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What Causes Fever Along With Headache And Blisters In Nose?

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Posted on Thu, 5 Feb 2015
Question: Thank you, I'm having an issue with running high fever 102.6 then I get severe migrain like headache. It started in Feb 2014 with several per week. I eliminated artificial sweeteners and they've reduced to about once a month. Fever blisters and blisters in my nostrils follow a couple of days later. Any ideas?
I'm female, 58 had cancer 2 years ago have RA now
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Answered by Dr. Shoaib Khan (1 hour later)
Brief Answer:
Have a few ideas and suggestions ma'am

Detailed Answer:
Hello ma'am and welcome.

Thank you for writing to us.

I have gone through your query with diligence and would like you to know that I am here to help. If I have understood correctly, you seem to get the migraine headaches after a high temperature? Or the high temperature accompanies the headache or follows it?

I would like to say that you have made a good change by reducing the sweet items which do in fact greatly contribute to migraine headaches. But in addition to this, I would like to make a list of other suggestions that can make a difference by contributing towards the reduction of your migraine headaches:

+Check on hormone levels: Migraine headaches are commonly associated with female hormone levels and the menstrual cycle. I would thus recommend checking your hormone levels as you are either pre-, peri- or menopausal and this can easily be contributing to your headaches

+Avoid sleeping for long hours (over-sleeping): Make sure you have a fixed sleep cycle. Fixed time to bed and fixed time to wake up. Any alterations in the sleep cycle can also cause migraine headaches

+Avoid carbonated drinks

+Avoid smoking

+Avoid alcohol completely

+Avoid large gaps between meals and have fixed portions for your meals

+Have 5-6 small meals instead of 2-3 larger ones

+Avoid long gaps between meals

+Avoid junk food, oily, fried/fatty foods

+Various medications can also contribute to these headaches, but I would although support the use of anti-depressants

These along with other small lifestyle changes shall all cumulatively help to completely rid you of your migraine headaches or at least. I am suspecting the fever to be associated with your age (menopausal or peri-menopausal status).

Although the blisters in your nostrils some how feel totally unrelated and I cannot explain their relevance, but I shall certainly give it more though and get back to you once I have an answer. But for now, this is the list of most plausible causes ma'am. Menopause and its various stages being most plausible one.

I hope I have explained this in a manner best understood by you and also hope you find my response helpful. Please feel free to write back to me for any further clarifications, I would be more than happy to help.

Best wishes.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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Follow up: Dr. Shoaib Khan (46 minutes later)
I have one carbonated drink each day. I don't smoke or drink alcohol. I had a hysterectomy when I was 33. I went off the hormone replacement for several years but after the cancer was put on a low dose to help with some issues. I don't over sleep. If anything I sleep less, usually 6-7 hours. I don't eat at regular times. However, these episodes happen usually towards the late morning. The last one occurred during the night but continued all day. I've never had one start during the evening or night time. The blisters in my nose don't happen every time.
I do take methotrexate, zoloft and estrodol and have infusions of Remicade every 8 weeks.
I will take your suggestions to heart and implement them in my daily routine. If anything other ideas or possible causes come up I would appreciate a note. My doctor has no idea what's causing this nor did the ER doctor.
Thank you!
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Answered by Dr. Shoaib Khan (5 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
I am sure lifestyle changes will help

Detailed Answer:
Hello once again ma'am.

Thank you so much for the honesty.

As I child I have suffered from migraines and have seen my mother suffer from them often as well. For this reason I began extensively researching migraine headaches and have found various causes to it, and once I became a doctor I began to understand things even better.

Although I have gone through such extensive studies on migraine headaches and know how to prevent them completely, trust me I still get them once a year (at least), mostly due to the occupation I am in which can at times upset my sleep cycle and eating habits. Other than this, I have been able to avoid them completely; once every 2 weeks to once a year in my opinion is tolerable don't you think?

The medications you are on are quite strong ma'am, and I would not be surprised if they are the culprit here but because they are so important, we should try to work around them and do everything right so we know that if at all the migraine headaches do appear then the medications should be the only cause for them.

I am glad I could contribute and wish you nothing but a healthy life ahead. Please also know that I am always here to help, so please do not ever hesitate to write back to me for any further clarifications.

Best wishes.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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What Causes Fever Along With Headache And Blisters In Nose?

Brief Answer: Have a few ideas and suggestions ma'am Detailed Answer: Hello ma'am and welcome. Thank you for writing to us. I have gone through your query with diligence and would like you to know that I am here to help. If I have understood correctly, you seem to get the migraine headaches after a high temperature? Or the high temperature accompanies the headache or follows it? I would like to say that you have made a good change by reducing the sweet items which do in fact greatly contribute to migraine headaches. But in addition to this, I would like to make a list of other suggestions that can make a difference by contributing towards the reduction of your migraine headaches: +Check on hormone levels: Migraine headaches are commonly associated with female hormone levels and the menstrual cycle. I would thus recommend checking your hormone levels as you are either pre-, peri- or menopausal and this can easily be contributing to your headaches +Avoid sleeping for long hours (over-sleeping): Make sure you have a fixed sleep cycle. Fixed time to bed and fixed time to wake up. Any alterations in the sleep cycle can also cause migraine headaches +Avoid carbonated drinks +Avoid smoking +Avoid alcohol completely +Avoid large gaps between meals and have fixed portions for your meals +Have 5-6 small meals instead of 2-3 larger ones +Avoid long gaps between meals +Avoid junk food, oily, fried/fatty foods +Various medications can also contribute to these headaches, but I would although support the use of anti-depressants These along with other small lifestyle changes shall all cumulatively help to completely rid you of your migraine headaches or at least. I am suspecting the fever to be associated with your age (menopausal or peri-menopausal status). Although the blisters in your nostrils some how feel totally unrelated and I cannot explain their relevance, but I shall certainly give it more though and get back to you once I have an answer. But for now, this is the list of most plausible causes ma'am. Menopause and its various stages being most plausible one. I hope I have explained this in a manner best understood by you and also hope you find my response helpful. Please feel free to write back to me for any further clarifications, I would be more than happy to help. Best wishes.