for 3-5 days,
If your problem is due to covid-19, there is no approved medication or vaccine to treat covid-19 infection, and medication is just suppotive according to symptoms as taking paracetamol to treat fever and headache when needed, and oxygen supplementation if needed, and in severe cases intensive care management may be needed.
If there is tooth infection you have to take an antibiotic as augmentin 875 mg twice daily and flagyl 500 mg twice daily for 5 days, and you may need surgical intervention to clean infection.
Diagnosis of the cause of your problem:
It depends on the clinical examination of your doctor and investigations as CBC to detect infection, panorama x-ray to detect tooth problems, PCR and chest x-ray to rule out COVID-19 infection
Causes of your problem:
It may be due to:
- Viral infection which associated with low grade fever
- Bacterial infection which associated with high grade fever
- Lymphadenitis
- Tooth infection which associated with tooth pain, headache
- COVID-19 infection which associated with cough, arthralgia, dyspnea
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Sulaiman Abd Al-Hadi
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الأسئلة المجابة 47886 | نسبة الرضا 97.7%
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