Any medical types about - not sure what’s wrong (picture)

[catgirl1976]

Sorry to be a bit dramatic and to use MN as a medical resource

I am feeling dreadful and have been all day. I’ve got a pounding headache, I feel sick and shivery and the skin in my legs has gone mottled (see picture)

I’ve got a massive day at work tomorrow so really don’t have time to go to my GP but I’m feeling dreadful and wondering if (assuming I still feel like this tomorrow) I should try and get to a walk in or something. (Also please excuse my fat legs)

This is a better picture I think

A&E. Now. Could be sepsis.

The first thing I thought of was possible meningitis. I'm not a doctor though. Give nhs 24 a call.

Ah feck. Ok I will call 111

Hope you're ok op

Quickly do the glass test, does the rash disappear?
If no get thee to a and e

Have you flown lately or been very sedentary? Is the rash hot?

A&E

I had sepsis 2 years ago from a leg infection. Headache, shivering and mottled skin shouldn't be ignored

Hope you get seen ASAP OP

Not a medical type but if the rash does not disappear when you press it get to A&E, it sounds like you could have sepsis. At least ring 111

Done the glass test and the rash disappeared so that’s good. Rash isn’t hot and I’ve not been abroad. I will call 111. If I don’t respond it will be because I’ve either gone to bed or the walk in depending on what 111 say. Thank you all

As with others I'd suggest 111

Please go straight to A and E. I also think this is sepsis and you need medical treatment asap. I recently got chatting to someone who has had sepsis and she told me one of the symptoms is a lower than usual temperature (although not in each case). Don't wait on 111 - you'll lose time. Go to hospital. I hope you're okay

Glad you're making the call, that's what I was going to say. I don't think mottling like that should be ignored.

I hope with those symptoms 111 will dispatch you to hospital for tests, at the very least.

www.nhs.uk/conditions/sepsis/

Septic shock
In some cases, symptoms of more severe sepsis or septic shock (when your blood pressure drops to a dangerously low level) develop soon after.
These can include:
feeling dizzy or faint
a change in mental state – such as confusion or disorientation
diarrhoea
nausea and vomiting
slurred speech
severe muscle pain
severe breathlessness
less urine production than normal – for example, not urinating for a day
cold, clammy and pale or mottled skin
loss of consciousness

Crikey. Hope you’re ok

Could be sepsis or meningitis, sorry to be dramatic but I think if you are feeling really crappy you really should go to A&E.
If it’s not that serious then that’s an evening ruined
Not trying to be alarmist but these things can have very dramatic consequences.
Hope you are ok x

www.nhs.uk/conditions/sepsis/ sorry to sound dramatic in my post - here's a link to NHS website about sepsis x

Agree with everyone else go to a & e or at least phone 111. Hope you're ok

111 will likely send an ambulance OP. Your symptoms fit sepsis.

Hope you’ve got some medical advice OP

Hope you're ok OP

Are you recently had your period ? Could you have forgotten a tampon .

*have

It looks a lot like bruises in the pics, do you normally bruise easily? What's your blood pressure like, do you know?

Have you drank plenty and have you checked your temperature?

I’m on my period but I’ve check and I can’t feel a tampon. Ringing 111 now so I’ll be offline either getting checked or getting some sleep

Thanks for the advice everyone

update us when you can, OP. Hope it's nothing.