High white cell count, abdominal pain & high temp?
Thursday lunchtime I was at work when I was hit with a sudden agonising pain in my lower abdomen. This got worse as the day went on. I couldnt even make my way home from work and my dad had to fetch me. Him and my Mum took me straight to A&E. There they rushed me in, did urine tests, bloods. They said I had high white cell count and despite shivering like mad I had a high temp. I was given Morphine to calm me down as I was almost hysterical with the pain. Taken to Gynae, they did stomach scan, said it was nothing Gynae related, took swabs and said they would pass results to GP. Admitted to a general ward that night and basically made to feel like a hypochondriac! Dr insisted that it was constipation, but I was NOT constipated, I told them this, they ignored me. I had a camera down my throat in October where they said I had a hiatus hernia, but this time in hospital they said it was nothing to do with that, so the hernia was ruled out. Waterworks were fine, as were the bowels. I felt nauseous, but never actually vomitted. Pregnancy ruled out. I had a smear in August which was normal. About 3 weeks ago I had a sudden irregular period of bleeding, it came and went within the 1 day and was very light, a week later the same thing happened, I bled for one day and it was very light. Then at the weekend I bled very very heavy, I told them this, but they still insisted it was not gynae related. I never have irregular periods, they are never heavy either. I have just been discharged, still in agony, the Doctors and Nurses looked at me like it was all in my head. I have still got abdominal pain and now chest pains. I am very worried, especially with the high white cell count. I am otherwise a healthy person, active, slim, non smoker, occasional drinker, no allergies, I cant explain it. Any help appreciated.
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Wow, I would be very upset at not being listened to. These symptoms can mean anything from kidney stones to an ectopic pregnancy. You need to get a second opinion.
Holy S%##! Could be appendicitus and that’s nothing to mess with. You need to see another Dr.
That sounds awful. I’m so sorry you’re going through this. I am not a physician, so I don’t have medical advice for you, but keep getting checked out by doctors until you are satisfied with their advice. It may be helpful for you to find someone (parent, friend, etc.) to advocate for you. Sometimes hospitals even employ patient advocates, or you can find one at an advocacy center.
Good luck and I hope you get better soon!
Go back to the emergency room. It could be appendicitis or diverticulitis. It sounds like you have an infection but no one here can tell. You need to be checked out by another doctor. I hope you find some answers and are out of pain soon.
my thoughts are with the appendix as well. did they say anything about it?
My daughter had something like this when she was 13, and it turned out to be related to irregular periods. She hadn’t had one in 3 months, and the doctors gave her a shot to start her cycle, and it all ended.
I am not a doctor and this may not be it but it sounds so much like what I went through…a cyst on the ovaries that ruptured. I was so sick…it ended up being a two inch cyst that would rupture and then refill and rupture again. I had one on both sides…my white cell count was very high and I had a fever and bleeding much like you have described. It may not be this but something to look into. It took a while for them to figure it out for me too. See an OBGYN ASAP and explain it just the way you have here. See someone very soon!!! It could be a number of other things but nothing to mess around with! White cell counts being elevated is telling you that you have an infection that your body is trying to fight.
Appendix. Been there, done that, got the scar. Now it can be treated with antibiotics, sometimes.
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