on tuesday i started getting really bad pains in my side, it kept me up tuesday night. Wednesday was better but still sore. Thurday my ribs started gettin really tender to touch. Friday my skin was really sensitive and hurts to slightly touch by my ribs. it hurts to breath and even hold my arm next to my side. I thought maybe my ribs cracked again but my doc told me it could be that or shingles comming on. I dont have a rash! Saturday i had a fever and chills and my side hurt alot. Today is Sunday and i got a headache that hurts especially when i cough and a on and off fever my side does not hurt so bad but still a little. Any ideas what is wrong?
2007-02-11 07:19:42 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Other - Health
First, get your appendix checked immediately - right now would be a good time. You may have appendicitis and it may need to be removed. If this is so and you don't go to a doctor/ER ASAP it could explode in your body and kill you. Seriously. The fever and chills tie in with the criteria for possible appendicitis.
Have your doctor do an X-ray of your ribs to make positively sure it isn't that.
You may have an ulcer, or an abscess. These need to be taken care of immediately. I have a friend who recently had an abscess in his colon and it kept becoming infected. For the past 8 months, due to the infection, the surgical wound from the first operation would not close and this made the infections worsen. Catch-22. He just went in for a 4-hour surgery to close the wound on Thursday. We still don't know if it was successful. He's in a great deal of pain though. DO NOT let your doctor shoo this off. It may be very serious.
You may have pancreatitis. This too is very dangerous. It can put into eventual shock and possibly result in death. I don't mean to try and scare you. This may be something very simple. Never wait around to find out, though. Since I would imagine your doctor's office is closed, go to an ER immediately. It's never in anyone's best interest to hang around waiting for what will happen next.
You may also have gallstones, kidney stones, mono, an intestinal obstruction, diverticulitus, pelvic inflammatory disesase, a hernia, colitis, or a urinary tract infection. All of these need immediate attention. Shingles sounds like a strange diagnosis unless you have a rash on your body. Even then, it is a very serious illness (chicken pox in adults) and must be treated at once. It is also possible you may be lactose intolerant or simply constipated, but I wouldn't take the chances of not addressing the problem because it might not be something too serious. You may even have a virus.
Get it checked out now, please. If your ribs aren't cracked, the likelihood is that you're experiencing one of the above. Best of luck (and health!) to you.
2007-02-11 07:38:34 · answer #1 · answered by Me, Thrice-Baked 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've had a friend that really hurt to breath.. her ribs were too small for her lungs and had to get surgery to fix it. Although the fever makes it sound like a bug.
2007-02-11 15:23:59 · answer #2 · answered by kaledrina 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Be sure it is not your appendix!! I am guessing since you have seen a doctor that has been ruled out. We just had a family member go to the family doctor who sent him to the surgeon for his appendix, the surgeon did blood work and said his white count was fine and it was not his appendix. Well, it was and it burst. Can't give you any more than this but just be sure to rule that out as a possibility.
2007-02-11 15:26:02 · answer #3 · answered by D Marie 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the fever part makes it sound like you got some bug or virus, so the shingles thing makes more sense, you should go back to the doctor
2007-02-11 15:25:25 · answer #4 · answered by Mystee_Rain 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you might be getting shingles, but u should defenitely go the the emergeny room to et something for your pain and to find out wahts really going on.
2007-02-11 15:23:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
may bee you have a really bad cold, or the flu i suggest for you to go to the er or wait until tomorrow and go to your Dr, if you can wait drink and Advil cold and flu with a cup of tea, hope you feel better.
2007-02-11 15:26:28 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds like gall stones see a doctor
2007-02-11 15:51:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
could be pleurisy or pneumonia? Definitely no matter what it is go to the emergency room.
2007-02-11 15:29:45 · answer #8 · answered by terry b 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well where is the doc at? it should have been plain to him go there and find out before you faint.
2007-02-14 20:51:26 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I got that once....i just slept...and farted a lot...and it went away
2007-02-11 15:27:42 · answer #10 · answered by Justin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋