any one out there with a medical knowledge

wildwood

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Hello all I just wanted some advice as I am a bit concerned with some heath issues I have recenlty been having . Bascially with in the last mnth and a half I have had two ear infections , a constant sore throat , running nose and have now got conjunctivitus (sorry if that is spelt wrong ) . Now I do work in a pre school so do have a lot od children that come in with illness but should I be worried about all the illness I have recenlty had . :confused3
 
I'm only a student doctor, so not sure if I can be of much help, but I just wanted to say that if all this is becoming particularly worrisome to you, then I'd highly recommend you see your GP.

I might be terrible at judging these type of things, but I think if it was me, I wouldn't be too worried. That's just me though

I'm constantly getting "colds" and feel run down and what not, but I've just put that down to working on the wards every day... and so like you say, because of where you work, that may play a factor in things.

What I will say though, is that it is slightly more uncommon for adults to get ear infections. It's much, much more common for children to get them. This may sound like a silly question (so forgive me), but are you sure they were ear infections? Did you visit the GP whilst you were ill? Did your ear ooze or anything?

Also, do you have hay fever or any allergies? It's about the right time for some people's hay fever to start... and that could explain the symptoms of the runny nose and the "conjunctivitis". Have you tried taking antihistamines? Because if you had and the runny nose etc improved, then I'd guess it was an allergy.

Conjunctivitis can also be bacterial or viral (apart from allergic), which are rather contagious. Have you been in contact with anyone who has had red eyes? Is there lots of gunk coming out of them/are they weepy?

Those are just my first thoughts, and like I said if you are especially worried then please see your GP.

I hope you start to feel better soon!
 
thanks so much for your help and advice , with reagrds to the ear infections I did visit my gp the first time I was given oral atibiotics and then when it came back again I had ear drops . I think just to put my mind at rest I am going to make an apointment and just have a little chat , thanks again for your advice xx
 




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