Suggest Treatment For Respiratory Tract Infections

Posted on Thu, 23 Apr 2015

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Question : yes. 6 days of loss of appetite. 4 last nights of chills, aches and fatique. dehyradation, dizziness. fever broke yesterday and strenght return for about eight hour s why i ate and drank water, went to bed chill return. the ended in the afternoon. Gently loss of appettite the first two days moderate loss the second two days no appetite today.

Answered by Dr. Panagiotis Zografakis (57 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
It seems like an infection

Detailed Answer:
Hello,

you have described an infection probably. I can't say what kind of infection because more data are needed for it but it could be the flu for example. Did you have any respiratory tract symptoms (runny nose or congestion, sore throat, cough), any urinary tract symptoms (hematuria, frequency, burning pain on urination etc) or any other system specific symptoms?

Loss of appetite is common for many infections and sometimes it may go on even after the infection is gone. The flu for example may cause fever and other symptoms for 3-8 days but it may cause fatigue and decreased appetite for another 7-14 days.

Usually when the fever subsides, all the symptoms start to get better. Despite that, investigation is needed in any case of infection of undetermined cause.

Kind Regards!

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