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I'm a 37 year old woman.  For years I have felt just unwell going from one seemingly unrelated ailment and illness to another. I'm tired in the mornings after long night sleeps, pulling myself through the day, and have been to doctors who've done bloodwork for just about everything from thyroid to mono. Nothing has ever stood out.  My neutrophils and monocytes are always slightly elevated, and ANA is always positive, but no one seems concerned.  My issues are:  B12 Deficiency (taking prescription), just diagnosed ADHD (concentration and memory problems) feeling emotionless, IBS, High Blood Pressure, High FSH/Infertility (Perimenopausal) and Endometriosis, Gall bladder disease and removal, recurring pinched nerves in neck and lower back pain, throat, upper respiratory, and sinus infections.  Most recently, 5 weeks ago, I had a tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy.  Before having the surgery I had sore throat pain, like a dry throat in the morning on the right side, and pain in the right ear for months but ear was always clear.  After this horrific surgery, the ENT said I've recoved... but I still have the throat pain and the ear still hurts.  He insists there is no infection or swelling in the ear. I am beyond frustrated!  I'm tired of being sick and tired, literally, and I'm sure people are tired of hearing me complain too!  What could this be?  I know it all is related somehow.  Any thoughts are welcome! Thanks.
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  I think it is Lyme and/or an Infectious Mycoplasma illness.  That can cause EVERY ONE of those symptoms.  If you had a Lymes test and it was neg, I can inform you on why you need further testing.   Mycoplasmas are a coinfection of Lyme and I had ALL of those symptoms.
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No, I haven't.  I am on antibiotics at least 7-10 times a year and this last infection, two different 10 day doses of Amoxicillan and Avelox and it did not kick the infection.  So is blood borne candida t a yeast overgrowth? If, so, I wouldn't be surprised if that is part of my problem.  

So far the dr. tested me for Scleraderma, Myastenias Gravis, Cystic Fibrosis, and Thyroid and all were fine.  (apologies for the spelling)  Now waiting on Rhumatoid Arthritis, Celiacs Disease, Whooping Cough, and Sinus and Lung ultrasound results.
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There is a book called "it could be allergy and it can be cured", have you been tested for blood borne candida
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That isn't the full list of chronic fatigue problems by any means.  Actually endometriosis is a listed cause of chronic fatigue. Another cause is magnesium deficiency. Magnesium can be depleted easily for many reasons such as stress, sugar, chronic pain and surgery. Symptoms are many but includes sore throat, TMJ ear pain, high blood pressure. Just a thought. Good luck with diagnosis. :)
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Wow! A lot to digest.  Scary, but thank you for taking the time to research it.  I went to the ENT that did the tonsillectomy today since my throat and ear are still hurting.  His response was the throat healed very well, no infection in the ear, so tonsils were not the cause of some of my issues, but at least now I know!  And he doesn't know why my throat or ear are still hurting.  Really?  Told me I should see a immunologist, endocrinologist, or infectious disease dr. at an academic hospital.  My grandfather had severe rheumatoid arthritis, interesting...  Well, head is definitely spinning and have to get all records released before scheduling an appt.  Thanks again.
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TSH can be normal with abnormal free T3, free T4 and/or high thyroid antibodies.  You may not have a thyroid problem but it is still a possibility. ANAs are found with various autoimmune diseases, infections, cancer, lung diseases, gastrointestinal diseases, hormonal diseases, blood diseases, skin diseases, elderly people or a family history of rheumatic disease. ANAs are found in 5% of the normal population.

Neutrophils can increase in response to bacterial infection or inflammatory disease.  Monocytes can increase in response to infection of all kinds as well as to inflammatory disorders.

From the Medline Plus website....

An increased percentage of neutrophils may be due to:

Acute infection
Acute stress
Eclampsia
Gout
Myelocytic leukemia
Rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatic fever
Thyroiditis
Trauma

An increased percentage of monocytes may be due to:

Chronic inflammatory disease
Parasitic infection
Tuberculosis
Viral infection (eg: infectious mononucleosis, mumps, measles)

As for chronic fatigue, i found this on the hummingbird M.E. website...

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is an artificial construct created in the US in 1988 for the benefit of various political and financial vested interest groups. It is a mere diagnosis of exclusion (or wastebasket diagnosis) based on the presence of gradual or acute onset fatigue lasting 6 months. If tests show serious abnormalities, a person no longer qualifies for the diagnosis, as ‘CFS’ is ‘medically unexplained.’ A diagnosis of ‘CFS’ does not mean that a person has any distinct disease (including M.E.). The patient population diagnosed with ‘CFS’ is made up of people with a vast array of unrelated illnesses, or with no detectable illness. According to the latest CDC estimates, 2.54% of the population qualify for a ‘CFS’ (mis)diagnosis.  Every diagnosis of ‘CFS’ can only ever be a misdiagnosis.

However, while 'CFS' is not a genuine diagnosis, those given this misdiagnosis are in many cases significantly or even severely ill and disabled, with conditions including:

Various post-viral fatigue states/post-viral fatigue syndromes (eg. following glandular fever/mononucleosis, hepatitis, Ross river virus, Q fever, flu, measles, chickenpox, herpes and many other infections)
Fibromyalgia
Candida
Athlete over-training syndrome
‘Burnout’
Multiple chemical sensitivity syndrome (MCSS)
Multiple sclerosis
Thyroid illness
Adrenal insufficiency
Localised and Metastatic malignancies
Brain tumours, including astrocytomas, gliomas
Transverse Myelitis
Myopathic illnesses including: Myasthenia gravis, Mitochondrial myopathies, Post-infectious polymyositis
Vitamin B12 deficiency disorders: Pernicious anaemia, Intentional dietary deprivation, Intestinal disease associated with or independent of M.E.
Rheumatoid illness or lupus (SLE)
Sarcoma
Renal or liver disease
Infectious illnesses including: Toxoplasmosis, AIDS, Lyme disease (Borrelia burgdorferi), Tuberculosis, Brucellosis
Various psychiatric and social psychiatric states including: Anxiety neurosis, Uncomplicated endogenous or reactive depression, Clinical depression, Psychopathic personality disorder, Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Schizophrenia and other psychiatric disease.

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Thanks.  Checking through records I have and realized T3 and T4 not done.  This is what I have TSH in 2011-2.020, TSH, 3rd Generation in 2010-1.76, TSH in 2009-1.033.  Emailed many renowned drs of different specialites and 2 actually responded.  One said sounds like a chronic infection and other is infectious disease dr. that wants to see me and mentioned possiblly a chronic fatigue disease.
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Worth checking your thyroid antibodies out just incase.  What are your TSH, free T3 and free T4 levels? Depending on the results, you may want to see an endocrinologist.
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Thanks so much for responding.  I've had TSH, free T3, T4 done before.  Always comes back ok.  Who should I see for possible diagnosis?  General Practioner, Endocrinologist?  I know I've left out symptoms too.  Hair falls out easily, diagnosed with Asthma, the list goes on...it's so disheartening.  Thanks again.
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Quite a few of your symptoms are listed under vitamin B12 deficiency. Optimal vitamin B12 serum is above 800pg/mL or 600pmol/L. ANA can be positive in any number of autoimmune diseases. One autoimmune disease that i would recommend testing for is Hashimoto's Thyroiditis (autoimmune hypothyroidism).

Vitamin B12 is needed for proper thyroid function and a vitamin B12 deficiency is common with hypothyroidism (due to low stomach acid). Thyroid disease is one of the causes of higher than normal FSH levels.  Higher than normal thyroid antibodies also can cause infertility. An underlying cause of gallbladder disease can be due to hypothyroidism. A survey revealed that 42% of women with endometriosis have hypothyroidism. Tests i would recommend include TSH, free T3, free T4 and thyroid antibodies TPOAb and TgAb.


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