Not sure if this helps but I can literally gain 3/4 lbs in a DAY with natural fluctuations etc! Honestly 3lbs over a few weeks is nothing x
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Oh totally, I know that logically but you know what HA is like!!
No of course I completely understand! I’m putting on weight recently and not sure why, probably to do with
If it makes you feel better I don't think weight gain is a red flag for many serious conditions in the way weight loss is.
It isn't unexplained though - you just explained it perfectly well! Busy/stressful = more burned calories, possibly less food eaten. Also, 3lbs is a perfectly normal fluctuation in one day alone, often just a big poo
or lots of sweating from this heat. Unexplained weight loss in relation to illness is not usually the first symptom without any other issues like chronic pain or changes in appetite/bowel movements.
Has anyone had any experience with going for an eye test and then being referred to specialists at the hospital because of abnormalities with their optic nerve (only in one eye).
Currently going through it and my mind is racing to worse case scenarios even thought I know there are lots of other potential reasons
Currently going through it and my mind is racing to worse case scenarios even thought I know there are lots of other potential reasons
Still sounds like gallstones. Go back to your GP.
could that potentially be anxiety related? Sometimes these things are from anxiety (for me anyway!) I’d definitely go back to your GP about it and mention how you’re getting stressed out about it xx
Last September the lymph nodes in my throat randomly swelled up, I felt fine in myself but it was quite painful, I was told it was glandular fever and to go away. No one else I know has had it before or since, and the swelling went down within a couple of days.
At Christmas I started to get tachycardia and fevers, went to a&e a bunch of times and each time they said nothing wrong it must be viral, go home and rest. I thought this was all weird but maybe a hormonal issue?
March I started to get a full sensation any time I tried to eat, and dull abdominal pain all over at random points throughout the month, and pain in my back over the kidneys. GP said womens issues and to go away, which tied into my thoughts it could be hormone dysfunction.
The past few weeks I’ve been struggling with fatigue, I don’t feel great at the best of times but lately I could go to sleep halfway through the day which is very unlike me!
Finally…. Last week I noticed a small dark purple circle on my chest, no marks, bumps or noticeable injury, after a few days it turned green and faded, so I assumed toddler-related injury and forgot about it. Today I’ve noticed I’ve got another one of these purple dots on my arm, on the bingo wing which is hard to injure or knock, and exact same again there’s no rash or bumps/scratches to account for it. It’s only about 0.5cm but deepest dark purple and there’s only the one appearing at a time.
I googled small purple bruises and the image that’s identical to mine talks about chronic incurable leukaemia, so now I am in full panic mode and want to see the doctor immediately, but I also know how long it takes to get seen only to then be dismissed yet again. I’m also acutely aware that having only recently taken out life insurance and critical care I need a solid five years without medical problems otherwise there’s a risk a claim would be invalidated if they consider it pre existing, and me bothering the doctor so often with random aches and pains that my anxiety magnifies could blow up in my face.
What would you guys do? Chase the gp and risk being laughed out of the room, or just keep telling yourself it’s anxiety playing on your mind? Is there anything else that could cause purple underneath the skin?
At Christmas I started to get tachycardia and fevers, went to a&e a bunch of times and each time they said nothing wrong it must be viral, go home and rest. I thought this was all weird but maybe a hormonal issue?
March I started to get a full sensation any time I tried to eat, and dull abdominal pain all over at random points throughout the month, and pain in my back over the kidneys. GP said womens issues and to go away, which tied into my thoughts it could be hormone dysfunction.
The past few weeks I’ve been struggling with fatigue, I don’t feel great at the best of times but lately I could go to sleep halfway through the day which is very unlike me!
Finally…. Last week I noticed a small dark purple circle on my chest, no marks, bumps or noticeable injury, after a few days it turned green and faded, so I assumed toddler-related injury and forgot about it. Today I’ve noticed I’ve got another one of these purple dots on my arm, on the bingo wing which is hard to injure or knock, and exact same again there’s no rash or bumps/scratches to account for it. It’s only about 0.5cm but deepest dark purple and there’s only the one appearing at a time.
I googled small purple bruises and the image that’s identical to mine talks about chronic incurable leukaemia, so now I am in full panic mode and want to see the doctor immediately, but I also know how long it takes to get seen only to then be dismissed yet again. I’m also acutely aware that having only recently taken out life insurance and critical care I need a solid five years without medical problems otherwise there’s a risk a claim would be invalidated if they consider it pre existing, and me bothering the doctor so often with random aches and pains that my anxiety magnifies could blow up in my face.
What would you guys do? Chase the gp and risk being laughed out of the room, or just keep telling yourself it’s anxiety playing on your mind? Is there anything else that could cause purple underneath the skin?
I had glandular fever and didn’t get better within the usual time frame and ended up with ME/CFS for years. It’s brought on a whole heap of symptoms that were scary…have a look into it before you jump to the worst case scenario! I’m not sure about the bruising but it’s possible that it’s CFS xx
It's usually a hereditary condition called Haemochromatosis, one of my OH's relatives had it. Not always of course, but a common cause.
Yeah iv googled and this came up. Going to get a full iron panel done to check it's not a one off. We did have a heavy iron based meal the night before but might be clutching at straws.
Good luck to you all for his tests, hopefully it'll turn out to just be a one off, it definitely can happen! It is a manageable condition if it does turn out to be that and definitely better to know earlier. But fingers crossed it isn't going to come to that at all.
I have fatigue problems already with an autoimmune condition, but although the glandular fever test was positive they did say it was only a faint positive, and my glands went back down after 3 days, with no one else sick before or after, and my toddler is surgically attached to me at all times! Could it be that fast they go down?
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My husband does! He was negative for genetic hemochromatosis but he has Gilbert’s syndrome, diagnosed as a baby as he was jaundiced, his liver doesn’t function as well as the average persons so he sometimes gets an iron buildup, generally doesn’t notice it but finds he gets a bit more out of breath after sex or gardening sometimes. There are two types of iron, heme (animal) which is very easily absorbed and non-heme (plants) which takes the body a bit more effort to absorb so he was told to try reducing the amount of meat in his diet, and eat calcium alongside anything with iron as it inhibits the uptake.
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Yes that’s the biggest issue with it because you only show positive for a short amount of time with glandular fever. Chances are you were a strong positive before you started feeling sick if that makes sense? I just carried on with life as I did start to feel better and then came down with a bang 2 months later when I got admitted to hospital with spleen issues because my body was like screw this you need to slow down
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