I have symptoms of the flu all year long. Why?

Question

Hi doctor,

I have had flu ever since I was three. I am now sixteen, but the flu happens all year round. The flu comes early in the morning after waking up and at night before sleep, and also when I wake up abruptly—my nose and eyes itches. My nose is also congested, and I can only breathe through my mouth. Whenever I sneeze, I lose a lot of energy. It also occurs when the weather is cold. The mucus I pass out is colorless and watery. I have severe headaches and loss of smell too. My parents took me to the hospital once, and they gave me Rhinocort, which worked, but then we went to a herbalist, and nothing changed. I am tired of this. Please help me. Thank you.

Answer 1

Hi,

Welcome to icliniq.com.

I am sorry to learn about your condition. Understandably, you want to get rid of this situation. Based on your description, I firmly believe this is an allergy-like auto-immune process. Maybe you have laboratory results with a full platelet count at home. Have a look at the eosinophils and basophils. They might be elevated. Therefore I would never have prescribed your herbal medicine because these conditions are driven mainly by proteins and other structures that we find in all-natural products. So eating healthy is fine, but please avoid herbal supplements or “natural” medications with many unknown biological properties. Instead, I recommend trying therapy with two mast cell stabilizers and one classic (generation 1) oral antihistamine. The mast cell stabilizers need about two weeks until they have their full effect. For pain I recommend Naproxen. I genuinely hope that this will help you. Get better soon and stay healthy.