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Controlled Diabetes With Osteoarthritis In Both Knee. Severe Sweats And Chills After Knee Replacement. Is This Normal ?
I am 54 y/o 5 11 240lb male with controlled diabetes ( metformin 1000mg bid), high bp ( lisinopril 5mg), cardiomyopathy (coreg 12.5 mg bid), trigeminal nueralgia & pituitary tumor (oxcarbazepine 300mg), osteo arthritis with nueropathy both knee (gabapentine 300mg tid) and just had a total knee replacement feb 12 th released from hospital feb 15th. Have been having severe sweats and chills. I am not running a fever and blood sugars have not been over 174 at most. I did finish a zpack day before surgery. Are these sweats and chills normal? Also have been taking warfarin 10mg once a day. PT, OT & Home Nurses never showed up.
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Hi
sweats and chills are not a normal finding , most of the times it is the manifestation of underlying infections and I suspect in your case it can be urinary tract infection,which are very common after the surgery because of the catheter insertion.
Please consult a doctor and do not take it lightly.
sweats and chills are not a normal finding , most of the times it is the manifestation of underlying infections and I suspect in your case it can be urinary tract infection,which are very common after the surgery because of the catheter insertion.
Please consult a doctor and do not take it lightly.
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Hello,
The symptoms of severe sweating and chills suggests that there is some underlying infection in body which is causing it.You must consult your doctor and get relevant investigations like CBC,X- ray chest and urine routine and microscopic,malaria antigen etc.
The cause could be
Lung infection like pneumonia or any other lung pathology
Urinary tract infection
Malaria etc.
Thanks
The symptoms of severe sweating and chills suggests that there is some underlying infection in body which is causing it.You must consult your doctor and get relevant investigations like CBC,X- ray chest and urine routine and microscopic,malaria antigen etc.
The cause could be
Lung infection like pneumonia or any other lung pathology
Urinary tract infection
Malaria etc.
Thanks
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