|
|
Joined: Jun 2000
Posts: 2,025
Member
|
OP
Member
Joined: Jun 2000
Posts: 2,025 |
Wow, this really bites. I have been sick since early Thursday with a high fever, cough, ear pain, body aches, loss of appetite, etc. Went to the Doc yesterday and said it was a Virus. Took blood and said to consume liquids and Motrin/Tylenol. Results would be back on Monday and cautioned me to go to E.R. if I experience neck pain because there is always a VERY slim chance of Spinal Meningitis. Temp went as high as 103.4 on Thursday and 104.2 last night. When I hit 104.2 I took a cold bath and the put an oscillating fan right on top of me. After I went to sleep it was a night of sweating. Wierd that as hot as I am I was usually cold and need to resist the urge to bundle up. The bath felt good though after the initial cold-shock wore off  Sucks also because today is my Wife's B-Day and I can't take her out. She has been very helpful throughout  Later...
1998 SVT Contour E1, Black 2001 Honda SuperHawk VTR1000F "I bent my Wookie" www.mamisano.com
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 3,419
Member
|
|
Member
Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 3,419 |
5 stars to your doctor for NOT giving you antibiotics and testing for menengitis. That one is a keeper. Hope you feel better.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2000
Posts: 702
Administrator
|
|
Administrator
Joined: May 2000
Posts: 702 |
Don't eat any heavy meals -- although you probably won't if your appetite is gone. The strain on your body to digest usually makes things much worse. Just drink lots of water.
-Lance
Lance Kinley
CEG Webmaster
95SE, "Official CEG Beater"
Quaife, SVT parts, ST200 wheels, SS Y-pipe
I perceive you to be a stand-up, rational individual...
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 1,196
Member
|
|
Member
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 1,196 |
Originally posted by mamisano:
After I went to sleep it was a night of sweating. Wierd that as hot as I am I was usually cold and need to resist the urge to bundle up. I've had that before, it really stinks! Hot as my face/body will feel to the touch, I still shiver and have to completely curl up under blanket and quilt to get warm and sleep okay. Of course, sleeping in a curled position creates nice sore muscles when you wake up, and when you're sick you're just too weak to overcome the pain!  Props to your doctor. Let's hope it's nothing more than a cold virus.
Matthew
98.5 Contour SE V6
It has spent 1.5 years under the wrong identity ;-)
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 731
Member
|
|
Member
Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 731 |
I once had a 105 fever from an Egg McMuffin from our local CrackDonald's (Name given because there's a 90% chance you can buy crack from someone on the same block) and I had wonderful, memorable hallucinations. I don't eat McMuffins with egg anymore 
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2001
Posts: 1,847
Member
|
|
Member
Joined: Apr 2001
Posts: 1,847 |
104.2 is too high. IIRC, when you hit 105-106, you start to hallucinate. You need to get to the hospital, and have someone else drive you.
"When I take action, I'm not going to fire a $2 million missile at a $10 empty tent and hit a camel in the butt. It's going to be decisive." - President George W. Bush
95 Contour SE ATX V6
"Cracked" Secondaries
DMD Installed
SVT Brakes
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2000
Posts: 2,025
Member
|
|
OP
Member
Joined: Jun 2000
Posts: 2,025 |
Well, I am on day 5  . Going to Doctors again today and the blood results should be in. Funny thing is that yesterday, my temperature was normal from around 10:00am to 4:00pm...then bam, skyrockets again. I was feeling great during that time and thought all was over...but still have a fever as of this morning. Later!
1998 SVT Contour E1, Black 2001 Honda SuperHawk VTR1000F "I bent my Wookie" www.mamisano.com
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 1,196
Member
|
|
Member
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 1,196 |
That's probably the eye of the hurricane ...
Matthew
98.5 Contour SE V6
It has spent 1.5 years under the wrong identity ;-)
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2000
Posts: 4,476
Moderator
|
|
Moderator
Joined: May 2000
Posts: 4,476 |
so - not to start anything, have you seen the news lately? from CNN Stop West Nile virus by disrupting mosquitoes? breeding cycle, officials say
April 26, 2000
Web posted at: 10:25 a.m. EDT (1425 GMT)
From wire and staff reports
WASHINGTON -- Federal health authorities are working with 17 states to try to head off an outbreak of the West Nile virus that killed seven people in and around New York City last year.
Stephen Ostroff, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's West Nile coordinator, said birds and mosquitoes that carry the virus are being tracked in states along the Atlantic Seaboard and the Gulf of Mexico. Humans may contract the virus when bitten by an infected mosquito.
Officials are concerned birds from the Northeast may have spread the virus, a form of encephalitis, when they migrated south. An infected dead bird was found in Baltimore, the only bird with the virus to be found outside the New York City area, Ostroff said.
VIDEO
CNN's Steve Salvatore examines the prevention measures for the West Nile virus.
Real 28K 80K
Windows Media 28K 80K
The CDC is providing the 17 states and two cities considered at risk for the virus with $2.7 million to create surveillance programs to monitor the disease. They are: Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, North Carolina, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, New York City and Washington, D.C.
Disrupting mosquito-breeding areas helps stop the virus, CDC officials said Tuesday in a news conference. People should take steps such as emptying stagnant water from flower pots and other containers, treating private swimming pools with appropriate chemicals and removing other standing water where mosquitoes may grow from swimming larva to flying adults.
The virus is primarily a bird disease, and as many as 10,000 crows died last year from the spreading infections in metropolitan New York, officials said. The deaths of several horses in the area also were attributed to the virus, which causes inflammation of brain tissues.
Mosquitoes that take blood from infected birds and then bite people are the principal means for transmitting the virus, according to a report from the CDC.
The CDC report said typical West Nile viral infections in people are mild inflammation of the brain with symptoms that include fever, headache, body aches, skin rash and swollen lymph glands.
"More severe infection may be marked by headache, high fever, neck stiffness, stupor, disorientation, coma, tremors, convulsions, muscle weakness, paralysis and, rarely, death," the report said.
do these match your symptoms?
Todd Christ SVT Contour Registry
MODS: KKM Intake, SHO Shop Y-Pipe, Bullit Fuel Door, Edelbrock RPM Resonator
'98 E0 SVT Contour #1037 of 6535
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2000
Posts: 2,025
Member
|
|
OP
Member
Joined: Jun 2000
Posts: 2,025 |
Went to Dr again today and he noticed some congestion in my lower right lung when listening with a Stethescope. He sent me for chest X-rays and I should know results around 9:30am tomorrow. He said if not Pneumonia and fever persists, I would have to be admitted to Hospital for FUO...Fever of Unknown Origin. - Here is hoping for Pneumonia...
1998 SVT Contour E1, Black 2001 Honda SuperHawk VTR1000F "I bent my Wookie" www.mamisano.com
|
|
|
|
|
