Undiagnosable mystery illness

worriedchef

Hi,

I can't believe I'm here posting this. 4 months ago I was a normal, extremely healthy, fit and happy guy. Then one night, I brought a girl home with me and the condom broke. 2 weeks later I came down with the symptoms listed below. I have been tested again amd again for all the garden variety STIs, and have gotten negative results every time.

The following symptoms can be attributed to this disease:

Early symptoms (usually begin within a couple of days of exposure):

- Issues with urination - inability to keep urine in
- Body rashes
- Night sweats
- Tongue problems: teeth marks around it, red dots, white tongue
- Stomach pains and acid reflux
- Tinnitus
- Skin in mouth wiping away and mouth sores
- Yellow and foamy urine
- Flank pain
- Burning groin/scrotum
- Severe anxiety and depression
- Tenderness in groin area
- Swollen lymph nodes: groin and neck in particular
- Pain in penis/anal area
- Red and burning eyes
- Dry mouth and feelings of dehydration
- Skin tingling

Long lasting symptoms:

- White tongue
- Mouth ulcers
- Joints that crack and click on every movement
- Muscle twitching
- Chest pains
- Frequent urination
- Peeling skin, particularly on hands and feet

Please note that this miserable disease is almost certainly the same as the mystery virus spreading through China at the moment. Google it and find out about it.

PLEASE post here or PM me if you have these symptoms or if you know someone with these symptoms who can't get a diagnosis and who has not been themselves recently.

COH

Super Aids?

Alf Veedersane

Ebolaids.

Hanley

Condom broke? You're probably pregnant.

Nervous Wreck

Feelings of dehydration? Like, emotionally?

seamus

I'm a complete sucker, but assuming you're not taking the piss, as soon as I read your post I reckoned it was psychosomatic.

And then the only reputable source I found which mentions your "mystery Chinese illness" is this one: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8505998.stm

Condom broke, now you're paranoid that you've caught something, yet you've been tested multiple times and you've got nothing.

You need a doctor alright, but the kind for your mind, not your body.

All of the symptoms you describe are either things which happen most of the time but you're now acutely aware of because you're convinced you're ill - joints cracking, skin tingling, etc - OR they're symptoms of someone with severe anxiety. Your eyes are red and painful because you're not sleeping. Your mouth is dry and getting ulcerated because you're not looking after yourself. Your tongue is white because your mouth is dry.

Oryx

I see no point in leaving this thread open.