111 app says A&E by 8.30. AIBU to go to GP (or ignore and hope for the best)

[Neome]

Please help me think, I feel really ill with a cold and brain won't work.

I'm normally fit and well, if sleep deprived.

* I am worried about my foot. *

UNRELATED to foot I spent Saturday in A&E being treated & scanned abdo - all fine. Given IV gentamicin. I also have a very nasty cold which is making me feel really rubbish. I'm not flattened ie flu but am struggling to function.

Foot thing is this. I managed to injure the ball of my foot near the toe last Friday. Can't remember how but got glass or a splinter or something, cleaned it, small chunk of skin cut off.

It's been getting more and more uncomfortable over the last few days hurts now even when I'm not trying to walk on it. Might still have something in it eg bit of glass but not sure.

I did a major clean, soak in salt water, etc last night but still very uncomfortable at 5am.

111 online survey said A&E within 4 hours.

WIBU to go to GP or wait 24hrs?

I know you're in hospital op but you also seem to have several different medical conditions going on at the same time that might be separate or might be linked.

Your foot might be a distracting injury that is of no consequence or it might be causing systemic infection, hence the flu like symptoms. Equally the kidney stones, infection, UTI that you had at the weekend might be causing a systemic infection.

I would really push for them to consider everything and to give you a definitive diagnosis, rather than just they think you have flu.

It seems quite a coincidence that you needed IV antibiotics bat the weekend and 3 days later you have signs that could be indicating sepsis. In short, don't let them ignore your wider symptoms in favour of focusing on just your foot.

I admit my shoes are cheap.

I did have blood tests on Saturday, I think the registrar is relying on them and no recurrence of blood in urine. She also said no high fever so not sepsis (I might easily have got confused about this).

I do appreciate the company, thank you.

You make a lot of sense Hearhoovesthinkzebras

She also said no high fever so not sepsis (I might easily have got confused about this).

Your temperature can be low in sepsis as far as I remember.

www.nhs.uk/conditions/sepsis/

I thought you could have a rapid respiratory panel which includes testing for flu? My dd had this in a&e at the start of the year. Admittedly I think they only test for the most common strain but still might be useful?