Ok, so I'm going to try and keep this short as possible. In around February, I was bitten by a dog on my left ankle. After a minor worry about potential diseases (rabies, tetanus, what-not), I seemed to be okay.
However, a couple of weeks after the dog bite, I started to notice pain in my left foot (the side I was bitten). That pain has since spread to my lower calf, knee, shoulder, and neck (again, only on the side I was bitten). This week, I started to get mild headaches (which, funnily enough, are on the left side of my head). I have seen several doctors about this, and the first couple told me it was just stress. The third doctor did some pressure tests and confirmed that I had an inflammation issue. I've been to him a couple of times over the last few months since the problem isn't going away, and he just gives me the same meds and sends me off.
If I'm on anti-inflammatories (pills or injections), I have no pain. When they wear off, the pain comes back.
Now I'm getting pretty bloody annoyed by this whole situation, and am starting to get a bit worried again that it might be something pretty damn serious. I was wondering if there was anyone who knows a specialist I can go see about this kind of problem? If the mild headaches don't go away by Monday I'll go see my doctor again but I want to see if I can get another opinion from someone who specialises in this sort of thing.
However, a couple of weeks after the dog bite, I started to notice pain in my left foot (the side I was bitten). That pain has since spread to my lower calf, knee, shoulder, and neck (again, only on the side I was bitten). This week, I started to get mild headaches (which, funnily enough, are on the left side of my head). I have seen several doctors about this, and the first couple told me it was just stress. The third doctor did some pressure tests and confirmed that I had an inflammation issue. I've been to him a couple of times over the last few months since the problem isn't going away, and he just gives me the same meds and sends me off.
If I'm on anti-inflammatories (pills or injections), I have no pain. When they wear off, the pain comes back.
Now I'm getting pretty bloody annoyed by this whole situation, and am starting to get a bit worried again that it might be something pretty damn serious. I was wondering if there was anyone who knows a specialist I can go see about this kind of problem? If the mild headaches don't go away by Monday I'll go see my doctor again but I want to see if I can get another opinion from someone who specialises in this sort of thing.