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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Arthritis / March 2008fevers
I have to ask you guys about fevers.. I have been running this low grade fever for over a month now... it goes up and down constantly.. It ranges anywhere from 99.2-100.5. I have been in this nasty flare that put me in the hospital last Thursday night. I went home friday after a dose of nitro and predisone. Nitro was for all the darn chest pain I was having.. I ended up in the er for chest pains, fast heart rate, swollen glands on the back of my neck that were painfull, and dizziness. I responded to the nitro and the chest pains stopped..now with taking the pred I am having a high heart rate and very very tired. My fam doc sent me home and said it was a nasty flare and that I was having pleuracy(sp?). I am having fever now and feel so flushed along with jittery from the pred. Rhonda, when my son was in the hospital with pleurisy, the doc drained the fluid from it. Gwen >I have to ask you guys about fevers.. I have been running this low grade >fever for over a month now... it goes up and down constantly.. It ranges [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > I was having pleuracy(sp?). I am having fever now and feel so flushed > along with jittery from the pred. Rhonda, I run a low grade fever sometimes. I used to think it had something to do with a high sed rate but I haven't had my blood tested in a long time now so not sure. I can't relate to the rest of your symptoms though so don't have any advice. Ann >My >fam doc sent me home and said it was a nasty flare and that I was having >pleuracy(sp?). I am having fever now and feel so flushed along with jittery >from the pred. Pleurisy is not nice. Did you have a chest X-ray? With that and a fever you may need antibiotics rather than Prednisone. If things don't improve quickly I think you need to see a doctor. Joan no antibiotics.. just ored.. had cheast x ray. Yeah thats what my husband is telling me so we are going to watch it and it starts to get bad tonight it is back to the er for me. >>My >>fam doc sent me home and said it was a nasty flare and that I was having [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Joan > I have to ask you guys about fevers.. I have been running this low grade > fever for over a month now... it goes up and down constantly.. It ranges [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > pleuracy(sp?). I am having fever now and feel so flushed along with jittery > from the pred. Pleurisy is a dangerous condition and you are right to watch yourself carefully. While it can be caused by many things, a RA flare is one of them. http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/understanding-pleurisy-basics Presumably, your provider believes when the RA flare ends, so will the pleurisy. Low grade fever is common with an RA flare as is fatigue, etc.
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