Very Concerned About My Wife

[Honeyskye]

I had a nasty virus (or at least that's what I believe it was) in August and it lasted for almost a month. Two calls to the dr and a round of bloods and stool culture revealed nothing. I felt crap. I lost weight and I had terrible tummy cramps. Nothing would stay in. I literally had an upset tummy for 3 weeks. I thought the same - no way a tummy bug would last this long...the dr told me standard is around 10 days for you to get back to normal. Things like this upset the natural balance of your system. It can take a while for your body to right itself again. The bloating is due to the bug and it causing havoc with the digestive system.

[boostedcoop]

I had a nasty virus (or at least that's what I believe it was) in August and it lasted for almost a month. Two calls to the dr and a round of bloods and stool culture revealed nothing. I felt crap. I lost weight and I had terrible tummy cramps. Nothing would stay in. I literally had an upset tummy for 3 weeks. I thought the same - no way a tummy bug would last this long...the dr told me standard is around 10 days for you to get back to normal. Things like this upset the natural balance of your system. It can take a while for your body to right itself again. The bloating is due to the bug and it causing havoc with the digestive system.

Glad you made a full recovery! If I may, did you have a persistent fever while you were sick? She has had a 100-101.5 everyday since getting sick. Tylenol seems to bring it down but it comes back fairly quickly.

[ankietyjoe]

Glad you made a full recovery! If I may, did you have a persistent fever while you were sick? She has had a 100-101.5 everyday since getting sick. Tylenol seems to bring it down but it comes back fairly quickly.

You don't need to keep checking other peoples symptoms and reactions. That's part of YOUR health anxiety issue.

For the record, if you use tylenol/paracetamol to bring down a fever, you prolong the illness. It's a symptom reliever, not a cure. The fever is there to eradicate the infection.

[Fishmanpa]

For the record, if you use tylenol/paracetamol to bring down a fever, you prolong the illness. It's a symptom reliever, not a cure. The fever is there to eradicate the infection.

Yeah but when you're running a fever, you feel way worse.

Positive thoughts

[Honeyskye]

You don't need to keep checking other peoples symptoms and reactions. That's part of YOUR health anxiety issue.

For the record, if you use tylenol/paracetamol to bring down a fever, you prolong the illness. It's a symptom reliever, not a cure. The fever is there to eradicate the infection.

I don't belive I had a fever but everyone is different in how their body reacts to viruses. Anxiettjoe makes a good point about cross referencing others symptoms and he has in fact been of great help to me with my own personal HA struggles so I always take his advice on board!

The fact she has a fever is suggestive of an infection. The body will fight this, allow the immune system to fight it off - because it will.

[ankietyjoe]

Yeah but when you're running a fever, you feel way worse.

Positive thoughts

Swings and roundabouts. Feel worse short term, or slightly less worse for longer.

I'm just trying to explain to him that a fever comes and goes, but the longer you delay it's effect by artificially suppressing it, the longer it might ​take to recover overall.

[Fishmanpa]

I hear you but there's no scientific evidence taking an OTC fever remedy will delay recovery.

Positive thoughts

[NancyW]

I hear you but there's no scientific evidence taking an OTC fever remedy will delay recovery.

Positive thoughts

Took the words out of my mouth...
err.... fingertips lol.

Ankietyjoe where did that little nugget come from?

[roseanxiety]

Maybe her Covid test was a false negative?


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[panic_down_under]

I'm just trying to explain to him that a fever comes and goes, but the longer you delay it's effect by artificially suppressing it, the longer it might ​take to recover overall.

The outcome from the largest study to date on this suggests it makes no difference:

Acetaminophen for Fever in Critically Ill Patients with Suspected Infection