 [ Symptoms ] this is day 5 of my illness with no improvement i have lost five pounds in 4 days what should i do  i believe i have some sort of flu but i am not sure my body feels like it is shutting down i am constantly nautious and exhausted i get hot and cold spells sporadically and i am sleeping alot in the middle of the night my eyes have been getting this burning sensation and constantly tear up i have been taking cold and flu medication with zero improvement the only medication that does anything is nyquil and that only makes me sleep harder i have not seen a doctor yet should i [ Disease ] hi for pain relief local hot gels sprays local fomentations and safer analgesics will help anti spasmodics will help if the pain is more analgesic adhesive skin patches are now available in market just paste on the skin and the pain will reduce gradually thanks