For the past 7 weeks, I have been having a burning sensation from my nose to my stomach. Started out with a swelling and tightness in my neck and throat. My saliva glands are still swollen and the carotid artery down the neck is very tender. I have a constant bad taste in my mouth and the burning sensation when I swallow and breathe. I am extremely tired and fatigued, getting vertigo attacks, chest aches when I breath, getting some sharp pain just below rib cage and to the left.
I have seen an ENT and we did a nasal scope to check out sinus' and throat all looked fine. No sinus infection and minimal drainage. He sent me to a GI doctor to check out the esophagus and stomach via an Upper endoscopy. Everything looked fine, no inflamation or anything unusual. Still waiting on biopsies. My regular MD has have done several blood tests and all have come back normal. (CBC, B12, thyroid, liver enzymes, complete panels). Yesterday we also did a chest x-ray which came back fine.
Some medical background as well: I have had 2 sinus surgeries (1995 & 1996); I have had 2 c-sections (pre-term babies) and 2 miscarriages; 8+ laser laperoscopy surgeries for endometriosis; I have had a complete hysterectomy (ovaries and uterus) Jan 04; a complete colectomy Dec 04 (I have an internal J-pouch). Lost my colon due to a CMV Virus killing the colon. Also was a debate on whether I had ulcerative colitis or crohn's disease. Doctors lean toward the UC.