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What Causes Shivering/chills, Lower Back Pain, Painful Urination When On COPD Treatment?
Hi, my dad has a history of copd, he is on oxygen treatment as wel as a Cpap machine at night. Now he is presenting with shivering (extremely cold), chills, no fever, painful urination and lower back pain (which sounds like urinary tract infection) - just worried that his kidneys are packing up ..?
Mon, 21 Sep 2015
He is probably having a UTI with symptoms described by you. consult your doctor for the same , as any infection elderly is troublesome.
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