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Low Grade Fever

Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 12:05 am
by TracyB7777
It would seem I have been running a low grade fever 99.5 for the last 2 months. Each time I go to the dr, no matter which doctor comes up with the same (approx) reading. Anyone else experience this? I truly have just recently noticed and not sure if it's recent or something that has been going on for a while. Doc doesn't seem concerned but come on...it's hitting 100 here this weekend and will contine for MONTHS!! Don't really need a constant fever on top of it. :lol:

Tracy

Re: Low Grade Fever

Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 1:52 am
by Lernica
That's wierd. Don't like the sound of it. Funny that the docs aren't concerned. Isn't a constant low grade fever an early sign of leukemia or something?

Re: Low Grade Fever

Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 2:57 pm
by TracyB7777
Oh WOW!! Hadn't even had that thought yet :shock: Guess I'm doing some research this weekend. I have another appt with my primary Friday so we've added that to my discussion list. I figure there must be some underlying something going on. I think part of it is that he just hasn't connected all the dots...yet. I chatted with his wife (office asst, "nurse", etc) and told her it was reading the same at my other docs office so we made a note for Friday's discussion. (My appt yesterday was for a B-12 shot).

Re: Low Grade Fever

Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 10:28 am
by calluna
Could be due to lots of things, don't worry unduly. But do get it investigated.

I have had a low grade fever for ages, we could not work out why and had given up worrying about it - turns out that it is because of diverticulitis. I hadn't been feeling much pain from it at that point because of the tramadol.

Re: Low Grade Fever

Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2011 3:02 am
by christi
About 15 years ago I had a low grade fever for about a year. It turned to be a reaction to decaf, which at the time I drank every day. through experimentation I found that regular coffee doesn't set it off, only the decaf. It's some kind of autoimmune reaction...