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strep and complications, Please i really need help

by aftermath8p, Nov 03, 2009 03:17PM
I am 21 year old male and have been having various problems after strep. It all started on sept. 28th i had gotten a swollen node under my jaw and green stool. I also had pain in my abdomen. I went to the er three days later and got a rapid test done and it was positive for strep throat. I was put on z pack for 6 days. The initial symptoms of chills and mild fever and green stool went away within two days. But I still continued to feel ill like fatigued. And my swollen node was still swollen. I went back to the er after finishing the zpack and they put me on 600 mg a day of clyndamycin. I felt really good the first day on it like i was better. And on the second day on my third dose of it my tongue started burning and bleeding for no reason with a redish/pink line down the middle. I went back to the er and the dr didn't know what to make of it so he told me to stop taking the clindamycin. The next day after stopping i developed two circular rashes on my face that became red in the middle almost like ring worms. Two days after that i started having blood in my stool and a lot of  undigested food in my stool which was softish. Within four days my burning tongue returned back to normal. But my bleeding would come back on and off always with undigested food in my stool. And my anus being irritaded like itchy. I finally went back to the er six days after having received the new symptoms. They took blood and gave me a rectal exam. The blood work came back normal. The rectal exam showed blood. The final diagnoses was they thought the antibiotics caused lower gi bleeding and a yiest rash on my face. They prescribed me a cream to put on my rash. After two weeks on the cream the rash started going down and one totally has gone away but the other is still slightly there. I stopped having bleeding although my anus is still irritated. As well as my swollen node has gone down a lot it's still there but it was huge before its a lot smaller. The thing thats scaring me is today i had pure green stool which i could maybe attribute to drinking a liter of blueberry juice. But i've discovered a new rash under my chin. Today is nov 3rd, So i've been dealing with this for a long time. I feel fine but this whole thing is really scary with no solid answers. i dont have a primary and the er doctors seem to not know anything. Please somebody can you give me an idea of what i might be dealing with.
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by aftermath8p, Nov 05, 2009 07:58PM
I now have a small swollen lymph node under my chin, I'm freaking out some one please help.
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