ME/CFS
Outcome unclear
Recently diagnosed ME/CFS, severely ill and often in bed after antibiotics
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill for
- Not stated
- Last post
- Nov 2023
In their words
- Condition: ME/CFS
Recently diagnosed with chronic fatigue (cfs)
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Read from 1 of their posts and comments; links to the one this page draws on
Summary
Recently diagnosed with CFS, this user got an ear infection and took a full course of antibiotics, which brought heartburn, fever, muscle aches and nausea and left them feeling severely ill and spending a lot of time in bed. Their GP dismissed them as a hypochondriac, and they powered through the course. They said CFS is widely misunderstood and poorly documented.
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What they tried
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- antibiotics · Worse
had an identical reaction. Heartburn, fever, muscle aches, nausea. Thought i was severely ill.
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Their path
They say too little about how ill they were at each step to draw it on the severity scale, so the steps are listed as they describe them. Dates are when they posted.
| When | What happened | Where they were |
|---|---|---|
| — | recently diagnosed with chronic fatigue (CFS)Recently diagnosed with chronic fatigue (cfs)In context ↗ | Not stated |
| 2023-11-24 | ear infection treated with a full course of antibiotics; fever, heartburn, muscle aches, nausea and much time in bedJust had to power through the course of antibiotics. Spent a lot of time in bed.In context ↗ | Moderate |
Adverse events
- Antibiotics (unspecified)“Heartburn, fever, muscle aches, nausea. Thought i was severely ill. ... Just had to power through the course of antibiotics. Spent a lot of time in bed.” In context ↗ Side effects
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Gut problems
Heartburn, fever, muscle aches, nausea
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