Is it possible for viruses to stay
in the body chronically? I keep
sneezing every morning and sometimes
through the day - it feels like I always have a
cold that never goes away-- with intermittent
fever esp. at night. And gastro stuff; i don't know
what the **** is wrong with me.
I saw my doctor and he doesn't know either.
Squiggles
Squiggles - 28 Feb 2004 14:55 GMT
> Is it possible for viruses to stay
> in the body chronically? I keep
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> Squiggles
You know - - i think it may very well
be air pollution - it started about 3 yrs.
ago when the gasoline shortage crisis began
and at a time when the SUVs used a LOT of
gasoline and emitted more into the air - the
use of leaded gasoline may have become
a covert economic necessity... if it's
pollution, that may very well explain why
it is not easily detectable by any doctor;
Squiggles
Jeff - 28 Feb 2004 17:55 GMT
> > Is it possible for viruses to stay
> > in the body chronically? I keep
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>
> Squiggles
No one uses lead anymore in the US. The reason they got rid of the lead is
the pollution. But lead also destroys catalytic converters. So it is very
expensive to use (a gallon causes like $1000 in damage). All that lead buys
you is higher octane rating (actually, I never understood the chemistry
behind the lead or even the octane rating -- I will have to go and ask Tom
and Ray, I guess). So there really is not much advantage to using lead and
major disadvantages.
I doubt they use leaded gas anywhere in North America or Europe on a regular
basis, and it is probably pretty rare in most other countries.
There was another advantage which is that the lead acted to help protect the
exhaust values in engines -- but that was fixed by making the material in
exhaust valves harder. For antique cars, you can actually buy an additive to
add to unleaded gas, but it is far more expensive than the gas. On older
cars from the 60s and 70s, you can also replace the valves and seats. But,
that is expensive.
Jeff
Jeff - 28 Feb 2004 17:47 GMT
> Is it possible for viruses to stay
> in the body chronically? I keep
> sneezing every morning and sometimes
> through the day - it feels like I always have a
> cold that never goes away-- with intermittent
> fever esp. at night.
How do you know you have a fever?
A lot of times, I feel like I have a fever. When I take my temperature, it
is actually a little low (like 97 or 97.5). (Normal temperature was
originally determined to be about 98.2, not 98.6). What I think is
happening, my brain is telling me my body temperature is too high and I feel
warm. Feeling feverish is not the same thing as having a fever.
As far as the fever is concerned, you really need to measure your
temperature in a consistant way (orally, under the thoung without anything
to drink for the previous 1/2 hour or something like that). Too bad you
can't buy a pill-shaped probe you can swallow with a radio transmitter in
them (they make them, but they are not widely available yet).
With just the above information, it sounds like chronic allergies are a
problem (perhaps for mold or dust mights or other insects). The other things
that come to mind are sinus problems and infections like TB and fungus
infections (in the lungs).
Again, you need to work with your doctor on this.
Jeff
> And gastro stuff; i don't know
> what the **** is wrong with me.
>
> I saw my doctor and he doesn't know either.
>
> Squiggles
Squiggles - 28 Feb 2004 17:58 GMT
Thanks for your reply Jeff,
Actually, that is exactly what my dr. advised -
that i check the temperature - to see if it
is objective or not. I sometimes "feel" hot
and even sweat -- so i think it is objective
though i have not used the thermometer regularly.
I have something like rhinorrhea and dry
mucous membranes at the same time.
As for the gizmo - sounds neat but reserved
for CIA staff :-)
It may be mould in the house, or allergy - we
do have 4 animals in the house. Maybe a
thorough spring cleaning with bleach will
be a good test?
Squiggles
Jeff - 28 Feb 2004 19:15 GMT
> Thanks for your reply Jeff,
>
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> thorough spring cleaning with bleach will
> be a good test?
I don't think so. Dust mites and stuff are really hard to get rid of . The
dust mites are everywhere (in carpets, furniture fabric, beds, etc.). There
are steps you can take to minimize the impact, but I don't really know what
they are. It sounds like you should talk with your doctor about this. It
might be allergies and working with an allergist is the way to go. And if it
is allergies to mold (or other mold problems), that is tough to tackle, too.
Besides, I never had to do this, so I don't know all the steps. Plus the
steps will be different if you live in a large apartment building vs. living
a standalone house, and in alaska vs hawaii.
Jeff
> Squiggles
Squiggles - 28 Feb 2004 19:30 GMT
OK - thanks - i will mention it to my
doctor next time again; it is not life-threatening after
all - gad, read the news of horror in Haiti today -
i live in paradise, allergies are flowers.
Squiggles
Mxsmanic - 28 Feb 2004 22:30 GMT
> Actually, that is exactly what my dr. advised -
> that i check the temperature - to see if it
> is objective or not. I sometimes "feel" hot
> and even sweat -- so i think it is objective
> though i have not used the thermometer regularly.
I had something that _felt_ just like the flu a few month's ago, and I
felt certain that I had a raging fever, but when I actually checked my
temperature, it was normal. And whatever it was, it was gone the next
day (so it could not have actually been influenza, as far as I know).

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David Wright - 29 Feb 2004 04:01 GMT
>Is it possible for viruses to stay
>in the body chronically?
Sure. The chickenpox you get as a kid can leave you with
viruses wrapped around your nervous system that wake up
forty years later and give you shingles.
>I keep sneezing every morning and sometimes through the day - it
>feels like I always have a cold that never goes away-- with
>intermittent fever esp. at night. And gastro stuff; i don't know
>what the **** is wrong with me.
As I think you said later, the sneezing could well be allergy.
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