Running a slight fever

dustycanyon6 said:Your doctor is just wonderful—suspects it's the flu, yet hands out an antibiotic anyway! 😁 Then we all act shocked when antibiotics stop working... Like, newsflash, bacteria are becoming super-resistant because people overprescribe them for absolutely nothing.

I forgot to mention one thing: patients are just as much to blame here. They roll into the clinic expecting a magic pill to fix everything instantly. Honestly, if half of them actually took care of themselves, they wouldn't even need to see a doctor in the first place. So you have this patient with a viral infection, the doctor is stumped, and they just throw an antibiotic at them so the patient stays quiet and feels like they're actually doing something. It might even "work" sometimes due to the placebo effect—which is basically how half of these drugs function anyway. In a lot of cases, you don't need a prescription; you just need a better attitude.

Exactly. Today is even worse for me. Fever is climbing higher. My chest hurts. I feel nauseous and can't even look at food. 😢

I’m feeling a whole lot better today. My fever was absolutely running wild through the night, just bouncing all over the place, but things have finally settled down now.
It turns out my gut instinct was right—I ended up having an allergic reaction to those pills. Honestly, when I woke up this morning, I looked like I’d been rolling around in poison ivy or something equally ridiculous...
I managed to get some allergy medication to help, but I can't touch those specific tablets ever again.
Thankfully, the worst of the storm has passed.

northernviper392 said:Just as I suspected... I've gone and developed an allergy to those pills. Woke up this morning looking like I’d been rolling around in poison ivy or something...

Which pills are we talking about here—those "flu fighters"? Please tell me it isn't another antibiotic again...

They weren't actually for the flu... Turns out, it wasn't even the flu after all. Honestly, I can't even tell what's going on with my body anymore.
The pills I took were Sudafed.

Susan Hughes85 said:I've been running a fever of about 100.5 for the last couple days, and right now it's sitting at 101. She's feeling like her throat is being ripped apart—honestly feels like it's bleeding on the inside. Even sipping plain water feels like swallowing sulfuric acid. And whenever I cough, my head thumps so hard I feel like it's going to split in two. I went to see my doctor today and she put me on Ceclor. I'm also using some Sudafed syrup and taking Bayer Aspirin twice a day. My boyfriend actually got some antibiotics from his doctor, specifically Keflex, so he's taking those. My doctor isn't totally sure what I've caught yet; she thinks it's probably just the flu, but I don't have a headache or body aches... well, not yet, anyway..
How long does this stuff usually last??

ugh... man, the bug hit me pretty hard on Tuesday after work... I'm still stuck in bed (well, okay, I need it, I'm just at my desk right now 🙂 )... I've mostly been hovering around 100.4, though it spiked to 101.8 last night, and it's still over 100 and climbing... I've just been grabbing some throat lozenges and cough medicine... Tylenol is just sitting there on the table waiting if the fever gets too crazy... every time I cough, my head absolutely screams... 😠

but hey, what doesn't kill us makes us stronger, right? 🙂

hope everyone feels better soon... 👍

"I forgot to mention one thing: patients share the blame too. They walk into a doctor's office expecting a single pill to magically fix everything, when the truth is, if they had actually taken care of themselves in the first place, they probably wouldn't be sitting there in the first place."

Exactly, that's really the heart of the matter...
We just don't seem to have much respect for ourselves or our own health lately. Instead of viewing nutrition as the primary medicine, we just mindlessly pop various pills and end up doing more harm than good—did you know that even a standard dose of Motrin carries about 21 different side effects? 😢

Whenever I catch a virus, my approach is to just push through it with some concentrated aloe vera to tackle inflammation and boost my immune system; honestly, by the second day, I usually feel like a brand new person. 🙂

"We are what we eat; our strength, our health, and our very lives depend on our food. Let food be your medicine, rather than making medicine your food." (Hippocrates)

My poor dog has been acting up for a while now
I can't tell if it's him or me, but I felt a bit dizzy last night and knew my temp was hitting about 99 degrees

This morning: stuffy nose, sore throat, popping ears, and a fever of 99.5
So, things are definitely progressing🙄

Current meds: a liter of lemonade made from seven lemons, spinach smoothies, a whole roll of Kleenex, and .

This would have been my first year without feeling this crappy.
The mind really plays tricks on you😁