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What Causes Painful Legs And Feet, Chills And Fever?

I started with a fever of 101 Thursday evening, took some Tylenol and it went away but then I broke out in a sweat. I mean covered in sweat. A couple hours later I had cold chills so bad I was shaking. Then the process repeated itself. I went to ER. They checked me for the flu (negative) and my urine (negative). My body hurts mainly legs, feet, knees.
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After reading of your query this fever with chills and rigor ( shaking ) may be due to these possibilities , these include:
1 Malaria , chills , fever and rigor are the characteristic feature of malaria. Diagnosis can be confirmed by peripheral blood film and rapid card test .
2 Acute septic pharyngitis ( including tonsillitis ) is another reason of such type of fever .
3 Dengue , is another reason of such symptoms because mainly along chills , rigor there is pain in legs , body feet and knees also present.
However , there are so many other reasons of such fever like chicungunea ( serology test ) but I recommend you consult a physician and get his opinion , if fever persists after 2-3 days ( till take tylenol as sweating was due to fever and tylenol).
Hope this will help you.
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What Causes Painful Legs And Feet, Chills And Fever?

Hello After reading of your query this fever with chills and rigor ( shaking ) may be due to these possibilities , these include: 1 Malaria , chills , fever and rigor are the characteristic feature of malaria. Diagnosis can be confirmed by peripheral blood film and rapid card test . 2 Acute septic pharyngitis ( including tonsillitis ) is another reason of such type of fever . 3 Dengue , is another reason of such symptoms because mainly along chills , rigor there is pain in legs , body feet and knees also present. However , there are so many other reasons of such fever like chicungunea ( serology test ) but I recommend you consult a physician and get his opinion , if fever persists after 2-3 days ( till take tylenol as sweating was due to fever and tylenol). Hope this will help you.