I contracted a bad case of flu and a chest infection at the beginning of march this year. I've never been the same since then. My symptoms come and go but my breathlessness remains constant every day throughout the day. Was given an albuterol inhaler to help with the breathlessness which I hated and it never worked either.
After getting over the worst part of the flu I was left with severe breathlessness, fatigue, loss of appetite, chest pains, a dry and tickly cough, headaches, back pain, tinnitus, palpitations and an inability to concentrate/brain fog. Sent back to doctor who took a blood test and chest X-ray - all normal. Only the chest X-ray showed I had been getting over an infection apparently. Told it was 'probably' a virus and just to take paracetamol.
Between may and June I developed fluctuating body temperatures, chronic sore throat (even to the point of ulcers in my mouth), blocked sinuses and still the remaining breathlessness and tickly cough. I also started to develop earache. Visited a pulmonologist who gave me a spirometery test and said that I Do not have asthma. Was then told that the doctor doesn't like to label people but he thinks its 'probably' post viral fatigue syndrome.
A month later I've got all the same symptoms and now sinus problems on top of that - really sore throat, tickly cough and mucus coming out of throat and nose (often bloody mucus from nose).
What is going on!?!? Do my symptoms sound similar to anyone else's? I can't keep going back to doctors as I never get anywhere with them. I just don't seem to be getting any better though?