What's the next step?

Question

I've been struggling with a medical problem since December 2004, shortly after I had food poisoning from undercooked chicken, but most doctors I've seen said these are allergies with an unknown cause. Symptoms are constant eye redness, dark bluish circles under eyes, some energy loss, pain in the back of my neck and head, and constant ear popping and pain (my ears rarely stop popping, and this has been going on for months!). I've seen mostly eye, ENT and allergy doctors and I've taken a number of anti-allergy things, but the only things which have been effective in improvement have been Augmentin (875MG) and TobraDex. I've moved to a different apartment, changed clothes and furniture, changed shampoo and soaps... everything I can think of. What's the next step for me?

Answer 1

Boy that sounds miserable!

Okay, you've said that augmentin helped you. When I ran a quick search, I found it was related to penicillin. So that means that you're probably still dealing with some very stubborn infections.

Try drinking cranberry juice. At the very least, it shouldn't hurt (unless you're allergic). And it has been shown to be effective against a number of harmful bacteria. Try eating and drinking to boost your immune system. That might also help your energy problem- and as uncomfortable as you are, I would be surprised if you were resting. So the fatigue doesn't surprise me at all. Also, if you are drinking a lot of soda, stop. Drink teas instead. Those are quite tasty, and also have stuff that is good for you.

I know this isn't much. But hopefully it's enough to give you a start.

Good luck!

Answer 2

Drink cranberry juice and eat yogurt. See if the doctor can prescribe a different kind of anti-biotic. Sometimes if you take ones that are chemically relative it will not respond to that specific kind of infection.
Vancomycin is one of the best working anti-biotics. It usually has to be taken by IV for a course of five days but will definitely be worth it.