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What Causes Excessive Thirst, Loss Of Appetite, Fever And Orange Colored Urine?
Question: My husband has had the following symptoms for the past 5 days: excessive thirst, no appetite, fever bounces up & down between 99 & 103, putting out dark orange urine. Been to urgent care & ER. 1 blood panel showed liver enzymes at 200. Ultrasound performed on liver & bladder. Both functioning normal. He was told he had a virus and sent home. He's miserable. any idea of what might be going on here?????
Brief Answer:
He probably has a viral infection!
Detailed Answer:
Hi and thank you so much for this query.
I am so sorry to hear about what your husband is currently experiencing.. I have reviewed the information fully and there is no reason to suspect any other possible infection. I am leaning towards the possibility of this being a viral infection as well from his symptoms. Viruses often cause fevers and general body aches and malaise with no other specific symptom to suggest otherwise. Management consist in controlling the symptoms, eating healthy, increased fluids and vegetables intake and increase in the amount of fluid he drinks. Rest, is also a major component in the management of this.
Mots patients often report significant improvement within 5-7days. I will suggest that you give your husband at most two more days and if things don't improve significantly, then we may want to re-examine to obtain more information and look at other rare possibilities. Is he taking Ibuprofen as prescribed and at least 3times per day? He needs to keep a regular schedule in order to get pain and fever relief actions from this drug.
Orange urine might be cause be increased sweating which makes the urine concentrated or may be related to the increased liver enzymes. I will recommend that you upload the results of his tests for me to interpret and offer more independent insights about them to you. I will also try to see which of the tests numbers is 200 and whether it may explain the change in the color of his urine. Statins are known to cause an increase in liver enzymes but I have no idea is that is a possible cause here.
I hope this helps. I wish you well. Thanks for using our services and do feel free to ask for more information and clarifications if need be.
He probably has a viral infection!
Detailed Answer:
Hi and thank you so much for this query.
I am so sorry to hear about what your husband is currently experiencing.. I have reviewed the information fully and there is no reason to suspect any other possible infection. I am leaning towards the possibility of this being a viral infection as well from his symptoms. Viruses often cause fevers and general body aches and malaise with no other specific symptom to suggest otherwise. Management consist in controlling the symptoms, eating healthy, increased fluids and vegetables intake and increase in the amount of fluid he drinks. Rest, is also a major component in the management of this.
Mots patients often report significant improvement within 5-7days. I will suggest that you give your husband at most two more days and if things don't improve significantly, then we may want to re-examine to obtain more information and look at other rare possibilities. Is he taking Ibuprofen as prescribed and at least 3times per day? He needs to keep a regular schedule in order to get pain and fever relief actions from this drug.
Orange urine might be cause be increased sweating which makes the urine concentrated or may be related to the increased liver enzymes. I will recommend that you upload the results of his tests for me to interpret and offer more independent insights about them to you. I will also try to see which of the tests numbers is 200 and whether it may explain the change in the color of his urine. Statins are known to cause an increase in liver enzymes but I have no idea is that is a possible cause here.
I hope this helps. I wish you well. Thanks for using our services and do feel free to ask for more information and clarifications if need be.
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