Low Grade Fever
 

I get a low grade fever several times a day (around 5 or so). Nothing extreme, it's typically between 99 and 100 - lasting 30 minutes or until I don't notice it anymore. Usually enough to make my face warm and eyes feel hot, but not enough to keep me down.

[Yes, my doctor knows]

Any easy way to knock this out without taking pills? I'd like to avoid putting cold things on my face (Trigeminal Neuralgia/Headaches). Maybe this sounds silly, but could I drink a bunch of cold stuff to knock it down some?

It's nothing major, more annoying than anything.

Ellie,

When my husband was going through chemo he used to have constant fevers and one of the things the nurses and doctor suggested we do to help bring the fevers down was to put cold packs on the back of his neck, in his arm pits, and behind his knees.

For his low grade fevers tylenol alone helped enough, but when he would spike to 104, the tylenol alone didn't help enough, but the ice/cold packs in his arm pits and behind his knees and on the back of his neck did help to bring him closer to normal....

Because of the TN and headaches, you probably want to avoid the back of your neck, but would putting cold packs in your arm pit or behind your knees help without causing headaches or additional problems?

Another spot the nurses initially suggested was the inner thighs, but that was right near the location of his tumor (testicular cancer) so we could not put ice/cold on his inner thighs - but maybe that area would work for you?

Have the docs figured out the cause of your low grade fevers?

Take care Ellie :)
Liz

the role of fever ...
 

For a considerable time now, we realize that elevated temps can help the body fight infection. Your level of discomfort seems minor.

After I had surgery that caused my ovaries to do some weird horomal things for more than a year in my early 30's (til I got given estrogen - went on, by the way, to eventually go thru menopause at 55)), I experienced a fever everyday in the late mornings - made my face redden, perspire, and caused my eyeglasses to fog up -- which was particularly upsetting and embarrassing in church. :icon_redface: Course, maybe I felt hot at other times, too - but at home, it was cooler and there was moving air.

How many days or weeks has this been happening?

When I was in my twenties, I once had around a month of daily fevers (started at 101.something) that lasted for hours every afternoon. I didn't take anything for the fevers, just dressed very lightly and sat in front of a fan. It was uncomfortable, but I didn't feel really bad ill - just tired, worn out - all I could really do was sit in front of that fan. After 3 weeks I saw a doctor, but by the time I saw him, the fever was low, within "normal range" (tho still 1.5 degrees higher than MY normal temperature).

Regardless, it was all gone within another week. Have no idea what kind of bug I had, but it didn't last. Just started at its highest, then very slowly diminished as the weeks went by. I had gone in because there was always the chance, after so many weeks, that I had hepatitis or something.

Might be time to see your doctor? If you're still having fever by your appointment time, he will draw some blood and urine and do a workup on you.

Teri

It's been like two years now. :) My doctor thinks it's in relation to the dysautonomic syncope (I could have butchered that name, so pardon spelling errors - it's a new word for me). I find out more info Wednesday at my new Cardiologist lady.