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Ear infection - dodgy mucus...

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lovefoolb4u | 10:30 Sat 10th Oct 2009 | Health & Fitness
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Yesterday my symptoms came on all of a sudden - nausea and fainting mainly, followed by a dry cough- and went straight to the doctor to find out that I have an ear infection. As the day went on, I got really feverish and just felt really blocked up and had a sore head, and aches and pains in my body.

But this morning when I woke up I coughed up a green mucus that had specs of blood in it. That's when I called NHS direct as I was quite worried, they didn't really say anything about the blood. To be honest he seemed to be in a bit of a hurry, I don't even know if he acknowledged it, and certainly didn't say anything to assure me that it was normal. He just said that it must have spread to my chest and I should keep taking antibiotics. So I'm still a bit worried - what could be causing the blood? Is it normal with an ear/chest infection?
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Thanks for all the answers. The dr looked in my left ear and said it was pink and that meant it was a bacterial infection, and that my right ear was normal... Maybe she just assumed it was labyrinthitis? How is it diagnosed?
DEN,,,,"ear drum pink?".......not very specific for anything.

Labyrinthitis is diagnosed by an accurate history from the patient ( which may take a lot of time and patience on the part of the Dr) vestibulo-function tests ( Google it...tests of balance) and auditory tests, blood tests and MRI scans.

Your diagnosis was clearly made by assumption, excluding other conditions.
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What should I do? See another doctor, or just ride it out with the pills?
DEN...Do what your GP has suggested and ride it out. Viral labyrinthitis is usually self limiting anyway.....if that is the diagnosis.
Err Sqad - its not me with the ear problem.
DEN LOL LOL.........I'm bloody senile....sorry lovefool.
you have been away from AB for too long Sqad - don't worry you will soon be firing on all cylinders - ha ha ha
Excuse me for butting in, I think den is avoiding me LOL . Sqad - admit it - you missed us eh eh ?
peri....O/K I did miss you..............some of you anyway.....LOL
Peri - avoiding you - never - you are one of my favourites xxxxxxxxx
Are you morphing into brucie den and he always says that to the worst dancers LOL . Ah well.
daffy, you poor soul. I hope you dont think it was ghoulish of me but I looked up bullectomy. I knew bulla meant bubble, but now know that the bullae that get ectomied are 'giant bullale' up to several cm in diameter.

BTW I got a reminder that Wiktionary can be rubbish, as here. Bullectomy is supposed to have been deleted, but is still all wrong, and redirects to bulla, which is all right.
Poor old Brucie just read whats on the autocue - can't wait for tonight to see if they address the race issue.

I will be channel flicking tonight - Strictly is on at 7.00 and X Factor is on at 8.00.
Den - anton and laila were on it takes two last night and talked about it so it remains to be seen with Bruce tonight - although he was on radio about it so there may be nothing
Peri - I would think they are oiling his autocue as we speak - ha ha
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hahha, I was trying to work out what DEN might mean!
lovefool - Sqad thinks about me night and day - totally besotted and unfortunately he got our names mixed up . ha ha ha

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