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reoccuring fever
Hello, last July (2008), I found a small tick on myself that had been there for at least 24 hours. I removed the body but the head remained. I did not get a rash after the tick was removed.
2 months later, I had a very high fever that set on very quickly (in a few hours it was above 101.5). I felt miserable and took megadoses of vitamin C (~10,000 MG) which broke my fever in less than 2 hours. i was weak for several days and continued with the Vit. C. I did not have any other symptoms besides weakness and lymphatic pain.
1.5 months later, the same thing happened. And again. All of the episodes were acute and cleared up with bed-rest and vit.C in less than 3 days. These fevers sometimes coincided with airplane travel.
I believe it happened 5 times from late September to late May. It has not happened since. I became pregnant in June. It is now mid September and several months since the last fever.
I don't know if these symptoms are related to the tick bite, or to the borderline-hypothyroidism I'd experienced that year (unmedicated and asymptomatic), or neither. I should also add that I'd moved to an apartment that developed mold (black mold) in June last summer and moved from it in late June this year. Could these fevers have been due to mold exposure?
Thank you,
L
2 months later, I had a very high fever that set on very quickly (in a few hours it was above 101.5). I felt miserable and took megadoses of vitamin C (~10,000 MG) which broke my fever in less than 2 hours. i was weak for several days and continued with the Vit. C. I did not have any other symptoms besides weakness and lymphatic pain.
1.5 months later, the same thing happened. And again. All of the episodes were acute and cleared up with bed-rest and vit.C in less than 3 days. These fevers sometimes coincided with airplane travel.
I believe it happened 5 times from late September to late May. It has not happened since. I became pregnant in June. It is now mid September and several months since the last fever.
I don't know if these symptoms are related to the tick bite, or to the borderline-hypothyroidism I'd experienced that year (unmedicated and asymptomatic), or neither. I should also add that I'd moved to an apartment that developed mold (black mold) in June last summer and moved from it in late June this year. Could these fevers have been due to mold exposure?
Thank you,
L
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Welcome to the forum!
There are many possibilities for recurring fever. However two you must seriously get investigated for. One is Lyme’s disease and the other is mold infection. I understand you feel it cannot be Lyme’s but neither can you rule t out 100% without the tests. Please discuss this with your doctor and run tests for them.
However for your information recurrent or chronic fever is seen in tuberculosis, SLE, rheumatoid arthritis, Polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) and other auto immune disorders, UTI, drug fever, glandular fever, otitis media, IBS, HIV, STDs, endocarditis, parasitic infestations, fungal infections, lymphomas and other cancers etc.
Hope this helps. Do let me know if there is any thing else and keep me posted. Take care!
Welcome to the forum!
There are many possibilities for recurring fever. However two you must seriously get investigated for. One is Lyme’s disease and the other is mold infection. I understand you feel it cannot be Lyme’s but neither can you rule t out 100% without the tests. Please discuss this with your doctor and run tests for them.
However for your information recurrent or chronic fever is seen in tuberculosis, SLE, rheumatoid arthritis, Polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) and other auto immune disorders, UTI, drug fever, glandular fever, otitis media, IBS, HIV, STDs, endocarditis, parasitic infestations, fungal infections, lymphomas and other cancers etc.
Hope this helps. Do let me know if there is any thing else and keep me posted. Take care!
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