I have been unwell for almost 4 weeks now. Current symptoms are tingling and pain in my left hand/ arm, ibuprofen, codeine + paracetamol are not helping this, sometimes it takes the edge off. Also have general aches and pains all over my body as if fighting a flu. The arm pains and tingling are worse at night. Haven't slept properly in a month.
Backstory:
4 weeks ago woke with pelvic and bladder pain, cloudy urine, frequent urination, feeling generally unwell. Prescribed a UTI treatment for 3 days. Symptoms did not alleviate, also got tingling in my left hand, most in the little finger and ring finger and pains in my left arm. Prescribed another course of antibiotics for UTI, which then resolved after approx 3 days.
Pain in pelvis and aches and pains remained, pain in arm got worse and also started getting pains in back and numbness from bellybutton on left side, around to my spine. Last Thursday I had horrific waves of back pain in the left mid back. Multiple tests in A&E and they couldn't find anything. The pain lasted about 12 hours and has not recurred. The following day I got a mild rash of tiny blisters on back in the same area but GP inspected and ruled out shingles.
Tests done and all clear:
CAT scan of pelvis and mid abdomen. Ultrasound of pelvis. Multiple blood panels to check for infection, vitamins and minerals etc, all results perfect. Multiple urinalysis in GP and in lab.
I am stumped and my doctor is too. I have been to A&E twice, seen my own GP 6 times. The ongoing pain in the arm seems to be unrelated to all the other stuff and has developed into causing me the most pain and difficulty in sleeping.
Any thoughts from anyone who enjoys a puzzle? I am thinking maybe internal shingles but that would not explain the pain and tingling in my left hand/ arm. Or the pelvic pain on the left side that is still ongoing.
I don't have any other health issues other than hypertension that I am medicated for, it has been under control but since I got sick its been very high consistently.