Dear Doctor,
I need your advice.
In last 6 months I have been having real bad flare-ups of seborrhea dermatitis. I have always had it, but this time, they are not going away and they are extreme. I get tingling and itching inside my nose, my scalp has sores, my face is itchy and tingly. I have also been having body aches. Random parts and points of my body hurt briefly.
At night, when laying down, I get congestion, which is very weird, because it clears once I wake up and get up from bed. I have noticed myself having hot flashes, while let's say sitting at work and out of nowhere I will have a hot flash.
This all started after I had a terrible "flu" in early September of last year (still hot outside).
Oh yeah, and the last thing that is really scaring me is I lost about 15 pounds, first I started dieting and working out a lot (since Sept.), but now I am back eating high calorie meals, drinking pop and beer and I seem not able to put one pound on.
I am too scared to go get tested, but I took a full blood work test including a liver function test and it came back completely normal, even though 3 weeks before that test, I had a liver function test that showed my liver enzymes were through the roof (but I was taking tylenol, acyclovir and was drinking heavily at the party).
I know bloodwork doesn't mean anything in HIV infections and that only a test can show, but I am too scared to go.
I cannot take this anymore.