Low Grade Fever with allergies?

Actually Teri, I don't use anti-bacterial on my body because I have to use All Natural, with no grains, colors, perfumes, or additives....pretty much just glyceron.  Good idea though, maybe I'll try to find something a little better than what I'm using now!  I also thought maybe I should try to use some natural deodorant also!  Thanks for the help!

Shelley

Hello again, fever friends!

Are we all women here?! Perhaps the sweating is from a perimenapause of some sort. I don't know. I used to sweat a few years ago, I'm 47 now, and I don't sweat. Because of my allergies, and like teri suggested, I changed all my bed linens to cotton, all my night clothes are cotton, I have an envirocare air filter in my room that blows out cool air, I don't have lots of fabrics collecting dust, i.e., no dust ruffles, curtains, rugs, etc., and I like the temp to be around 65 degrees when I sleep. I also drink lots of lemon water all day long, and about 4 cups of tea in the morning. I don't have any food after 7 at night, or wine for that matter, because it disturbs my sleep patterns. So I got it down pretty pat. I live a very regimentated food, beverage, clean life style. yes, it is definetly oc, but I have to because I feel like my immune system is compromised with these allergies.

Also, FYI I had to go to an ENT (ears, nose & throat md) because my fever wasn't going away, and I still had this bad sinusitis. He told me that I had acute bacterial sinusitis, and that the only way to wipe it out was to go on a much stronger version of the antibiotic. He put me on Augmentin XR, it's a 4000 mg dose that you take in 4 pills for 30 days. Wow! I said, "Are you nuts, I'll develop a secondary yeast infection, and my stomach will pop out." So, of course without him suggesting it, I'm taking my Primadophilus (acidophilus) supplement. I'm going to give the high dose of antibiotic a chance because i have been sick with extreme fatigue, fever, headaches, sore throats for over a month. He said I have been walking around with this infection for a very long time, perhaps a year, and this is the only way to wipe it out. I went on the internet and id all sorts of research and this Augmentin XR is suggested as drug of choice for ABS (acute bacterial sinusitis)

So, I'll give it a go, and let you know...i think we all have environmental sickness of some sort, or had a bad reaction to some toxic substance sometime in our life that creates this hyper allergic response that they are calling allergies. Who knows?!

Hope everyone feels better!

j-marie

j-marie,

I'm impressed with all that you do to aid in your well-being!!  I'm fairly regimented, but I don't think I've taken it to the level your at, or for sure I'd break some of the rules. But good for you!!  I did want to ask (cuz that is all I drink is water), why the lemon?  I've done that on occasion, but more for flavor than anything else.

The antibiotic you are now on is wonderful for these types of things.  I hope that it works - would you please keep us posted?

Hugs, Teri

Thanks Teri for all the support - I add the lemon mostly because of taste. It helps me to drink more water. i think it may add some bioflavinoids too, and helps cut down on mucous...cleansing too! We all do in my family. I have 2 boys, 13 & 22 yrs old, and they're constantly cutting little wedges of lemons to put in their water bottles. When oranges are in season, I'll add a orange wedge to water sometimes. It just makes it easier to drink more water. I got the idea from a health spa once.

I love to be a health nut...I have to! it does drive people C-R-A-Z-Y in my family, especially my sister-in-law! I do go off the wagon at times...of course! I grew up in a very unhealthy family...so I think I'm a weak breed! I want my boys to be a healthier breed, so I'm constantly brainwashing them about health. When they were little I would drill them, and say, "Okay, so what is protein...The building blocks of all cells...where is the protein you're eatting?" I made it kind of fun, but i repeated cellular activities, proteins, building blocks, bioflavinoids, constituents, vitamin facts, healthy colons and villi info, healthy grains, no trans fats, healthy carbs as in fruits & veg's, we eat very little meat (nothing on a bone), we all drink protein shakes in the morn...Oh my God, we're all nuts! This morning my 22 year old was preaching to my 13 year old and telling him, "Food is only fuel...would you put bad fuel in a good car...and so on..." I thought to myself...what have I created, he's more of a health nut than me. My 13 year old is not far off either. He gets so angry if he has Mc D's and gets very down on himself. So, we're all nuts! i could tell you more, but I don't want to scare you all!

Well, getting back to allergies. I don't think any of my primary doc's ever helped me, and I've had a lot of them. I found out that you're better off going to an ENT, and an Allergist. But...you need to stick to a regimen too. Whatever works for you.

I hope all works out for you too Juliemon...you may have a low grade sinus infection...you never know. if you go to a ENT specialist they can test you. It's hard to avoid all this stuff because it's in our environment.

I do a little Yoga too. I have my mat and a sanctuary set up in the corner of my room. If you're familiar with yoga, there are postures that are good for the sinuses and they do promote well being. Try it...it's non competive.

Healthy wishes,
j-marie

well, finally someone else with the same problem.  i keep a low grade fever.  dr gave me a Z pack for a sinus infection.  tols her about the fever and she said just take advil..  that it was all a part of allergies etc..  she said if the advil or tylenol didnt work after awhile to come back and see her.  i just wonder if taking advil or tylenol on a daily has any other side affects.

any thoughts on that ?

thanks julie mom,

wonder if there is any type of natural herb etc that can be taken and have the same results ?

LT in al
lt in al

Ibuprofen can definitely cause digestive problems and if you have any ulcers or any type of GI disturbance, you need to check with your Dr. first!

 

Tylenol, or acetaminophen (generic name) can cause liver problems, especially if you drink alcohol.  This is another drug that you do not want to take long term unless you check with your Dr. first!

I will see what I can check into as far as Herbs go...

Hugs, Teri :)

PS

Even that Z-Pack has it's own side effects, including some with the liver, I think...

As discussed earlier...Cold water seems to cool me down!  When I drink my coffee in the morning is when I seem the hottest...switching to cold water...alot of it will usually help cool me.  I don't know if it actually gets rid of the fever, but since my body is so sensitive to everything I put in it, the water helps.

And adding the lemon is a good idea...I have also found that if I just add a tiny bit of sparkling water, or leftover tea it makes it more enjoyable.  Just adds a touch of flavor!  I also freeze my water so that it's nice and cold, but if you're currently having GI problems it's better to drink luke warm water as it's not a shock to you digestive system being that it's warm.  (for awhile I had to drink my water at room temperature because I was having many more problems with my digestive system)

Good discussion!

Shelley

 

Oh yes...I have monthly for the past year and a half.  My IgE, IgM, and IgA levels are consistantly off, but none of my doctors seem to think that's part of the problem.  At my Immunologist they tested my tryptase levels and they are high, but now tell me that there not high enough to be concerned.  So, I've had my Internal doctor give up on me as well as my Gastrointologist (sp), Hemotologist, and now Immunologist!  I'm stuck and don't know what to do from here.  So, I just try to plug away everyday hoping that someday I'll get better.

Shelley

Hey everyone, I'm a Crohn's/IBS poster usually, but I saw this post and had to chime in.  My sister is a primary care doc and I've asked her questions about fevers since I developed a chronic low-grade temp. of about 100.5 for a month.  She said that a "fever" is considered a temperature over 99.4 and anything below that is normal; our bodies naturally vary in temperature throughout the day.  Even someone with a normally "low" body temperature of 97 or so shouldn't give it a passing thought unless it rises above 99.4, and even then, we shouldn't really be concerned unless it goes above 102.  For me, I wake up and it's about 98, and always hovering around 100.5, give or take a few tenths of a degree, before I go to bed.  When it makes me feel run-down, I take Tylenol, and that usually helps. 

Regarding antibiotic use: I have to throw this out there because I did research for the Centers for Disease Control for a while after college and did a project on antibiotic resistance.  PLEASE, if your doctor does not prescribe an antibiotic, do not pressure them to give you one!  Doctors are becoming more aware of the problem of antibiotic resistance and are under a lot more pressure these days to really confirm a bacterial infection before simply doling out the drugs.  If you are convinced you have a bacterial infection, tell them to do a culture on you before you start on the drugs.  If you do not have a bacterial infection, please do not take an antibiotic!

The biggest problem is this: people want a pill to make their ickiness go away, but more often than not, their ickiness is a virus, for which an antibiotic will do NOTHING.  People pressure their doctors into prescribing these drugs that won't help them, and the doctors (who are also at fault) succumb to that pressure because they don't want you to think they are being neglectful.  What happens, then, is the bacteria start adapting to the presence of the antibiotic and mutate, creating progressively stronger strains of bacteria.  Then new antibiotics have to be developed to treat these mutated strains.  Creating a new antibiotic is extremely time-consuming, expensive, and difficult, and if we used the original antibiotics responsibly, we would have a lot less to worry about!

Just had to add that...I'm a fanatic about antibiotic resistance because I saw with my own eyes how bacteria, growing on a plate in an incubator, develop resistance to the strips of antibiotics we lay down on the plates.  And it is seriously scary!

Hi Sarita  Welcome!

 

Thank you for your insights!  They are quite welcomed here, as I understand completely what you are saying.  I myself became allergic to Penicillin due to the fact (I believe) that I was so overexposed to it from childhood til my early 20's, when I had a severe allergic reaction to it!  Same thing happened with Cipro. 

 

What a lot of people do not understand is that that generally when you have a cold, or 'flu' type bug, it's a virus and antibiotics do Not help viruses at all.  They are only good for bacterias like strep throat as an example.

 

Hugs, Teri