Virus?

[Furn_93]

Ok, I have my GCSE's soon and I wanna be in top mental and physical state for them.

But I think I have a virus. Whenever I breath deeply, I wheeze, my nose is clear, but my ears feel 'full' and i'm mentally exhausted and pretty tired physically. I haven't felt this tired before.

I'm worried about a ringing I have in my ears, it's high pitched and soft, kinda like an accompanying sound. I did listen to headphones very loudly for about three months, six months ago, and I listened to them loudly for about 45 minutes, waited about 5 hours, then another 45 minutes (school trip journey).

Should I see a doctor?

[Skeln]

Um...if you think you have a virus then, yes, I suggest you go see a doctor. As for the ringing, yeah the loud music could have caused that. Loud music=bad side affects, although I'm not sure what they are. If you weeze, then you could have anywhere from a cold-walking neumonia. (I think I spelled that wrong, but oh well). You also could have asthema.

[byee]

Modern medicine is notoriously bad at treating viruses, b/c basically they cannot be treated, they need to run their course. Unlike bacterial infections, which respond to antibiotics, virals do not. So, if you've got a virus, get plenty of rest, drink lots of fluids, Tylenol for fever.

Factoid: Bacterial infections, esp. of the upper respiratory tract, cause lots of mucus/phelgm, usually green or white and thick. Virals cause wither a clear, runny liquid, or nothing.

[INFERNO]

If you see a doctor, then don't expect some little pill to make it go away. Anti-bacterial medications tend to rarely work on viruses and fungi.

Bacterial infections, esp. of the upper respiratory tract, cause lots of mucus/phelgm, usually green or white and thick. Virals cause wither a clear, runny liquid, or nothing.

This.

[Furn_93]

Could it be that the ringing is caused by the virus? I've heard that they can sometimes, like infections cause ringing, cos otherwise I don't know how I got tinnitus, cos for 6 months my ears have been fine.

[byee]

Yes, ringing inthe ears can be caused by any upper respiratory infection (or obviously any ear infection). Anything that causes the sinuses to swell (typical for URI) can cause that ringing.