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starting to lose the plot now - blood on tissue twice, coughed up blood 4 times and now blood in my ear?

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navyeyelasH · 29/12/2009 16:23

I have a list of symptoms as long as my arm which the gp has diagnosed as IBS or possible celiacs - I'm having an endoscopy at the end of the month to clarify things.

The latest is that 3 weeks ago I got a really stuffy nose and sore face - just thought it was a sinus thing, upped my fluid and took it easy. A week later the snot was still there along with a lump on the right side of my neck near ear lobe (have glands further down neck that are always up too) and a sensation in my tongue and throat that I can only describe as numb. I've had tonsillitis a million times and it was not a sore throat but a numb throat and back of tongue and swallowing was uncomfortable but not sore.

Anyway after 5 days of this I went to DRs on 23rd to check wasn't an infection (had a temp of 37 so not high but quite high for me) further down somewhere - GP said no idea what it is and no idea what lump is but to take antibotics and come back in 7 days.

Tomorrow is the 7th day, my throat and tongue isn't numb but the lump is still there, but smaller. In the last 7 days I have had quite a lot of blood on toilet tissue when going to loo, coughed up blood and just saw blood in my right ear.

Is this just connected to the snot or should I be going to the GP? Feel like a big hypochondriac and can't trust my own judgement!

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lilyrose123 · 29/12/2009 21:44

if you have a really bad cough you can sometimes have a bit of blood in mucus from trauma of coughing, or can get a nose bleed from the sinus problem in a cold, if bad virus could spread to ear infection,
however coughing up blood can mean other things as well, and not sure about blood from the ear sounds like you should get it checked out?
what about ringing NHS direct for some advice?

VicarInaTinselTuTu · 29/12/2009 22:48

id go back to gp. thats what they are there for! go ask and put your mind at ease. people go for much much less than this i can assure you!

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