Symptoms and Differential Diagnosis

Summary of Symptoms and Differential Diagnosises:

Persistent Symptoms:

• itchy neck rash (skin felt abnormal, not like acne or hives)--PICTURES BELOW
• butterfly rash (raised, red, flushed)--PICTURES BELOW
• EXTREME fatigue (example: slept 10-12 hours a night and awoke still exhausted unable to complete work)
• intermittent low grade fever (99-100)
• intermittent headache
• intermittent vision changes
• increase in nausea
• swollen lymph nodes
• swollen tonsisls --PICTUES BELOW
• hoarseness
• intermittent throat pain (typically L>R)
• increased weight gain (most likely due to inactivity and continued prednisone use)

Differential Diagnosises:

• recurrent mono
• lupus
• chronic pharyngitis
• GERD
• allergies
• chronic fatigue syndrome
• depression
• connective tissue disease
• hypothryroid disease
• scarlet fever
• recurrent strep A, B
• recurrent strep G