CNA Lifestyle’s Khoo Bee Khim lost sleep for six months over a lump-in-the-throat feeling that she thought was caused by post-nasal drip. After seeing a GP and two specialists, it might be something else altogether.
It was late last November when I finally got what many Singaporeans already had. No, not the CDC vouchers but COVID-19 for the first time. There were the typical symptoms: Sore throat, fatigue, fever, body aches and the sniffles.
Off I went to the pharmacy for medicine to dislodge whatever it was in my pipe. Weeks went by. What started as a daytime inconvenience had now crept into the night. The price I paid for my stubbornness? I was getting increasingly fatigued from the lack of sleep. My temper got shorter as my energy level dipped lower. I was not in a good place.I finally saw a general practitioner in late March, almost three months since my phlegm fight began. And the first thing he asked upon hearing my story confused me.
But was the lumpy feeling truly the result of acid reflux? “We'll do a process of elimination,” he said. “We’ll try to control your stomach acid situation and see if that improves your problem after six months. If it does, then it could well be acid reflux. Otherwise, we’ll reassess you.”So there you have it: I’ve been on antacids and omeprazole for almost two months now, and I’m glad to say that the coughing and hoarseness are gone.
He recalled a 40-something-year-old woman, who took over-the-counter painkillers for her persistently painful wrist and fingers for years. She was convinced by Google that her symptoms were due to the repetitive use of the keyboard at work. Then, there are those who genuinely believe the misinformation on social media. “For instance, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, there were multiple incidents of fake news purporting the alleged effectiveness of certain home remedies,” said Dr Tan. “There will be patients who sometimes believe and follow such misinformation rather than see a doctor.”
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