What Causes Severe Hot And Cold Flashes, Shivering And Headaches?

Posted on Sat, 6 May 2017

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Sat, 6 May 2017 Answered on

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Question : I've been hit with a virus causing terrible hot and cold flashes with much trembling, terrible, terrible pain in the head across the forehead, and around the back of the neck. I was taking aspiriin (2) every four hours, and then took some ibuprofin. I now have terrible hives on my leg, and also a queasy stomach. I don't really know what to eat, or how to treat the hives other than an antihistamine.

Answered by Dr. Geeta Sundar (24 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
You should have taken Omeprazole with it.

Detailed Answer:
Hi welcome to Health care magic, that is a lot of aspirin dose causing load on stomach. You should have taken Omeprazole with it.

Now take Omeprazole 20 mg twice a day
Fexofenadine 120 once a day
Avil/Benadryl/cetrizine--25/50/5 one at night

till it clears.

Hope you improve soon.
Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Kampana

Follow up: Dr. Geeta Sundar (37 minutes later)

Just wondered what I am able to eat since certain foods exascerbate the hives?

Answered by Dr. Geeta Sundar (31 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Eat anything bland and easy to digest

Detailed Answer:
Eat anything bland and easy to digest like a cup of sweetened yoghurt, soya milk, mashed rice, etc. Once you tolerate this then you can slowly move on to other things--regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Kampana