Re: 24 hour fever
From: Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 9 Dec 2000 18:01:13 -0600 (CST)
Sounds like a run of the mill virus.
Hope this helps and write back anytime for more information.
HSM
At Sat, 9 Dec 2000, M. wrote:
>
>This isn't really a woman specific illness, but I didn't know where else
>to ask for advice.
>
>Last Friday I felt fine in the morning, then around 4:00 pm, I suddenly
>started having achiness and chills, so I took some advil, and after a
>few hours felt better. I ended up going out with friends until 2:00,
>then started having chills and achiness again. All through the night I
>would have chills then sweats over and over - enough to where I had to
>keep changing my cloths and sheets I would sweat so bad. Finally at
>eight I went and bought a thermometer and I took my temperature
>throughout the day. It got up to over 102 degrees ferenheit. I had
>some Relenza and Antibiotics from last year, so I took them. After I
>finally ate some chicken soup around 2:00pm or so I took some generic
>Tylenol. Within an hour my fever broke and was actually below normal -
>97 degrees ferenheit and has been below normal all week - though closer
>to 98 degrees. I haven't taken any medicin since Saturday and have been
>fine ever since. I DID'T have any nausea, soar throat, ear ache, or
>anything usually accompanying a fever. It was just flat out a fever
>with achyness... I did have some chest pains, though, and have had a
>relative heaviness on my chest all week - but nothing too disconcerning.
>I'm a relativly healthy 20 year old that hasn't had a fever that high
>since I had Chicken Pox over 6 years ago. I've never had sex so it
>can't be an STD, and I haven't really been around anyone from a foreign
>country and haven't been bitten by any bugs lately (or not that I know
>of).
>This is very puzzling to me and I would like some help in the matter.
>
>Thank you.
--
Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG, FACS
Great Neck, New York
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