I may be able to explain this. The hot flashes are a part of rsd. Little know, low grade fevers are also. It's funny you mention it happened while it was spreading. Obviously your body reacted to the spread with hot flashes and low grade fever. When I first got rsd I ran a low grade fever for some time. Each time is spread I had it happen. Hot flashes I deal with all the time.

I will say before anyone pipes up with "don't blame everything on rsd", it's always a good idea to check out things like this to rule out something else it could be. A fever could be because of an infection you don't know you have and a bazillion other things. Hot flashes = menopause or peri-menopause. I always try to remember to advise having something checked out if it goes on for more than a few days.

It's just hot flashes are common and fever is less common but many run one. RSD messes up every single part of our nervous system. So things like blood pressure can mess up. The part of the nervous system used for regulating body temperature is messed with. We can't regulate our own body temp so we deal with hot flashes, being either cold or hot or alternating between the two.

Hope this helps everyone with understanding the rsd "mysteries". LOL



Karen