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What Kind of Doctor Do I Need to See?
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Hansel
Nov 20, 06 6:55
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I've had a nagging cold-like bug for 3 months. I got majorly sick twice (strong cold), and slowly recovered, but not fully. I've taken time off, radically reduced training hours, etc., and it still hangs on. I will feel better for a few hours/days, and then it will return. Mostly it's a feeling like I have pressure in my lungs (very slight wheeze when I exhale hard enough) and sometimes a very slight congestion in my sinuses.

My GP has been stumped. I went to an accupuncturist/herbalist who has me brewing the most awful "tea" you can imagine (I think I see dried worms in it, seriously). That seemed to help, but it came back again after resuming even just easy training.

Where do I go from here? Immunologist? Hematologist? Witch doctor?
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benderin
Nov 20, 06 7:16
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You could try a pulmunologist, they are the lung experts.

I hope you're feeling better soon, your situation sounds frustrating.
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docfuel
Nov 20, 06 9:03
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Possibilities include adenovirus (requires a good 1-2 week rest), mycoplasma or chlamydia pneumonia, sinusitis (can require 10d to 6 weeks of antibiotics, if it doesn't go away on it's own.) You may have asthma alone or in combination with any of these.

BTW, chronic sinusitis might be anaerobic, requires different antibiotics.
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Hansel
Nov 20, 06 9:31
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Thanks, D-Fuel. Those all sound really scary. My GP put me on two rounds of antibiotics (5 days each), one was zithromax or something, can't recall the other. Obviously had no effect.

What kind of doctor should I go see?
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John M
Nov 20, 06 9:34
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Good internist (internal medicine) or pulmonologist (which as you probably know is a subspeciality of internal medicine).
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docfuel
Nov 20, 06 10:11
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Zithromax would generally take care of mycoplasma and chlamydia pneumoniae, but it's pretty lousy for sinusitis. (same for Ketek and Biaxin.)
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Renuka Shinde
Oct 26, 17 4:24
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There could be multiple causes for such an issue, but an ideal way to approach it would be to seek opinion from a general physician and then visit a specialist. At times the costs involved in such a process can be quite high. From the symptoms you describe, I guess it is mostly a viral/bacterial issue. But it is advised to refer a specialist. You may consider consulting a doctor online. Always take a second opinion, in case you are not sure.
- Renuka
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logella
Oct 26, 17 4:39
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Why on earth would you dig up an 11 year old thread to answer this question?
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SBRcanuck
Oct 26, 17 4:41
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Hansel wrote:
I've had a nagging cold-like bug for 3 months. I got majorly sick twice (strong cold), and slowly recovered, but not fully. I've taken time off, radically reduced training hours, etc., and it still hangs on. I will feel better for a few hours/days, and then it will return. Mostly it's a feeling like I have pressure in my lungs (very slight wheeze when I exhale hard enough) and sometimes a very slight congestion in my sinuses.

My GP has been stumped. I went to an accupuncturist/herbalist who has me brewing the most awful "tea" you can imagine (I think I see dried worms in it, seriously). That seemed to help, but it came back again after resuming even just easy training.

Where do I go from here? Immunologist? Hematologist? Witch doctor?

When your lungs are feeling heavy, etc., does it feel like there is any fluid in them, any congestion in them, coughing anything up?

If not, then probably not infection. When my lungs get sensitive like that, my doc will usually give me two puffers. One blue one (ventolin I think), and an orange one which I think was a corticosteroid. I would take blue first to open things up, then the orange to settle things down. Maybe ask about that? Might also not hurt to have a chest xray done.
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