Persistent Cold Symptoms: Possible Causes & Next Steps
Questionhello, i am sorry if this is a little long. for the last 3 months i have had a bad "cold" congestion, headache, sore throat,mild cough, mild diareah and occasional hot/cold spells. i have been to my pcp 4 times also an ent , i have had numerous throat swabs, a sinus ct, a blood workup,allergy tests and a mono test 3 times. all came back normal. i have been given 2 sets of antibiotics and entex for congestion with no relief. my question is are there any other diseases that present this way? when i search online for my ongoing symptoms all i get is hiv and some forms of cancer. is there anything elese i can have my doctor check for? i fealt better last week for 2 days but its back again. i am a 25 yr old female with no known health problems. thank you for your time.
Answerif it has gone on this long, it is allergies, not infection.... that should have long since gone... I would use oral antihistamines (claritan) and nasal steroids like flonase for symptoms.... but it sounds like this is more like chronic allergies.......