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meretricious dilettante
Join Date: Jan 2003
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viral or bacterial?
This morning when I woke up one of my eyes was glued shut. Oh, wonderful, conjunctivitis, I thought, and after ungluing it was surprised to find that it wasn't all that swollen and there is no photophobia. Then the GI symptoms kicked in.
So, since we were already one short at the program, off I went to work, half loaded on codeine. Instead of going home later like any sane person, I hung out because we were having a Christmas party for the patients that I felt somewhat responsible to be present for. The febrile-type symptoms really started up around 11 AM, and persisted until well after I went home (didn't leave 'til 4:30) and spent the evening in a coma. Now both eyes are draining discharge and I still have a temp well over 38, still feel like death. GI symptoms are quiescent, but after this morning I have wisely eaten nothing beyond water, a cookie, half a banana, and some hot lemon relief. My question is, would you say it's viral or bacterial? A peer figured viral this AM... so I didn't get any antibiotics.
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