I'm so sick and I'm scared I'm gonna die
Hello, I am a 14 year old girl. I had canker sores for about a week, these are usually a prequel to sickness for me. Then I woke up on Monday with a slightly sore throat. On tuesday I woke up with a low fever, muscle aches and that same sore throat but still went to school. Wednesday is when it got really bad, I woke up to get ready for school and my mom took my temperature, I didn't have a fever. So I started to get ready for school. But I noticed that whenever I stood up I felt nauseous. I eventually rushed to the bathroom where I threw up and dry heaved the small amount of food that was in my stomach. My mom agreed that I shouldn't go to school, and she took my temperature one more time before she went to work. It had risen to 101.8. Once she left, I took a long bath hoping it would help me feel better. As soon as I got out of the bath, I threw up again. Then I took a three hour nap, and my fever rose to 103 by the time my mom got home. For the first time all day, she made me eat some saltines, at 1:30pm. Then she gave me some ibouprofen and my fever went down a bit. Throughout the rest of the day I ate less than a full can of chicken noodle soup and some popcicles. I slept well but when I woke up on Thursday I threw up again, and immediately took ibouprofen for my fever. My dad took me to the doctor because they thought I had strep. (My throat was extremely sore and swollen). The doctor told me I didn't have strep. He said it was a virus and would go away soon. Thursday I ate a banana, a chicken salad sandwich, doritos, chick fil a, a milky way, and some popcicles. Friday morning I woke up after sleeping terribly with a white film on the roof of my mouth. When I went to look at it in the mirror, I noticed some white spots on my tonsils. (Which I promptly googled about and had a panic attack) My mom said she would call the doctor and I waited all morning to get a straight answer. They said, "it's just a virus, it'll go away soon. Let us know if the symptoms get worse or if the ibouprofen and tylenol stop working." That morning I ate a smoothie, and my dad made me some eggs for lunch, for dinner I had a casa dia and some popcicles. Around 3pm my fever went to 102 even though I was on ibouprofen and tylenol. My mom called the doctor again and they said to come in tomorrow. I tried to go to sleep Friday night with horrible pains in my stomach like I was going to diarrhea, but couldn't. I only slept for a couple hours before waking up at 1am (Literally praying that it was morning). So that's where I am now, sitting up at 2am writing this. I don't know what to do, I'm so tired but the thought of sleeping is horrible. I'm in so much, constant pain and all the doctors have given me is a strep test and a "It's just a virus, sorry we can't help you" I don't know what to do and I feel so alone and scared. Please help me, someone
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Time to get back to the doctor, or a different one. The Dr should have run a strep test (takes a few days) to be sure since you certainly seem to have all of the symptoms. Strep can become something serious. I hope, by now, that you have been helped. Viruses are difficult to treat until you get followup symptoms and often doctors are cautious about over prescribing penicillin or whatever the proper drug is. For your part, it sounds like you are doing all of the right things, but make sure you drink plenty of water, eat soup (the saltiness will help you feel less dizzy) and stay away from those Doritos for now. Take care.