Question: I was sick with the flu for over a month and though all the symptoms have subsided now, I am having unusual temperature fluctuations now, usually in the late afternoon and evening. My temperature goes from 97.2 to 100.6, cycling up and down, sometimes within a short period.

Based on your advice, I have attempted to find an internist. I am new in a small ru town in Northern New Mexico and don't have a family doctor here, though I am trying to find one (no one I have contacted so far is taking new patients. ) The soonest I can get an appointment with the team of internists affiliated with the hospital here is three weeks from now. Meanwhile, although I can't put my finger on it, I feel like I am getting worse. I am so tired I can hardly get out of bed and even though my temperature never gets much above 100 degrees, I feel feverish all the time - chills one minute, burning up the next, body aches, general malaise. I have told the dr at the urgent care center who treated my flu symptoms about the fever and he says it sounds like I still have the flu. He says I can come in and be rechecked but he's never run a blood test (or any other test) and all he's every prescribed for me was cough medicine and an over-the-counter nasal spray. He has also told me that he only is allowed to treat urgent care patients and that I need to find a regular dr. Since I can't find anyone to treat me, is it appropriate to go to the ER for such minor symptoms, simply because they've gone on for over a month?

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