I wrote that I’m currently sick. If someone finds me dead, this is why. (Practical doctor doesn’t know exactly what is there with my person.)
Summary
🦠 Initial Symptoms (about 6 weeks ago):
• Sudden fatigue, sleeping almost 24 hours
• Nausea, loss of appetite, flu-like symptoms
• Muscle pain, body aches
• Parainfectious state with pressure sensations, internal restlessness, indescribable “strange feelings in the body”
😷 Subsequent Course:
• Inflammation in the left ear (treated)
• Followed by a tooth infection (left molar) → drainage, pain, minimal food intake
• After improvement, a return of “flu-like” symptoms and physical weakness, fever 38 °C
💊 Treatment:
• Erdomed, Ventolin
• Long-term use of ibuprofen during illness and for dental pain
🩺 Laboratory Findings:
• CRP within normal range
• Electrolyte imbalance (specific values not provided)—treatment by mineral waters
• Elevated magnesium
•. COVID test—negative
✅ In fourteen days, the following have healed:
• Shortness of breath
• Sore throat
• Other flu symptoms
• Strange sensations in the body — unless influenced by ibuprofen use
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🚨 Newly appeared (7/10-13/10):
• Mild pain in the heart area
• Strange pressure around the heart
• Sometimes high or fluctuating blood pressure
• Feelings that heart failure might occur
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Current issues:
• Elevated temperature
• Discomfort or pain when clothing rubs against the body
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Thursday 7/10-…
• Thursday: Attempted to stop taking ibuprofen
• Thursday after a bath: Sudden, one-time, intense sharp pain shooting from the upper body down to the feet. The pain stopped after the shock from it, and I slept the entire afternoon
• Later that evening: Needed to resume ibuprofen, a stronger, more anti-inflammatory version — due to intense body pain reaching the feet
• Friday: Fluctuating conditions, feelings of impending heart failure — considered visiting the ER or calling emergency services if the condition worsened
• Saturday: Fever spike in the afternoon, over 38°C — the fever brought relief, relaxation; during this time the body hurt less. There was a sensation of the “pain” spreading from the left side of the chest (heart area) into the body — this spreading seemed to reduce pain at the source, as if trying to move the issue elsewhere to improve the condition — in a way similar to how Galmed ibuprofen works against inflammation
• Sunday: Possible improvement in heart area due to stronger and anti-inflammatory ibuprofen
• I dared to do things I hadn’t done since Thursday — like a full-body shower, though not hot
• Monday: Still mild pain in the heart area, elevated temperature and fever, discomfort from clothing, body aches
• Despite this, tried to ignore the symptoms and do normal things at home — aside from the mild heart pain and other mentioned issues, nothing worsened while doing regular activities
• Tuesday: In current time, similar to Monday — mild pain in the heart area, elevated temperature to fewer, discomfort from clothing rubbing the body, body aches
• Wednesday: There may have been some further improvement. From Saturday is better. I went to the general practitioner for a check-up, and nothing was found; the ECG was normal. However, when I got back from the doctor, I took my temperature and it was 37.9°C (I can provide the record.) I still have an internal examination ahead of me. Clothing still feels uncomfortable when it rubs against my skin. I usually experience this when I have a fever, but the almost constant fever and mild pain in the heart area have not been explained by the doctor. The doctor also said it might be psychological. My argument was that it sounds like I’m making up even something like a tooth infection—or that my mind invented the infection. A dentist would be surprised. And the fever also remains unexplained. I also lost a planned weekend, event in the Netherlands because of current issues. I had already informed about the chest pain last time. But person said he didn’t know about it. And for more times, I mentioned that I used, in current time, to be a smoker, but today person said I’m an ex-smoker. Yes I have doubt.
• Thursday: According to the examination at the internal medicine admissions clinic, it appears to be a post-infectious condition, including elevated temperature and fever. I may still feel body aches for a few more days, and likewise, the elevated temperature may persist for a few days. My heart is fine. The new blood test results after fourteen days are normal—I no longer have an electrolyte imbalance. When I asked my general practitioner about the long-term use of ibuprofen, the cardiologist stated that it could be harmful. I am now supposed to take paracetamol. And of course, I was advised that smoking is not a good idea—generally speaking as well. I have mentioned several times to my GP that I currently smoke, but there has been no response.
It might be a coincidence during respiratory illness, but I asked AI about a pinched nerve. So far, no doctor has considered this theory. Only I took it into account because of the symptoms I had.
A pinched (or compressed) nerve, technically called nerve compression, can be caused by various factors that press on or irritate the nerve.
📌 Specifically for the chest area:
• A pinched intercostal nerve often causes pain that mimics a heart attack or rib pain during breathing. — Friday 07/11
🧠 Symptoms of a pinched nerve
• Sharp, burning, or radiating pain (e.g., into the limbs) - Thursday 07/10
The release of a pinched nerve in the thoracic spine or rib area (often the intercostal nerve – nervus intercostalis) can manifest in several ways. Once the pressure on the nerve eases, your body usually lets you know through a sense of relief. - Saturday 07/12
!!! I think, it could be a good clue for anyone calling emergency services saying they might be having a heart attack — and maybe the doctor will think you’re crazy, that your heart is fine.
• Friday: No one pain at heart area. Elevated temperature. Discomfort when clothing rubs against the body. Treatment; Paracetamol.
• Saturday: A bit tired, probably also because I’ve been dealing with various health issues continuously since the first weekend of June. According to the internal medicine doctor, I should still take it easy for a few days—so I’m taking it easy. This isn’t typical for me. The last time I saw a doctor was for Omicron in February 2022. Before that, it was for strep throat in the summer of 2020.
Illnesses over seven weeks:
- Respiratory illness
- Inflammation of the tooth root canals in a molar
- After dental treatment, recurrence of the respiratory illness and fewer
- Electrolyte imbalance (most likely due to irregular eating caused by tooth pain, gum drainage, and a week of dental rinses)
- Pinched nerve in the rib area
📍 Infection as a Trigger (AI summary)
• You clearly had an infection: fatigue, inflammation, fever, cough, shortness of breath, inflammation in the ear or tooth → the body was systemically weakened.
• These conditions (especially viral infections) can trigger:
• post-infectious inflammation of nerves or their sheaths
• an autoimmune response – the body starts attacking its own tissues (including nerve tissue)
• inflammation of the heart muscle (myocarditis) or the pericardium (pericarditis) → the same possibility mentioned doctor
🧠 Suspected Conditions (by AI):
•. Post-infectious neurological involvement (e.g. sensory neuropathy, dysautonomia)
• Post-infectious myocarditis / pericarditis
• Electrolyte imbalance with possible metabolic complication (including kidney involvement)
* Initially, I had a problem with an infection in a treated tooth at the end of December 2024. I was in the Netherlands at the time. Paracetamol and regular Czech ibuprofen didn’t work well. I realized this when I ran out of few Czech ibuprofens and bought UK Flamingo ibuprofen in Rotterdam. Within 20 minutes, the pain was gone. Within twelve hours, the inflammation had moved out of the tooth, the abscess burst, and everything was resolved for months.
In March 2025, I visited a dentist because I wanted her to clean the root canals. But no inflammation was visible. The infection in tooth came back in June, two days after current illness seemed to be gone. And regular Czech ibuprofen didn’t help with the tooth pain either.
Flamingo ibuprofen isn’t sold in the Czechia. I was frustrated that the UK Flamingo ibuprofen worked instantly, while regular Czech ibuprofen did nothing. Using AI, I found Galmed, which seemed similar to Flamingo ibuprofen. And while Galmed ibuprofen has different effects than Flamingo, it has strong anti-inflammatory properties, is more potent than common ibuprofens available in the Czechia, and is more anti-inflammatory. However, it’s not easily accessible — most pharmacies don’t carry Galmed ibuprofen.
Please
note that during treatment with Galmed Ibuprofen, it may seem like the condition is getting worse. In reality, however, the problem is being treated. I’m not a medical expert, but in my opinion, Galmed Ibuprofen is aggressive and, for example, forces the inflammation to leave the body, which can make it seem like the condition is worsening.
From my experience, these effects typically are between the third and fourth hour after taking it. Overall, I believe Galmed Ibuprofen works for about six hours. In my opinion, it’s better to wait six hours before taking another dose, especially if the issue is more serious.
Right around the third to fifth hour, the symptoms can appear quite intense, and someone might be tempted to take another dose, thinking the medicine isn’t working. However, these are just the more aggressive effects of Galmed Ibuprofen trying to expel and treat the inflammation, I think.