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So I have had a sore throat for a few months now which started with pain but went away within the first week of having it. Although the pain went away, I noticed my throat remained red and had much more mucus build up than normal! I was also sexually active at this time and had symptoms that seemed like a UTI. I went to the doctor who treated me for gonorrhea and chlymidia (both tests later came back negative) and the symptoms went away. About a month later my nose began to become stuffed up so i went to the doctor who diagnosed me with a sinus infection and but me on amoxicillin... I finished all these antibiotics as prescribed and I felt better (although the throat thing stayed).
Eventually I became paranoid and went back to the doctor due to some fatigue kicking in as well and we figured it would be best to test for more stuff... So I had a strep test, ESR, CMP, CBC, and heterophile test all ordered and he said I had no swollen lympnodes and my throat looked red but not swollen or inflammed. All these tests came back normal to him!
So am I being paranoid? As of right now my only lasting symptoms are still the the red throat and some fatigue? I feel like the tests we ordered would have caught everything under the sun and don't want to keep wasting money going back to the doctor over and over?View Thread

They ended up doing a swab of my throat checking for all bacterial infections (since the last swab was for just strep)... I asked and they confirmed that all bloodwork came back negative for HIV and the mono test did as well! A week later all bacterial infections showed negative...They told me to switch from generic claritin to zyrtec to see how that effects what they expect to be a post-nasal drip!
My nose and sinuses haven't been giving me issues since I got off the amoxicilin however, and I just don't feel like these fatigue/throat symptoms are allergy related? I am trying to pay attention to patterns within the environment... but so far no luck!
Some other symptoms I have sort of noticed are extremely cold extremeties (although i have been chalking this up to the colder seasons so far)... and feelings of hot flashes! I also seem to be experiencing chronic bowel issues (constipation in comparison to my normal schedule a few months ago)...
I'm sure this is alot of information that is probably impossible to accurately try and diagnose from, but it is getting frustrating and I have this feeling of always being "sick"View Thread

I had a positive mono test in high school (would be close to 8 years ago now) and then this mono test came back negative... I suppose it is possible but seems the odds of catching it again and having it test negative now would be slim if I understand correctly?
I will probably end up going again to get checked but I find it weird all of these tests don't seem to be catching anything?View Thread

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