Urgent what shld Indo nearly passed out a and e?

[2023bebetter]

What should I do.
I came over incredibly hot and head felt strange and nearly passed out.

Felt wonky all week but nothing serious.

It took an hour for it to pass. DH can take me will they see me now it's passed I feel scared

i wouldnt bother going to the gp if i was better

This is exactly how my panic attacks happen.

OP I know you say you weren't panicking but it's not really about that. I've only had one panic attack when I was worrying - the rest have been specifically in one large shop. I think it's to do with the lighting setting something off in my brain. Afterwards I sleep for hours.

Sometimes allergies develop late. I developed a particular type of food allergy as an adult having had no problem with the food in question before I was around 35. At first I thought the problems were just random bugs, till one day I felt awful including feeling sick, faint and dizzy. I managed to get myself home and felt better quickly after feeling sick - presumably because I'd got rid of most of the allergen - and finally started putting two and two together about what was causing it. I've had one or two scares subsequently when I've eaten something with the allergy accidentally, and each time the reaction was slightly worse with the sudden faintness, going hot etc that you describe.

So it might just be worth including some allergy testing in your list of investigations. If you don't want to wait for the NHS I have a feeling that pharmacies can arrange it.

The lump in your neck is probably a swollen gland/lymph node.
Sounds like you’ve got something viral going on, along with some quite severe anxiety (which is very real and nothing to dismiss)

Hope you feel better soon OP, stay off google and see a GP for the anxiety.

By the way, OP, even if you are diagnosed with diabetes it is not an emergency kind of thing which needs A & E (unless you're in a coma).

People who eventually get a diagnosis of diabetes generally have it for months (if not years) before their symptoms cause them to seek medical advice.

I genuinely feel for you, you sound like me I have health anxiety and use to go to a&e far to often, the problem with this is everything is documented so you will soon find you start to be treat a certain way and you will never get taken seriously again. I think you need a gp appointment to discuss your worries and hopefully a referral to some talking therapies. I'm so sorry your going through this it really is awful x

Try and have a good nights sleep and contact 111or your GP in the morning. 111 can access GP appointment systems and book you in directly. Write all your symptoms down, starting with the ones you’re really worried about so that you don’t forget anything when you’re speaking to a clinician. There are that many viruses doing the rounds at the moment, you may have picked one of those up. I went clammy and collapsed a couple of times when I recently had Covid together with some gastro symptoms. Good luck and I hope you feel better soon.
Obviously if you develop any more worsening symptoms or concerns overnight ring 111 again.

But. Let’s flip that.
I’ve ‘not felt quite right’ a number of times (cold/flu/period/hormones/menopause/migraine/ear infection/chest infection/UTI/etc….) I am, at last check, not dead.
Let’s be reasonable, and look at balance of probabilities here. If we all went to A&E when we weren’t ‘feeling quite right’, then it would take days or weeks to be seen. Obviously, if someone is genuinely really unwell, then A&E is the place to be; people shouldn’t be martyrs about it.

OP, I really do hope you’re feeling a bit better now, and you’re getting the help and support needed. Hopefully you got to see your GP or practice nurse.