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What Causes Body Chills While Suffering From GERD?
Question: I am diagnosed with flux-disease/232326?iL=true" >GERD and lately had lots of symptoms. I was put on PPI and suddenly after i had flu.. I am feeling chill all the time. Its been like more than 2 months dealing with this. I had my blood work and chest xray and everything looks normal. I am curious since i have been worrying too much about all these things. Is this stress that is causing chills. my main symptom is persistent chills with hot flashes some times. Please guide
Brief Answer:
Need to monitor the temperature
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for choosing health care magic for posting your query.
I have gone through your question in detail and I can understand what you are going through.
Symptoms of flu and anxiety are very similar. But the anxiety will never lead to fever. If you have chills due to flu then there has to be a fever as well and this can be confirmed by getting a temperature recorded regularly.
If there is no fever then it could very well be anxiety. Occurs because of imbalance of certain neurotransmitters in the brain. especially serotonin, nor adrenaline, and dopamine to some extent.
Medicines are the best options to take care of these symptoms. Paroxetine is the the most popular medicine and my drug of choice. I generally prescribe my patients 12.5 mg per day at night which takes care of anxiety symptoms. Also certain medicines like propranolol and clonazepam can be give as required when there is a panic episode or expected situation where panic attack can appear.
Hope I am able to answer your concerns.
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Wish you good health,
Kind regards
Dr. Srikanth Reddy M.D.
Need to monitor the temperature
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for choosing health care magic for posting your query.
I have gone through your question in detail and I can understand what you are going through.
Symptoms of flu and anxiety are very similar. But the anxiety will never lead to fever. If you have chills due to flu then there has to be a fever as well and this can be confirmed by getting a temperature recorded regularly.
If there is no fever then it could very well be anxiety. Occurs because of imbalance of certain neurotransmitters in the brain. especially serotonin, nor adrenaline, and dopamine to some extent.
Medicines are the best options to take care of these symptoms. Paroxetine is the the most popular medicine and my drug of choice. I generally prescribe my patients 12.5 mg per day at night which takes care of anxiety symptoms. Also certain medicines like propranolol and clonazepam can be give as required when there is a panic episode or expected situation where panic attack can appear.
Hope I am able to answer your concerns.
If you have any further query, I would be glad to help you.
If not, you may close the discussion and if possible you may rate the answer for me, so that I get a good feedback.
In future if you wish to contact me directly, you can use the below mentioned link:
bit.ly/dr-srikanth-reddy
Wish you good health,
Kind regards
Dr. Srikanth Reddy M.D.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Vaishalee Punj
Hi Doc,
But how to decide whether I am stressed or not. Is there any specific thing which can tell me whether i am stressed. Also i have constantly checked my temp. It goes down like 96.8. but never went up high. It is like this for more than 2 months.
Thanks,
XXXXX
But how to decide whether I am stressed or not. Is there any specific thing which can tell me whether i am stressed. Also i have constantly checked my temp. It goes down like 96.8. but never went up high. It is like this for more than 2 months.
Thanks,
XXXXX
Brief Answer:
No specific test
Detailed Answer:
Hello
These is no specific test to tell whether you are stressed or not.
A psychiatrist can determine it with a mental state examination.
If there no fever and you have chills since 2 months, then it is likely to be anxiety. Do consider meeting a psychiatrist.
Kind regards
Dr. Srikanth Reddy
No specific test
Detailed Answer:
Hello
These is no specific test to tell whether you are stressed or not.
A psychiatrist can determine it with a mental state examination.
If there no fever and you have chills since 2 months, then it is likely to be anxiety. Do consider meeting a psychiatrist.
Kind regards
Dr. Srikanth Reddy
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Pradeep Vitta
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