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What Causes Fever With Chills And Body Ache?
10 days ago my husband was kayaking and the kayak hit his head, there was a slight cut to it also. 4 days later he had a 21kilo suitcase fall on his head from an over head locker. he went to the hospital because he was not feeling quite right, they ruled everything out and gave him a clean bill of health. 3 days later he nearly collapsed at the airport, was seen by a first aider, but still got on plane.!! 6hrs later he breaks into a fever starts shaking, pains all over his body and with shortness of breath, and very disorientated. It all cleared within maybe 12hrs. Doc was called and they said bad flu.!!! ( in Italy) He is due to fly again in a couple of days. !! Any ideas.
Tue, 17 Nov 2015
Hi Dear,
Welcome to HCM.
Understanding your concern. As per your query you havefever with chills and body ache which seems to be viral fever or flu. Need not to worry. I would suggest you to do warm saline gargles. Drink plenty of fluids, have proper rest. Your symptoms will resolve in 3-4 days. Take analgesic such as Flexon and take light diet. You should take anti-inflammatory medications such as Ibuprofen to prevent fever and body-ache. If symptoms keeps on persisting visit general physician once and get it examined and start treatment after proper examination and prescription. Go for blood tests such as W.B.C count as well as increased count will indicate infection in body.
Hope your concern has been resolved.
Get Well Soon.
Best Wishes,
Dr. Harry Maheshwari
Welcome to HCM.
Understanding your concern. As per your query you havefever with chills and body ache which seems to be viral fever or flu. Need not to worry. I would suggest you to do warm saline gargles. Drink plenty of fluids, have proper rest. Your symptoms will resolve in 3-4 days. Take analgesic such as Flexon and take light diet. You should take anti-inflammatory medications such as Ibuprofen to prevent fever and body-ache. If symptoms keeps on persisting visit general physician once and get it examined and start treatment after proper examination and prescription. Go for blood tests such as W.B.C count as well as increased count will indicate infection in body.
Hope your concern has been resolved.
Get Well Soon.
Best Wishes,
Dr. Harry Maheshwari
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