Diagnose Boshko!

[Provost Harrison]

You're just digging a deeper hole KarzyHorse

[mrmitchell]

Severe sexual organ dysfunction

It's when your penis starts hogging up all your blood cells, oxygen supply, etc. It might make for a more enjoyable **** experience, but you're too tired to try to grab a babe.

Usually, amputation is necessary

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Seriously, the only thing I'd know to do is GO TO A DOCTOR instead of a bunch of comedians and ask him about it. And get LOTS OF REST, drink plenty of fluids (I think), etc.

[Provost Harrison]

Pick your doctor wisely though...you don't want him to shrink your head or something

[Dr Strangelove]

It sounds like sinusitiis. Unfrotunately your HMO has dictated that you must wait 2 weeks until you can get an antibiotic for it, so until then it's like what the good book says: "Suffer little children."

Just kidding. Did the lateralized cheek and temple pain begin at the onset, or did that appear after the other symptoms? If the lateralized pain began after the onset than you may have a secondary sinus infection, but it sounds like the primary illeness is probably influenza. There are some medicines available now that can shorten the course of influenza, but unfortunately they have to be started within 24 hours of the onset of symptoms. About all you can do for your flu now is rest, drink plenty of fluids, take ibuprofen for the fever and pain and take a decongestant/mucolytic/antitussive for your stuffy nose and cough. If the lateralized pain persists you need to see your doctor to see if you do indeed have a sinus infection. Are you having any shortness of breath? The primary morbidity of flu is pneumonia.
Also be wary of a guy wearing a long black hood and cape carrying an oversized gardening tool coming by for a visit. If he comes by do not shake his hand or accept his calling card, nor should you accept his invitation to come along on a little walk. This guy doesn't know the meaning of a little walk. He does like to play chess however. If you're good at it you'll buy a little time.

[Dr Strangelove]

Originally posted by Boshko

The GP doctor in my town sucks horrifically, he didn't even bother taking my temperature last time I was there. This wouldn't be so annoying if I didn't have a low-grade cold ALL October and then a nasty middle ear infection in November that I only got over about two weeks before this thing kicked in. Aaaaaargh!

Your HMO doesn't pay for temperatures. Be thankful he consented to see you. Your HMO doesn't pay for that either.

[Bosh]

The first time I had mono I only had fatigue as symptom, but then mono was confirmed via blood test. The second time I had it the only major symptoms were fatigue and sore throat

OK, so there's at least a possibility of mono, hmmmmm.

Sars, naturally.

But the kimchi I eat makes me immune, everyone knows that.

Have you had a flu shot this year?

Nope.

And hey, those small town korea doctors can't be THAT bad. Korean people seem to do alright by them, right?

Yes they can. The Koreans I know usually drive 20 minutes to the nearest city to get a good doctor.

It sounds like sinusitiis.

Could be, my father had a whole string of sinus infetions and I'm pretty prone to sinus headaches myself.

Did the lateralized cheek and temple pain begin at the onset, or did that appear after the other symptoms?

After. The lower-temple (part of the around the eyebrow sinus I guess) started a bit after the other sympoms and the cheek one kicked in yesterday.

If the lateralized pain began after the onset than you may have a secondary sinus infection

Joy.

take a decongestant/mucolytic/antitussive for your stuffy nose and cough

Yeah need to get my hands on some of that. Don't have any in the house.

Are you having any shortness of breath?

Not as far as I know, but I haven't been doing any real exercise.

Also be wary of a guy wearing a long black hood and cape carrying an oversized gardening tool coming by for a visit.

Your HMO doesn't pay for temperatures. Be thankful he consented to see you. Your HMO doesn't pay for that either.

Don't have an HMO. This is Korea

[orange]

Hypochondria

[Guynemer]

Yahoo! I might have actually learned something over the past four years!

Thanks Boshko... your illness has brought meaning to my previously empty, petty little existence.

[Q Classic]

oh! help me dr zaius!
dr zaius, dr zaius
dr zaius, dr zaius
dr zaius, dr zaius
oh, dr zaius
dr zaius, dr zaius
what's wrong with me?
i think you're crazy.
want a second opinion!
you're also lazy.

[orange]

haha

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Ramo
Sars, naturally.

It's SARS, you buffoon

[The Mad Monk]

Originally posted by Provost Harrison
Pick your doctor wisely though...you don't want him to shrink your head or something

Which doctor would do that?

[Bosh]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger


It's SARS, you buffoon

Phear my kimchi-powered immune system! SARS is no match for me!

[Q Classic]

Phear my kimchi-powered immune system! SARS is no match for me!

sars has yet to be found in korea.

[Mr. Harley]

You definitely need to get a secondary sinus infection treated. If the entry to the infected sinus stays clogged, the ensuing infection can have all sorts of unpleasant side effects, from chronic low grade fevers, heightened white blood cell counts, or even causing an abcess that can breach the blood brain barrier. One of the people penicillin was tested on was dying of that. Very unlikely result these days, but that's the extreme. Most sinus infections are bacterial, and require antibiotics. Go see a GOOD doctor. My wife has had four nasal passage-sinus surgeries, so I know more about this then I ever wanted to know.