I had to go in to hospital yesterday as I was having unbearable pain in my midsection/ribs that was radiating round to my back and then up to my shoulder tips, I also vomited and got really sweaty and shaky. I literally couldn’t move my partner had to physically dress me and pull me along to walk to the car. I’m 22 weeks so went to the maternity assessment unit, they took my BP and some bloods and by that point the pain had gone and I felt generally fine.
My blood pressure was good but blood results came back and they said my inflammation levels were slightly raised so it could mean I’m coming down with an infection so to take it easy, I mentioned I work from home anyway and the midwife said I should still take the week off work to rest and get plenty of fluids as if I do come down with something I shouldn’t be working. So this morning I’ve let my manager know and she was very sceptical and I could tell she didn’t quite believe me so now I’m going to worry about that as well as I have anxiety and worry about everything.
I tried asking if there’s anything I should be looking out for in terms of the raised inflammation levels and they said not really just a fever. They also didn’t seem too concerned about my symptoms that I had in the first place and didn’t know what caused it all but gave me dihydrocodeine for the pain if I get it again.
What if I don’t end up ‘coming down with something’ this week, should I go back to get follow up bloods to see if my inflammation levels are still raised? And does anyone have a clue on what could have caused my symptoms?