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Does Heaviness In Neck And Head Suggest Meningitis With Cataconic State And Sore Nose?

Last year I became very ill and went to many doctors, instacares, and hospitals for it, all of them had no clue and just made up some random thing like its an anxiety attack I do have anxiety but these issues are not from that. At first I couldn t sleep for 5 days straight, I do not use drugs. My skin turned white and purple. I had started to see things and felt poisoned. I knew something was wrong. My head felt very heavy, my neck was so sore that I couldn t turn it even a little. My heart was skipping beats(The last sentence has been things that have been going on for some time) . Then one day I had my friend s daughter over and she asked me why my nose was so red. I had no idea. I looked in the mirror and there it was, bright red. I knew right then I had to get to the doctor asap, again. On my way to the doctor I started feeling very strange. Nothing seemed real. As soon as we got to the doctor while I was checking in the rash (was hot to touch) moved down one arm and then the next. It was worse and worse. I became delierious. I couldn t think right. I had such a great amount of pressure inside of my head and down my neck. I was so out of it I wasn t even scared. The doctor did tons of tests but ended up sending me home. I have no idea why... This has happened many times. The last time I went to the hospital they admitted me because I had slipped into a whole different world. They kept me for a few days and couldn t figure out what was wrong. I went into a cataconic state, pretty much a coma. When I woke up they sent me home. They gave me no answers. I kept asking them to test for menigitus but they wouldn t. Even my mom asked them to when I was in a coma. It took me months to finally start thinking clearly let alone talk right. I still have pressure around my head and in my neck. Some days I can t even talk right. Do you think that I should go back to the ER and make them take the test? Can menigitus come and go or go dormant for awhile and come back? I have had so many issues the past few years including high fevers between 103-105 and this last one almost killed me. My body almost completely shut down on me. What should I do? What can I do? I am a very active and healthy person when I dont have my flare up. I eat well and have no drug problems. Please, any suggestions would be great. I just want to be better. I am only 24 and that is why so many doctors tell me that I couldn t possibly have the problems that I think I may have. Thank you for your time and sorry to make this so long. I am just terrified. I have a 14 month old baby and 3 other children that need their mommy. Thank you for your time. Sincerely, Andrea I am sorry. I can no longer get your answer, I would love to but have no way to pay for it. I don t have a credit card. Sorry for your time.
Mon, 7 Jan 2019
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Hi,

In fact, the headache and confusion may be caused by meningitis however your story does not look like meningitis. Patient with meningitis are very sick and they are rarely missed. Meningitis would cause great loss if left untreated for more then 1 or 2 days. And more importantly, a lot of tests would be abnormal. So while this is possible that meningitis may be rarely recurrent (Mollaret meningitis) but your story is not like meningitis. Howe'ver the problem needs to be assessed by a neurologist as what could be your problem. This may be anxiety, but other brain disorders like epilepsy or mass should be ruled out. I don't think you need to go to the ER until very sick but you definitely need to be seen by a neurologist for proper assessment and management.

Hope I have answered your question. I will be glad to answer any further question about this.

Regards,
Dr. Muhammad Zahir Shah,
Internal Medicine Specialist
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Does Heaviness In Neck And Head Suggest Meningitis With Cataconic State And Sore Nose?

Hi, In fact, the headache and confusion may be caused by meningitis however your story does not look like meningitis. Patient with meningitis are very sick and they are rarely missed. Meningitis would cause great loss if left untreated for more then 1 or 2 days. And more importantly, a lot of tests would be abnormal. So while this is possible that meningitis may be rarely recurrent (Mollaret meningitis) but your story is not like meningitis. Howe ver the problem needs to be assessed by a neurologist as what could be your problem. This may be anxiety, but other brain disorders like epilepsy or mass should be ruled out. I don t think you need to go to the ER until very sick but you definitely need to be seen by a neurologist for proper assessment and management. Hope I have answered your question. I will be glad to answer any further question about this. Regards, Dr. Muhammad Zahir Shah, Internal Medicine Specialist