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How Can severe Body Pain Along With Fever Be Treated?
My husband has been sick for 14 days with a fever that runs below normal and as high as102+, he has body aches and shivers. He is soaking 2 to 3 t-shirts through the night. He was not able to get in to see his doctor until this Wednesday. My youngest son was sick about 14 days before that with what the Dr. thought was a visual influenza. My son is fine but my husband can t seem to shake this. He had one day where he wasn t running a fever and then it started back up. Interested in your thoughts and ideas....
Mon, 12 Nov 2018
Hello,
Fever that lasts for 14 days and still goes on is worrisome. You haven't mentioned any other symptoms besides body aches and shivering, so the infection cannot be localized.
Influenza could be a potential explanation if your son was diagnosed with it but it's unusual for influenza to last that long. The lack of specific symptoms makes the diagnosis every more difficult to find. Laboratory testing and the visit to his doctor should help.
In patients like him I usually order a urinalysis (to check for a urinary tract infection), a complete blood count, C-reactive protein (to try to distinguish between viral and bacterial infection) and some basic biochemical indices (urea, creatinine, transaminases) which may help to localize the infection and will help when determining the treatment.
If the lab tests or clinical examination provide enough clues then the diagnosis can be found. Otherwise more thorough testing might be required.
Some infections are more common in certain individuals than in others.
Unfortunately, I don't know anything about his medical history and you haven't provided any information about it, therefore it's not easy to approach his case.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr Panagiotis Zografakis, Internal Medicine Specialist
Fever that lasts for 14 days and still goes on is worrisome. You haven't mentioned any other symptoms besides body aches and shivering, so the infection cannot be localized.
Influenza could be a potential explanation if your son was diagnosed with it but it's unusual for influenza to last that long. The lack of specific symptoms makes the diagnosis every more difficult to find. Laboratory testing and the visit to his doctor should help.
In patients like him I usually order a urinalysis (to check for a urinary tract infection), a complete blood count, C-reactive protein (to try to distinguish between viral and bacterial infection) and some basic biochemical indices (urea, creatinine, transaminases) which may help to localize the infection and will help when determining the treatment.
If the lab tests or clinical examination provide enough clues then the diagnosis can be found. Otherwise more thorough testing might be required.
Some infections are more common in certain individuals than in others.
Unfortunately, I don't know anything about his medical history and you haven't provided any information about it, therefore it's not easy to approach his case.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr Panagiotis Zografakis, Internal Medicine Specialist
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