Aibu to assume I am imagining this and go on with my day

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The background as briefly as possible !

I have been ill quite a few times over the last year, just silly infections which for whatever reason have gone out of control and I have ended up in hospital. Things like pneumonia , flu, tonsiltis, quinsy. I have been in hospital 5 times in the last 12 months. I went through a phase of being well over the summer and thought it was over but a few weeks ago got quinsy (again) and ended up back in hospital. I had sepsis twice.

Saw my gp yesterday and she basically said that for whatever reason I seem to be really prone to infections ATM and basically if I get so much as a sore throat or a sniffle go straight in and don't wait for it to get better in it's own. Tbh I was hoping not to feel ill again anyway.

This morning I woke up and I feel like my skin is so sore on one side of my body in two areas one across my neck and on one thigh but also not around my ribs. It's just my skin! It feels like I should have a sore or a rash - but I don't.

This evening I feel fevery.

Here is the massive but

I also suffer with anxiety- not particularly health anxiety but with everything i realise I must be thinking more about my health than normal.

I KNOW that the skin thing is probably nothing and the fever thing could well be a feeling of anxiety since my temp is actually ok I think.

I haven't told dh anything because tbh I think he will over react and insist on a gp appointment tomorrow if it's still the same.

Aibu to put this down to anxiety? I have no REAL symptoms of actually being ill just feeling not right. Dh would say I'm unreasonable I know but then he isn't the one who feels like I may as well move in to the hospital.

A GP cannot diagnose shingles until there is a rash can they? If the skin thing is all you have, you may be too soon

My mum had shingles and no rash. She was in agony

However having said that I've had itchy skin and on/off fever the past few days. I assumed a weird virus going around! (But I'm. It vulnerable and you should get it checked out as told to)

I have health anxiety and have previously ignored real symptoms and written them off as being in my head.

I ended up totally floored with glandular fever and off work for a month because i kept trying to push through it thinking it was just anxiety.

Go to a doctor. If nothing else you'll get some reassurance you're okay :)

I had no rash when I saw the GP but she still prescribed anti virals as shingles was the most likely diagnosis so don't be put off going because you don't have a rash OP