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What Causes Fever And Headache?
My Husband was in a car accident and broke his 12 vertabrea on his spinal cord. He is paralized from the waist down. He has been getting fevers as high as 105. and very bad headaches, they had tested him for everything that he could have contracted and everything keeps coming up negative. Could a Thyroid issue be causing his fevers and headaches?
Wed, 30 Sep 2015
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Ican understand your husband concern
very grevious situation ,injury to ribs as well as spinal cord may be the reason for paralyzes lower part
here recurrent infection either with virus or damaged cells in hypothalamus which controls the temperature leads this high grade fever .
don't worry . thyroid tissue wont cause the this situation ,,
fever and headache will be controlled by antipyretics and analgesics.
cold sponging is simple method of controlling the temperature .plz do it
keep in cool environment and drink plenty of liquids
have a blood culture and urine culture ,propably say the causative organisn .
cont the family doctor once report came otr HCM .
DONT WORRY IT WILL SUBSIDE
Ican understand your husband concern
very grevious situation ,injury to ribs as well as spinal cord may be the reason for paralyzes lower part
here recurrent infection either with virus or damaged cells in hypothalamus which controls the temperature leads this high grade fever .
don't worry . thyroid tissue wont cause the this situation ,,
fever and headache will be controlled by antipyretics and analgesics.
cold sponging is simple method of controlling the temperature .plz do it
keep in cool environment and drink plenty of liquids
have a blood culture and urine culture ,propably say the causative organisn .
cont the family doctor once report came otr HCM .
DONT WORRY IT WILL SUBSIDE
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