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Suggest Treatment For Fatigue, Chills, Fever, Earache, Dizziness And Sore Throat
Question: Still fatigue, chills without fever, earache, dizzy when bending over and scratchy throat hard to swallow at night
Brief Answer:
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Detailed Answer:
Hello and welcome,
It sound like you have an upper respiratory viral infection. Given that you have fibromyalgia, I would suspect you are more likely to have chills and fatigue when you have an infection.
Some suggestions:
1. As I suspect the scratchy throat is coming from drainage from the sinuses, consider a steroid nasal spray such as Flonase which is sold without prescription at most drug stores. It may take a couple of days of regular use to work.
2. Since it is hard to swallow at night, there must be a lot of mucus or tissue swelling. A couple of things you can try are
- gargle with warm salt water
- irrigate your sinuses with saline rinse (nettipot) or saline spray (such as Simply Saline) - but don't do this within an hour of taking the Flonase or it will make the Flonase drip down into your stomach.
- The Flonase nasal spray might help.
- Pseudoephedrine decongestant can help this but just use during the day. It can keep you awake at night. At night you can use phenylephrine decongestant - it isn't quite as effective as pseudo ephedrine, but isn't so stimulating. These can help the earache too.
- Guaifenesin + lots of water can help thin out secretions so that it isn't hard to swallow.
A note - if you decide to try pseudo ephedrine, you have to ask the pharmacist for it as it is kept behind the pharmacy counter (it doesn't require a prescription, but they don't sell it on the shelves).
If the ear ache localizes to one ear and none of these things make it better, consider going in to see a doctor to check your ears and make sure you don't have a bacterial infection.
I hope this information helps. Please let me know if I can provide further information or clarification.
Some information
Detailed Answer:
Hello and welcome,
It sound like you have an upper respiratory viral infection. Given that you have fibromyalgia, I would suspect you are more likely to have chills and fatigue when you have an infection.
Some suggestions:
1. As I suspect the scratchy throat is coming from drainage from the sinuses, consider a steroid nasal spray such as Flonase which is sold without prescription at most drug stores. It may take a couple of days of regular use to work.
2. Since it is hard to swallow at night, there must be a lot of mucus or tissue swelling. A couple of things you can try are
- gargle with warm salt water
- irrigate your sinuses with saline rinse (nettipot) or saline spray (such as Simply Saline) - but don't do this within an hour of taking the Flonase or it will make the Flonase drip down into your stomach.
- The Flonase nasal spray might help.
- Pseudoephedrine decongestant can help this but just use during the day. It can keep you awake at night. At night you can use phenylephrine decongestant - it isn't quite as effective as pseudo ephedrine, but isn't so stimulating. These can help the earache too.
- Guaifenesin + lots of water can help thin out secretions so that it isn't hard to swallow.
A note - if you decide to try pseudo ephedrine, you have to ask the pharmacist for it as it is kept behind the pharmacy counter (it doesn't require a prescription, but they don't sell it on the shelves).
If the ear ache localizes to one ear and none of these things make it better, consider going in to see a doctor to check your ears and make sure you don't have a bacterial infection.
I hope this information helps. Please let me know if I can provide further information or clarification.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Thank you!
Brief Answer:
Your welcome!
Detailed Answer:
I hope you feel better soon!
Best regards,
Bonnie Berger-Durnbaugh, MD
Your welcome!
Detailed Answer:
I hope you feel better soon!
Best regards,
Bonnie Berger-Durnbaugh, MD
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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