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Suggest Treatment For Headaches, Sore Throat And Fever
I ve been having a real bad headache for two days now, sore throat, my eyes hurt, I have a 103 fever since the first day this happened to me & my back hurts all the time. I m always hot & sweating but my feet are always cold & I can t ever take my blanket off or I start shivering. I haven t ate in 2 days either. I can t stand, I feel like I m going to faint all the time. I can t lay on my stomach because it s empty & it hurts a lot. I feel like I have the stomach flu or a similar virus but I also feel I have tonsillitis.
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Sat, 8 Oct 2016
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Hi,
You may have tonsillitis if you have sore throat with high fever and feeling so unwell. A viral infection is not an unlikely option either, mononucleosis is a viral infection that causes severe throat infections as well.
In your case I would advise you to:
- make sure you do drink plenty, fever dries you out and causes you to be very week and not heal well, actually if you get dehydrated this is even dangerous. Make sure you do drink frequent sips of water or other fluids every 3-4 minutes if you can not drink more at a time.
- food is good but you should not take a lot at a time or food that you are not able to tolerate, plane food like plane soups, you may take one spoon every 5 minutes, small pieces of fruit you can keep at the bedhead and take one piece at a time, time after time. Toast, cheese, small pieces time after time.
- you can take Ibuprofen 600 every 6 hours and paracetamol 500 every 6 hours (after food to protect your stomach), for pain and fever
- you might need antibiotics, I would recommend you azithromycine 250 mg, 2 tablets after lunch the first day and then 1 tablet after lunch for 4 more days.
I hope this answers your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Antoneta Zotaj,
General and Family Physician
You may have tonsillitis if you have sore throat with high fever and feeling so unwell. A viral infection is not an unlikely option either, mononucleosis is a viral infection that causes severe throat infections as well.
In your case I would advise you to:
- make sure you do drink plenty, fever dries you out and causes you to be very week and not heal well, actually if you get dehydrated this is even dangerous. Make sure you do drink frequent sips of water or other fluids every 3-4 minutes if you can not drink more at a time.
- food is good but you should not take a lot at a time or food that you are not able to tolerate, plane food like plane soups, you may take one spoon every 5 minutes, small pieces of fruit you can keep at the bedhead and take one piece at a time, time after time. Toast, cheese, small pieces time after time.
- you can take Ibuprofen 600 every 6 hours and paracetamol 500 every 6 hours (after food to protect your stomach), for pain and fever
- you might need antibiotics, I would recommend you azithromycine 250 mg, 2 tablets after lunch the first day and then 1 tablet after lunch for 4 more days.
I hope this answers your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Antoneta Zotaj,
General and Family Physician
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