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I had flus and such like this for my entire childhood. Abated a little in my teens but came back with a vengeance in my 20s. I saw an ENT and he diagnosed the problem in under 5 minutes… cryptic tonsils. In short, my tonsils had pockets where bacteria and whatever else would get trapped. They had been poisoning me all that time! My ears had been infected so often that I permanently lost some hearing in my right ear.
Had a tonsillectomy and it was the worst physical experience I’ve ever had. It’s rough surgery on an adult. Forget ice cream; even water felt like razor blades in my throat. Took a month to recover.
But it was worth doing… no more flu, coughing, strep or ear infections since.
Yeah he said it was not fun
I have a friend that did indeed contract malaria in the service of our country and he swears by tonic water because it is the only place he can get quinine from. Says a couple of glasses and he is much better.
Can not hurt to try.
Another thought, wonder if hubby is on a med that could cause a "hot flash". I know there is no fever with a hot flash, but maybe there is a connection. Just thinking out loud.
And extremely healthy, very active 72 year old but is highly susuptical to fevers.
Any vaccine make him really sick, too.
When he got vaccine in the service in his 20s he would end up in the hospital.
It's just such a puzzle
It's so strange! Good to know someone else experience this
He got a fever during the night last night, first time in a long time, probably 6 months. It's hard to regulate the temperature this time of year. I had the window open and it got chilly.
I was sleeping and I felt him reaching for me for warmth, some shivering.Cuddled up and felt him, he was warm and shivering and I fell back to sleep very quickly.
Today back to normal.
I'm thinking a chart, and one of those gun like thomometers, so I can just zap it when I'm half asleep, so we know what his temperature is.
Any others thoughts?
Thanks guys
I do realize now after what geaton said, that I haven't cured it at all by not letting him get cold, I've just solved a trigger , but what ever it is , it's still inside him
I keep wondering about malaria, he was in Panama jungle in the service, right after Vietnam ended.
He says no he had malaria pills, but we all know that nothing is 100 percent.
I'm thinking that would be the first place to start.
I worry about these things more as we age , wondering what could come of it
We have just gotten so use to it , it's kind of his normal.
And was telling some friends about it last week and made me start thinking about asking here.
And since I've realized sleeping in the cold is a trigger, it happens a lot less.
Here is an interesting article I found:
"Cold intolerance isn’t an illness but is a symptom of an underlying condition. It may be connected to issues with thyroid regulation, the hypothalamus, or blood flow. Or it may be a symptom of conditions such as anemia, hypothyroidism, fibromyalgia, or anorexia.
Cold intolerance is when you’re extremely sensitive to cold temperatures and is more severe than the normal feeling of chilliness when you’re outdoors on a cool day.
Some people are prone to feeling cold, especially those who have chronic health problems or little body fat."
Source: https://www.healthline.com/health/cold-intolerance
Does your husband make use of his free Medicare annual wellness check-up? If not he should go and let his doc know he's having this symptom. They can do labwork to check his thyroid and other things that affect his metabolism.
I had a few years where my glands in my neck would become so swollen I couldn't swollow my own saliva, and with a fever and bad chills. Had to take prednisone to bring down the swelling. No one else in my family would get it. Standard medical testing and imaging showed nothing unusual. Went to the ENT (I had no tonsils). Nothing. Endocrynologist. Nothing. They finally even referred me on to an Infectious disease specialist MD (AIDS, Dengue fever, malaria, you name it and I was tested for it). It was never diagnosed and finally just stopped happening. This was happening over a span of several years. Our bodies are complicated and sometimes we never get to know answers.
Please start by taking him to his doctor while he is actively sick with his "private flu".