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How Can severe Cold Chills Along With Fever Be Treated?

I m not sure what s going on. I have a fever of 100.1 and have had it for about 8 days. I have cold chills and my doctor has had me on a waiting list for about 3 days. I can t get in to see her and if I miss too much more work I might lose my job. Ive taken benadryl and fever reducers and they haven t helped. What do I do?
posted on Mon, 6 Mar 2017
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Hi,
Thanks for your question on HCM
I do understand your pain and discomforts
As per your history is concerned let me clarify point wise-:
1)you have written that you have fever since last 8 days it means in my opinion you have an infection but what type of infection it is we have to find out so do a full blood count with differential and a malaria test it will clarify viral, bacterial and parasitic origin so treatment will be specific.
2)you have told that you have cold chills and in my opinion it is due to fever only so you can take paracetamol-500mg thrice a day or you can do a natural method like this- Boil together 20 basil leaves and one teaspoon of crushed ginger in one cup water, until the solution gets reduced to half. Add a little honey and drink this tea two times a day for three days.
3)you have mentioned about medications and in my own opinion it is for viral infection only but it is not like that so measure your body temperature every 6 hours if it is not relapsing then you can take an antibiotic like cefixime but do not forget to do investigations.

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How Can severe Cold Chills Along With Fever Be Treated?

Hi, Thanks for your question on HCM I do understand your pain and discomforts As per your history is concerned let me clarify point wise-: 1)you have written that you have fever since last 8 days it means in my opinion you have an infection but what type of infection it is we have to find out so do a full blood count with differential and a malaria test it will clarify viral, bacterial and parasitic origin so treatment will be specific. 2)you have told that you have cold chills and in my opinion it is due to fever only so you can take paracetamol-500mg thrice a day or you can do a natural method like this- Boil together 20 basil leaves and one teaspoon of crushed ginger in one cup water, until the solution gets reduced to half. Add a little honey and drink this tea two times a day for three days. 3)you have mentioned about medications and in my own opinion it is for viral infection only but it is not like that so measure your body temperature every 6 hours if it is not relapsing then you can take an antibiotic like cefixime but do not forget to do investigations. Hope that helps