# Thread where actuaries diagnosis medical issues **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [December 17, 2021, 10:50pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/thread-where-actuaries-diagnosis-medical-issues/4794 "2021-12-17T22:50:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![PatientZombie](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/patientzombie/32/391_2.png) [@PatientZombie](https://community.goactuary.com/u/PatientZombie)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2022, 11:14pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/thread-where-actuaries-diagnosis-medical-issues/4794/104 "2022-02-19T23:14:10Z")
No need to be specific, just a loose description ---
**Author:** ![ao\_fan](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/ao_fan/32/143_2.png) [@ao\_fan](https://community.goactuary.com/u/ao_fan)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2022, 11:15pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/thread-where-actuaries-diagnosis-medical-issues/4794/105 "2022-02-19T23:15:54Z")
Alternating between a stabbing aching pain in my upper back and extreme itching on my mid to upper back in close to the same spot. It seems unrelated to each other other than similar spot. I’m also exhausted. At first with the back stabbing pain i thought I have cancer for sure and an unrelated allergic reaction to something making my back itch like crazy. Now I don’t know. Are these symptoms of shingles? ---
**Author:** ![Lucy](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/lucy/32/8802_2.png) [@Lucy](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Lucy)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2022, 11:16pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/thread-where-actuaries-diagnosis-medical-issues/4794/106 "2022-02-19T23:16:10Z")
> [@Marcie](#): > > It could be [referred pain](https://www.healthline.com/health/pain-relief/referred-pain). 🤷‍♀️ I’m going to agree with Marcie that pain is sometimes in weird places. I once had a blood stick in one ear, when I donated blood or something, and the OTHER ear bothered me all day. Have they checked for obvious stuff like appendicitis ---
**Author:** ![Breadmaker](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/breadmaker/32/83065_2.png) [@Breadmaker](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Breadmaker)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2022, 11:20pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/thread-where-actuaries-diagnosis-medical-issues/4794/107 "2022-02-19T23:20:44Z")
They make it seem so fun and uplifting!!! 🙄 [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Y6oVJUWB54I/hqdefault.jpg "Pepto Bismol commercial😂") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6oVJUWB54I) ---
**Author:** ![ArthurItas](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/arthuritas/32/63_2.png) [@ArthurItas](https://community.goactuary.com/u/ArthurItas)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2022, 11:27pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/thread-where-actuaries-diagnosis-medical-issues/4794/108 "2022-02-19T23:27:42Z")
No family history of liver problems, just gallbladder. Bilirubin was normal every time I’ve had it tested ---
**Author:** ![PatientZombie](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/patientzombie/32/391_2.png) [@PatientZombie](https://community.goactuary.com/u/PatientZombie)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2022, 11:37pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/thread-where-actuaries-diagnosis-medical-issues/4794/109 "2022-02-19T23:37:39Z")
> [@ao\_fan](#): > > Are these symptoms of shingles? Yes ---
**Author:** ![Lucy](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/lucy/32/8802_2.png) [@Lucy](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Lucy)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2022, 11:58pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/thread-where-actuaries-diagnosis-medical-issues/4794/110 "2022-02-19T23:58:55Z")
[https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/shingles/symptoms-causes/syc-20353054](https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/shingles/symptoms-causes/syc-20353054) ---
**Author:** ![ArthurItas](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/arthuritas/32/63_2.png) [@ArthurItas](https://community.goactuary.com/u/ArthurItas)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2022, 12:08am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/thread-where-actuaries-diagnosis-medical-issues/4794/111 "2022-02-20T00:08:38Z")
The first time I had shingles it started with painful sores and itching on my back ---
**Author:** ![Lucy](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/lucy/32/8802_2.png) [@Lucy](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Lucy)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2022, 12:52am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/thread-where-actuaries-diagnosis-medical-issues/4794/112 "2022-02-20T00:52:01Z")
My husband never had sores when he had shingles, he just had a painful patch on his flank. The skin looked fine. ---
**Author:** ![Triweasel](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/triweasel/32/159_2.png) [@Triweasel](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Triweasel)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2022, 2:11am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/thread-where-actuaries-diagnosis-medical-issues/4794/113 "2022-02-20T02:11:00Z")
Just got my 2nd dose of the shingles vaccine yesterday. Feeling kinda crummy today but if it helps me avoid the real deal I’m fine with minor side effects. My cousin had shingles last year and it sounded horrible. ---
**Author:** ![ArthurItas](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/arthuritas/32/63_2.png) [@ArthurItas](https://community.goactuary.com/u/ArthurItas)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2022, 2:14am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/thread-where-actuaries-diagnosis-medical-issues/4794/114 "2022-02-20T02:14:49Z")
I’ve had the shingles twice, both times before I turned 40. Do not want again. ---
**Author:** ![Vorian\_Atreides](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/vorian_atreides/32/65623_2.png) [@Vorian\_Atreides](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Vorian_Atreides)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2022, 2:56am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/thread-where-actuaries-diagnosis-medical-issues/4794/115 "2022-02-20T02:56:18Z")
> [@ArthurItas](#): > > horrible abdominal discomfort, followed by violent diarrhea and vomiting for about 3 hours. I also had chills and cold sweats, but no fever. It was bad enough that I considered going to the ER. It completely disappeared after 3 hours (with no medication), and I felt fine the rest of the day. Could also be kidney stones. This matches my experience with kidney stones with the exceptions of I was very nauseous (instead of vomiting) and didn’t have violent diarrhea. Was your urine pretty dark during this time? ---
**Author:** ![ArthurItas](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/arthuritas/32/63_2.png) [@ArthurItas](https://community.goactuary.com/u/ArthurItas)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2022, 3:33am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/thread-where-actuaries-diagnosis-medical-issues/4794/116 "2022-02-20T03:33:27Z")
With stuff coming out of both ends, I don’t remember urinating at all that morning. It was a struggle deciding what bodily function needed priority ---
**Author:** ![tommie.frazier](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/b5a626/32.png) [@tommie.frazier](https://community.goactuary.com/u/tommie.frazier)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2022, 6:41am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/thread-where-actuaries-diagnosis-medical-issues/4794/117 "2022-02-20T06:41:08Z")
I am aware of two kinds. (1) lousy. (2) tremendous. ---
**Author:** ![Vorian\_Atreides](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/vorian_atreides/32/65623_2.png) [@Vorian\_Atreides](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Vorian_Atreides)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2022, 3:27pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/thread-where-actuaries-diagnosis-medical-issues/4794/118 "2022-02-20T15:27:24Z")
What about later? When you did “go”? ---
**Author:** ![ArthurItas](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/arthuritas/32/63_2.png) [@ArthurItas](https://community.goactuary.com/u/ArthurItas)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2022, 3:31pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/thread-where-actuaries-diagnosis-medical-issues/4794/119 "2022-02-20T15:31:15Z")
It’s been a few weeks so I don’t remember. I think I would remember if I had very dark urine as that would be unusual for me. ---
**Author:** ![DeepPurple](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/deeppurple/32/1551_2.png) [@DeepPurple](https://community.goactuary.com/u/DeepPurple)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2022, 11:47pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/thread-where-actuaries-diagnosis-medical-issues/4794/120 "2022-02-22T23:47:11Z")
> [@Marcie](#): > > I know someone who had her gall bladder removed whose initial symptom was back pain That was exactly my experience. A gallstone attack felt like getting hit across the back horizontally with a baseball bat. ---
**Author:** ![ao\_fan](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/ao_fan/32/143_2.png) [@ao\_fan](https://community.goactuary.com/u/ao_fan)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 2:55am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/thread-where-actuaries-diagnosis-medical-issues/4794/121 "2022-02-23T02:55:27Z")
i don’t think this is shingles anymore. back to thinking i just have an allergic reaction to something or dry skin due to the weather making my back itch, plus unrelated cancer making my back hurt and it’s a coincidence that both symptoms are in my back. ---
**Author:** ![BG5150](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/bg5150/32/38521_2.png) [@BG5150](https://community.goactuary.com/u/BG5150)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 2:54pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/thread-where-actuaries-diagnosis-medical-issues/4794/122 "2022-02-23T14:54:08Z")
Have you been to see a physician? ---
**Author:** ![ao\_fan](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/ao_fan/32/143_2.png) [@ao\_fan](https://community.goactuary.com/u/ao_fan)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 5:16pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/thread-where-actuaries-diagnosis-medical-issues/4794/123 "2022-02-23T17:16:07Z")
no because doctors have been useless to me the last few times i’ve contacted one. hoping it just goes away. 😬 [Previous page](https://community.goactuary.com/t/thread-where-actuaries-diagnosis-medical-issues/4794.md?page=5) [Next page](https://community.goactuary.com/t/thread-where-actuaries-diagnosis-medical-issues/4794.md?page=7)