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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Sinusitis / November 2006What are these symptoms?
Every couple months I get this lightheaded kinda feeling with a mild fever, weakness and some sneezing with nasal soreness. Doing heavy work seems to make it worse and I live in the area (San Diego) where things are warm all year long. I've had these symptoms on and off ever since I had sinusitis several years ago. A recent CT scan shows no sinusitis. I woke up this morning with a temperature of 98.3, and now I come home feeling lightheaded, weak and a temperature of 99.2 (no work done today, but did yesterday and before) I went to see an ENT and he said that temperature is normal, but I know it is'nt normal for me, nor is the lightheadedness and weakness. He said since the CT scan was normal, he did'nt know what was wrong with me. Other people in the county have complained of similar symptoms, but said their symptoms went away after a couple of weeks. I'm irrigating quite a bit. Also considering allergy testing. Is it possible that this is an allergy? -- RB > Every couple months I get this lightheaded kinda feeling with a mild > fever, weakness and some sneezing with nasal soreness. Doing heavy [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > -- > RB What kind of work do you do? Do you by any chance work in anything that would have a lot of mold or other organic dusts or chemicals? If so, you could be getting something like organic dust syndrome, humidifier fever or hypersensitivity pnemonitis. Just a though, since you said you felt worse when working and others having similar problems. Do you feel better on weekends and vacations? If none of the above apply, then I think allergy testing would be a good first step. Kathyw BTW, I was considering a trial move to the San Diego area because of its mild climate. Temperature changes seem to be my worst trigger. Is mold a problem there? > What kind of work do you do? Do you by any chance work in anything > that would have a lot of mold or other organic dusts or chemicals? I'm a sales manager for a food distribution corp and I'm in a clean office. > BTW, > I was considering a trial move to the San Diego area because of its > mild climate. Temperature changes seem to be my worst trigger. Is > mold a problem there? As far as I know, mold is not a problem here because of the dryness. The problem is year-round pollen and all sorts of hellish things blowing in from the arrid east county desert, especially during the Santa Anna's. -- RB > As far as I know, mold is not a problem here because of the dryness. > The problem is year-round pollen and all sorts of hellish things blowing > in from the arrid east county desert, especially during the Santa Anna's. Then I would have the allergy testing done. Allergies are definitely one of the things that can make you more susceptible to sinus infections because of the swelling. In the meantime, if you continue to run a low grade fever even with a normal looking CT scan a course of antibitoics should be in order if it doesn't clear up in a few days. A virus shouldn't last over 2 weeks. Sounds like it may have started that way since other people had the same symptoms also; just in your case it possibly turned into a sinus infection. They don't always show up on CT scan. Thanks for the info about mold. I don't have typical allergies, just an abnormal immune response to most molds. We are looking for somewhere else to go for a while where there isn't much mold nor many weather changes. San Diego is about the only place I've been able to find that meets both criteria. Being from East Tn. all of my life, this would be a big change. Do you like living there? Kathyw [...] > Thanks for the info about mold. You're welcome, just make sure you live in a clean place if you come out here 'cause you never really know what's inside of carpets, walls, air ducts, bathrooms, etc. > I don't have typical allergies, just > an abnormal immune response to most molds. We are looking for > somewhere else to go for a while where there isn't much mold nor many > weather changes. San Diego is about the only place I've been able to > find that meets both criteria. Being from East Tn. all of my life, > this would be a big change. Do you like living there? I don't like living here anymore I guess because it's where I got sinusitis, and have never been the same since. I'm from Pennsylvania and have only been in San Diego for 11 years. The warm weather all year long is absolutely horrible, for me. I'd like to move to Boise, Idaho ... very mild winters and low humidity in the summer. The change of season, which I miss, might even help my sinuses, but I have no way of being sure. I would'nt want to move, only to find out I'm back to square 1. -- RB "America First ... not internationalism ..." > You're welcome, just make sure you live in a clean place > if you come out here 'cause you never really know what's > inside of carpets, walls, air ducts, bathrooms, etc. What kind of things do you mean? mold from leakage, etc. or dust and that sort of thing? I'm not talking about moving anywhere permanently and was actually contemplating rentiing or buying a medium sized camper and just finding somewhere the weather is fairly stable with low humidity for a while to see if it helps. Right now I can't afford to do it anyway > I don't like living here anymore I guess because it's where I > got sinusitis, and have never been the same since. I'm from [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >I never thought of Boise, Idaho; wouldn't have thought they would have mild winters. I love the area where I live. We are just a couple of hours from the Smokie Mts. and the seasons are beautiful, but the extreme temperature changes fall and spring and high humidity in summer just make it miserable for me living here. I would never want to leave my daughter and grandchildren permanently, but am going to have to do something to clear up whatever is going on in my sinuses. i would hate to move to San Diego or anywhere else and maybe make things even worse. At any rate, I hope you find a solution to your sinus problems. As you have read here it's very difficult finding out the exact cause. Kahtyw |
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