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What Could Cause Shivers And Shakes In Old Age?
My 81 year old mother s health is slowly deteriorating. She has had ongoing illness for the last 6 months. She recently hurt her shoulder cleaning the house and now has chronic pain in her left shoulder. The doctor has prescribed panadol for arthritis and I rub her shoulder with Voltaren twice a day. She now is complaining of Shivers and Shakes . What is causing this?
Tue, 26 Nov 2019
Hello,
The shivers could be related to an infection. For this reason, I recommend consulting with her attending physician for a physical exam, a shoulder and chest X-ray study and some blood lab tests (complete blood count, PCR, ESR, urine bacterial culture, blood bacterial culture, etc). You should discuss with her doctor on the above tests.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Ilir Sharka, Cardiologist
The shivers could be related to an infection. For this reason, I recommend consulting with her attending physician for a physical exam, a shoulder and chest X-ray study and some blood lab tests (complete blood count, PCR, ESR, urine bacterial culture, blood bacterial culture, etc). You should discuss with her doctor on the above tests.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Ilir Sharka, Cardiologist
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