Unusual Infection/Presentation

[imhotep]

Thought of writing this because some were enquiring about viral infections. I was in Singapore about 12 days or so ago for a few days. Just as I returned I had a family wedding in Cinnamon where we spent time from about 9 AM to 4 PM. Later we travelled with the couple and stayed in a down south hotel for a few days till the homecoming. The following weekend we stayed at a boutique hotel in Koggala Lake where we met our friends who work in Galle & Matara.

Next Tuesday I wasn't feeling well, feeling very lethargic. I skipped my breakfast, no big deal at all as it's always just one slice of bread and coffee. Did a RAT test. Negative. But I knew that something is wrong. I am immune to normal bugs to which I get usually exposed anyway and if I am crook it's something very big.
Night I had my usual drinks & dinner and the next day I had the same feeling.
Did a RAT again, negative. The day went by, skipped breakfast and lunch was just pineapple & mango. Night - my usual routine.
Thursday - whole morning thirsty. Had Lemon tea, Ginger tea and finally a lot of King Coconut. After a few drinks had dinner. Told my wife something is wrong but I can't figure out.
No fever, no cough, no sneezing, no body aches - no symptoms at all except for a weird feeling. Later that night I had the need to pass urine regularly and it was painful. Not due to any acidity in urine but something else.
In the morning on Friday, I collected a urine sample and told my wife to pass it to the lab for testing. She said better get some blood tests too as I have been complaining for a few days.
Anyway, I thought I am going to get a urine or a prostate infection. Started a combo antibiotic just in case after a blood sample was taken. because of the Singapore visit I did a PCR too.

Friday evening the results of the blood test was known. I am always within the acceptable limits even though I check every four years or so. This time the abnormalities were -

CRP 126.00 (very high), Iron low at 3.0, Potassium low at 3.0, Ferritin quite high, Leucocytes high at 63 and PSA 29 ( this can be non-indicative with urine problems). So surely something is wrong. But other than the urine issues I have no other symptoms of a sickness.

 

[Emios]

Std
Urologist kenkta pennapan bn.parasite wage ekakda daneth nane

 

[dayt0na]

Std
Urologist kenkta pennapan bn.parasite wage ekakda daneth nane

Umbath danne nethi deyak nane 🫢

 

[saffron2017]

I had this...turned out it was a tummy bug

 

[Asmodeus]

Get well soon!

 

[John Dutton]

Spoiler

මුලින්ම TFS දාන්නේ කව්ද කියල මම බලන් ඉන්නේ

 

[Emios]

Umbath danne nethi deyak nane 🫢

Urine pain ignore karana hoda ne.kidney infection wage pata gala kidney fail wenawa.matath haduna ban.pandithakamata ignore karala tawa poden kidney fail wenawa

 

[33000v]

ODOC app eken Urologist kenek wa channel karapan dena test tika karala report tika yawapan

 

[Solo Rider]

we have a viral outbreak these days anyhow

 

[EnIgma001]

Candirus supposedly has a penchant for swimming into the human penis.


අංකල් ට නාමල් සුළග වැදිලා 🥹

 

[John Dutton]

I was feeling kinda sluggish lately, now I'm adding cold showers after the usual warm ones, and bam, feeling way better,

amd for you ….

 

[Stimulus mind]

Get well soon!!!, brother.

 

[Janithsl88]

උඹත් දන්නේ නැති ලෙඩක් කියන්නේ ඉතින් හරි. අර අප්පුවා channel කරල බලමු.

 

[Bad_horse]

Thought of writing this because some were enquiring about viral infections. I was in Singapore about 12 days or so ago for a few days. Just as I returned I had a family wedding in Cinnamon where we spent time from about 9 AM to 4 PM. Later we travelled with the couple and stayed in a down south hotel for a few days till the homecoming. The following weekend we stayed at a boutique hotel in Koggala Lake where we met our friends who work in Galle & Matara.

Next Tuesday I wasn't feeling well, feeling very lethargic. I skipped my breakfast, no big deal at all as it's always just one slice of bread and coffee. Did a RAT test. Negative. But I knew that something is wrong. I am immune to normal bugs to which I get usually exposed anyway and if I am crook it's something very big.
Night I had my usual drinks & dinner and the next day I had the same feeling.
Did a RAT again, negative. The day went by, skipped breakfast and lunch was just pineapple & mango. Night - my usual routine.
Thursday - whole morning thirsty. Had Lemon tea, Ginger tea and finally a lot of King Coconut. After a few drinks had dinner. Told my wife something is wrong but I can't figure out.
No fever, no cough, no sneezing, no body aches - no symptoms at all except for a weird feeling. Later that night I had the need to pass urine regularly and it was painful. Not due to any acidity in urine but something else.
In the morning on Friday, I collected a urine sample and told my wife to pass it to the lab for testing. She said better get some blood tests too as I have been complaining for a few days.
Anyway, I thought I am going to get a urine or a prostate infection. Started a combo antibiotic just in case after a blood sample was taken. because of the Singapore visit I did a PCR too.

Friday evening the results of the blood test was known. I am always within the acceptable limits even though I check every four years or so. This time the abnormalities were -

CRP 126.00 (very high), Iron low at 3.0, Potassium low at 3.0, Ferritin quite high, Leucocytes high at 63 and PSA 29 ( this can be non-indicative with urine problems). So surely something is wrong. But other than the urine issues I have no other symptoms of a sickness.

CRP with 126 is unlikely caused by viral infection unless there is a secondary bacterial infection. In some bacterial infections CRP can rise even above 400.

Normal leukocyte range is between 4-10. I don't know whether you are saying 6.3 thousand or 63 thousand. That high of a value (63 thousand) could mean sepsis or hematological malignancy. Low iron, high ferritin, and high CRP all show an inflammatory reaction. What's with the urine full report? I don't know why someone would do a relatively pricey test like PSA without doing a simple UFR first. Next, I would suggest doing a blood picture to clearly understand what's happening (if you are following up yourself). Another thing is the accuracy of lab reports. After the economic crisis, most labs in the country are not maintaining quality control, especially with serum electrolytes reports, even in major private hospitals. Some go to lengths to dilute the reagents to examine more samples.

 

[FALL3N]

edit: i am getting sick too

 

[techhelpme]

bump

 

[imhotep]

Thanks everyone who made a positive suggestions and concerns. Sometimes we can get confused because of certain conditions. I did three RAT tests (of course bloody Chinese crappy ones) on three days, all reported negative. I knew something was wrong but until the urine symptoms appeared three days later, I had no other symptoms.

However, this is what I didn't tell you. On Saturday evening the PCR test results came with Positive Covid report. The urine and blood culture reports came out the next day (takes time) - no infections detected and quite normal.
So I knew what's wrong and didn't worry about it at all. As soon as the PCR result came, I took out an old test kit, two months past expiry - but made by Abbot - South Korea. It's a Generation 1 test made for the original Wuhan virus. That reported positive. Then I tested my wife and son using the Korean test kit, they both were negative. Tested myself and still negative for the Chinese RAT.

Since I had no respiratory symptoms the viral shedding must have been low so that the others around me didn't get infected. The Chinese crap RAT tests are either have very low sensitivity or just fakes. They are still making money from the Wuhan virus.
These false negative RAT tests and the fact that I had no other typical symptoms made the difficulty in figuring out what's wrong with me.
I am alright now almost fully recovered, don't feel anything is crook with me anymore. This Covid virus only affected the urinary system & the bladder.
Though the exact mechanism of this is still unknown, many think that the coexpression of the ACE2 and TMPRSS2 in the prostate leads to inflammation.

 

[NRTG]

Get well soon!

 

[B.Chat]

මේ දවස්වල අමුතු ලෙඩ ටිකක් පැතිරෙනවා වගේ.
Speedy recovery!

 

[Rapunzel003]

glad to hear that you are feeling better now!