helllpp! really about to send myself into the er!!!!!!!!!

[kendramae09]

so as you all know, I have been sick. I am now scared that h1n1 is causing liver problems! I am 20 years old. I had a complete abdominal ultrasound 2 years ago and that cleared all of my organs. I also had blood work drawn at the ER about 2-3 months ago. This was just a routine blood work i am not sure what all it tested for though. I just know it tests the normal stuff. Can liver problems happen within 2 years? There aren't any liver problems in my family history that I know of. I am only 20 so I keep trying to convince myself that its not my liver. AHHH! I just don't know what to do! Should I go to the ER??? I am so scared!

[kendramae09]

Oh and I am having pains in my upper right stomach and on my side. And sometimes it is in my upper right back. Its mostly an achy type pain

[monkey]

of all the crazy things ive heard about h1n1 and the super rare possibilities, i havent heard anything about liver issues, and for you and me, i am not going to look it up because if i look hard enough im sure i would find something

just like any virus, i would just watch if you have a fever and make sure to rest and drink fluids and eat healthy. i think the liver is also a super organ that can withstand a lot of things.

feel better soon!

[kendramae09]

of all the crazy things ive heard about h1n1 and the super rare possibilities, i havent heard anything about liver issues, and for you and me, i am not going to look it up because if i look hard enough im sure i would find something

just like any virus, i would just watch if you have a fever and make sure to rest and drink fluids and eat healthy. i think the liver is also a super organ that can withstand a lot of things.

feel better soon!

I don't have a fever. Just an aching in my upper right stomach under my ribs and in my upper right back! Should I go to the ER? I am terrified!!!!

[kendramae09]

it is 2 in the morning here and I can't sleep because I am so scared!!! someone please helpp!

[kendramae09]

ugh and now I am really freaking out because I blew my nose (I haven't been blowing it hardly at all today)  And there was some blood in it. I mean like the left side of my nostril is burning and feels dry and the right is stuffy/runny at the same time. and the blood came out of the left nostril so idk if its just dry. it wasnt much blood so i dont know if i should worry! My head is starting to feel really congested like my ears feel plugged up and my nose is stuffy and my throat is killing me!! my head just feels stuffy in general

[emma09]

It does sound like a cold your describing i wouldnt go to the er get in bed and have a good sleep. You will be fine! I have pains in my upper stomach area but i have ibs stress can cause that pain feel better

[sixpack]

kendra a stuffed up nose very much irritates the blood vessels in the nose.  Three of my kids (one twice) have had nosebleeds this week.  Well one probably banged her nose on the bed  .  The other two have had stuffy noses.  The one who had a it happen twice, well her bleeds were pretty bad.

Your body is hurting for a couple of reasons---1 you are carrying a virus and that makes you hurt all over 2. you have yourself in an extreme anxietal mess.  That makes your body hurt all over.  Your nerves are at high alert.  You are scared and make a minor ache worse.  It is a vicious loop.  You will be okay.  If you feel you need to go to the ER, then do so.  I think it is likely the doc would prescribe ativan or xanax if you went.   

[kendramae09]

I think this actually may be turning into a sinus infection or even just be a sinus infection. My throat is really sore and my voice is very hoarse. It's hard to even talk. My nose is stuffy and runny at the same time. And my ears and head just feel stuffy. Last night when I yawned it seemed to clean out my ears and I could hear better. Does this sound like sinus infection? And can sinus infections cause Diarhea? sry if it's TMI. My body is still achy all over so I am not sure if it is flu or sinuses.

[wowthisismetoaT]

H1N1 does not cause liver problems.  If you had liver issues, you would likely turn YELLOW before you started hurting.  Don't tell me that you are yellow, because I won't believe it.  Having a cold does not cause liver problems either.

It could be a cold, the flu, your sinuses.  You are on antibiotics and they will take care of any sinus infection issues you may (or may not) have.  Otherwise, rest and stop worrying about being sick.  You are still alive and kickin' and likely you are on the tail end of this illness, whatever it was. 

I blow blood out of my nose all winter long.  It is due to a combo of sinus issues and dry heat in the house.  It is nothing to be concerned about unless you start having regular pouring blood nose bleeds.  Even then, it is likely still nothing.

[kendramae09]

H1N1 does not cause liver problems.  If you had liver issues, you would likely turn YELLOW before you started hurting.  Don't tell me that you are yellow, because I won't believe it.  Having a cold does not cause liver problems either.

It could be a cold, the flu, your sinuses.  You are on antibiotics and they will take care of any sinus infection issues you may (or may not) have.  Otherwise, rest and stop worrying about being sick.  You are still alive and kickin' and likely you are on the tail end of this illness, whatever it was. 

I blow blood out of my nose all winter long.  It is due to a combo of sinus issues and dry heat in the house.  It is nothing to be concerned about unless you start having regular pouring blood nose bleeds.  Even then, it is likely still nothing.

i just keep worrying because I keep getting sharp pains in abdomen. mostly on the upper right side... I heard H1n1 can cause Sepsis!? Is that true? And sepsis leads to organ failure! I am trying to stop worrying but I just can't!

[wowthisismetoaT]

Anything can cause sepsis (blood poisoning).  However, you do NOT have sepsis.  If you had sepsis, you would be running a fever of 105 or higher and be so damn sick you couldn't move, walk, etc.  You don't get sepsis, feel fine, and your organs just shut down as the first clue.  It just doesn't work that way.

You need to be banned from Google.  Stop reading about H1N1 now.  You.are.fine.

[wowthisismetoaT]

I think this actually may be turning into a sinus infection or even just be a sinus infection. My throat is really sore and my voice is very hoarse. It's hard to even talk. My nose is stuffy and runny at the same time. And my ears and head just feel stuffy. Last night when I yawned it seemed to clean out my ears and I could hear better. Does this sound like sinus infection? And can sinus infections cause Diarhea? sry if it's TMI. My body is still achy all over so I am not sure if it is flu or sinuses.

Swallowing snot for 3 days causes diarrhea.

[sixpack]

I think this actually may be turning into a sinus infection or even just be a sinus infection. My throat is really sore and my voice is very hoarse. It's hard to even talk. My nose is stuffy and runny at the same time. And my ears and head just feel stuffy. Last night when I yawned it seemed to clean out my ears and I could hear better. Does this sound like sinus infection? And can sinus infections cause Diarhea? sry if it's TMI. My body is still achy all over so I am not sure if it is flu or sinuses.


Swallowing snot for 3 days causes diarrhea.

and so does living on a diet of fear like you have been the last few days.    

[kendramae09]

its hard not to be scared though!! I keep getting pain on the right side when i take a deep breath in and exhale.. not constant but still. And now I am feeling short of breath.... so idk what to do!! how do you know if it is just anxiety? I am short of breath right now and idk if its just anxiety? I mean my nose is getting VERY stuffy/runny. its getting really bad where i am blowing my nose almost constantly.... Doesnt H1n1 cause fluid build up in your lungs? Gosh this is the most anxious i have ever been!! Do you have to have a fever to have fluid build up in your lungs?(pneumonia)?

[sixpack]

My kids have had pneumonia several times.  My youngest--5 at the time---had pneumonia last year.  All of my kids had big fevers with pneumonia.  And the course of treatment was anti-b's.

Anxiety causes all kinds of crazy aches and pains.  When I feared a particular neuro nasty, I had practiclally all the symptoms for it.  When I worried about 'lady cancers', I had many of those symptoms.  You, my dear, are wound up, fit to be tied, nervous wreck, and scared to death.  YOu have all of that wrapped up in one anxietal package right now.  It is no wonder you hurt everywhere.  It is no wonder you are having a difficult time kicking this cold virus.  Your body/mind are working over time.  It is pooped.  Feeling this way is going to make your body hurt.  Your BEASTY (anxietal thoughts/faulty thinking) is really pulling a number on you.  This just makes it very hard to look at things logically and rationally.  What you are doing right now is reacting to everything.  You are on high alert.  You know when you walk down the street at night and you see somebody that scares you a bit?  You may get the thought of fear that he is out to get you?  You know that adrenaline rush/panicky feeling that you need to get to somewhere safe?  That is the fight or flight response.  It is supposed to react that way to get you out of danger.  But with anxiety/health variety or general anxiety (whatever) that response keeps getting sent out.  It is going sometimes full throttle--sometimes at a lower throttle--with you right now 24/7.  THAT IS EXHAUSTING for your mind/body.  This is, in part, what causes anxiety.  Then you start all kinds of thinking and get phsyical symptoms and you end up feeling the way you do now.

I have no doubt you have a cold or maybe even a sinus infection or something of that nature.  That is adding to this whole pot of anxiety, and it doesn't help, one bit.  But you are doing what you need to do to address that aspect of it.  You've been to the doctor and are on meds.  If you aren't feeling better, I usually give anti-b's 3-4 days, to start making headway, then see your doc for a new med.  But this isn't a life or death thing here.  It isn't.    The rest of what is going on is anxiety rearing its ugly head.  This needs to be dealt with in another way.  For right now, though, I want you to trust just a little bit here and accept that you have a cold/virus and your thinking is making it much more sinister.  In a few days, when you are feeling a bit better,  maybe we here at the zone can give you some tools to help you work through the anxiety.

Hang in there.  You will be okay.