In remission and have had a fever for 4 days now..question.

Hi everyone. hope you are doing well..haven't been around for a bit as i have been feeling pretty good..(knock on wood)..been in remission now a few years..anyway I have a had this strange fever that started Wednesday evening with the chills and aches just like a flu..except nothing really happened. No vomiting, no diarrhea, no cold symptoms etc..just thought i caught a touch of a bug...next day same thing but the fever doesn't come on till late afternoon/night..right now i have a temp of 98.0. at night it reaches 101..its been happening like this since then..yesterday was the best day as i thought i was over it then later at night bam, fever and headache..im going to my gen doctor tomorrow. to see whats happening..

back story 2 weeks ago i had a nasty ear infection/swimmers ear and was given antibiotic drops to put in my left ear that seemed to clear up then i got one in the other ear!!?..all of this stemming from swimming.

what im trying to ask is if i get prescribed oral antibiotics for what i have or if that's what is needed whats the deal with that and UC..? from what ive heard is causes a flare or can trigger? im just scared if im going to need to take this and start flaring again..thanks for your help.

What got you into remission and what are you currently doing to stay in remission? I definitely wouldn't take antibiotics willy nilly unless you know for sure you have something that will respond to antibiotics. That's not the case if it is mono. That's what gave me UC in the first place - taking antibiotics for what later turned out to be mono. If you do have to take an antibiotic I would make sure you are taking mega dose probiotics at the same time but even that is not a guarantee you won't start flaring. A lot of this has to do with what got you into remission and what is keeping you there.

garylouisville said...
What got you into remission and what are you currently doing to stay in remission? I definitely wouldn't take antibiotics willy nilly unless you know for sure you have something that will respond to antibiotics. That's not the case if it is mono. That's what gave me UC in the first place - taking antibiotics for what later turned out to be mono. If you do have to take an antibiotic I would make sure you are taking mega dose probiotics at the same time but even that is not a guarantee you won't start flaring. A lot of this has to do with what got you into remission and what is keeping you there.

what got me into remission..i dont know....i was taking 4-6 colozal plus probiotic..a day and a Canasa at night when i was flaring...i was also doing Rick Simpson Hemp oil and puffing MMJ...not anymore though..well i haven't puffed since i started this fever...i like to play with fire so i started to taper off my colozal now i just take 2 in the morning with a probiotic.

thanks Gary for the info on antibiotics.

kazbern said...
Mono can sometimes be hard to find but insist on a blood test to see if it's positive. Most likely you've already had mono, but you never know. Six months ago is too long for you to be catching it now from your daughter.

If you live in the Northeast, you should probably also talk about Lyme.

Hi thanks..ya thats what i thought..i live in California.

HI update, well it wasn't mono. I guess its some bronchial infection or something. Took chest xray and he can see infection? i guess in my lungs..i have this dry cough too. Did a blood test and white blodd cells were fine, but he said something that was elevated and that indicated the infection, cant remember the name..So he put me on doxycycline and i told him about the whole UC thing which he knew about. said raise your Pro biotic intake..so far this is day 4 of me taking the antibiotics and it has only made a slight difference..i still have the fevers at night but low grade 99.0 -99.5 and haven't needed any pain relievers like i was taking before..but this stuff just wont knock it out, maybe i haven't taken it long enough to kick in? i take 2 a day and they are 100mg each.. This just really sucks and i hope i dont flare..