upper abdominal pain virus
I’m sick- what do I have?
I went to the doctor and he said I had Tonsillitis, he only saw me for 5 minutes. He did not do a swab test or anything, he just looked at my throat, pressed on my upper abdomen where it hurt, and said I had tonsillitis.
My symptoms include fever, headache, sore throat, upper abdominal pain (sharp pains), I had lower abdominal pain, as well as pain in my legs so much that I couldn’t walk yesterday. I’m 16 years old.
Does this sound like tonsillitis to you? I have had tonsillitis a few years ago and my throat hurt a lot worse than it does now (it hurts, but not that bad) Are there different types of tonsillitis, or is this something else? I thought it might be mono? But I don’t see how I would get that. Also, if someone has mono, does that mean they have herpes? I know it is predominately caused by the Epstein- Barr virus, which is part of the herpes family. Some information on that would be great, I would like some knowledge of the subject. :]
It sounds very much like mono. I had upper abdominal pain when I had it (that’s where your liver and spleen are and they can swell with mono) and the lower abdominal pain could be explained by swollen lymph nodes you have there.
I’d go back to your doctor, because it really doesn’t sound like tonsilitis. Can’t imagine why your doctor would think it was (though your tonsils do swell with mono, the other symptoms would hardly seem to fit). It only took my doctor to feel for my swollen glands to diagnose me with mono.
Though you can’t do anything about it anyway, it would only be to diagnose it. Drink plenty of fluids, get plenty of rest, take vitamins and avoid contact sport.
Yes, the Epstein-Barr virus is part of the herpes family, but no, herpes is caused by the herpes simplex virus. Separate virus, just same family group.
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