Hi, I have been sick for about 4 years now. Have had this intermittent illness, with severe body aches deep inner pain like someone beat me inside with a baseball bat at times, with even this chronic sore throat on one side of my throat....and feels like I have a low grade fever with it too. it is aweful! Been going on intermittently for years now, and when I take American Ginseng it goes away? When i stop taking it it returns and feels even worse. i have thyroid but have my blood tested every 6 months, just did a few days again again and my doctor says my thyroid levels are normal and i am not anemic. My Dad had pernicious anemia so I told my doc and he said the blood work he did on my blood had no warning signs for that either. i used to work in maine as a Gardener for over 10 years and worry maybe lyme disease or some other more serious auto immune disease? I also had a bad hiatal hernia but this started to happen to me way before the hernia got worse or i had symptoms with the hernia, so I don t think it is the hernia. i worry it is something far more serious and I can not get into see a new doctor for 2 months as I live in a rural area and it is not good. I went for a 6 month stretch where I felt better, no symptoms at all, but i also left the town I live in and went to florida for a while and i notice that when i get out of the town I live in, i feel better too?? Not sure if the air is bad here or the water?? I am at my wits end and have no clue what i may have or how serious?? PLEASE HELP!
Your History suggests (1) you may be allergic to some garden related - pollen / flower or any other allergen which can cause such off and on symptoms.(2) You need to go for thorough workup like Throat Culture and Sensitivity test, Allergy panel test, other test which may be required after your physical exam.(3) Best option is when you get complaints next time, you go to a good medical facility and consult Internal Medicine Physician about your off and on complaints. Internal Physician would do physical examination and suggest further course most likely as I mentioned by me in 1 & 2