Random fevers, really worried

I have got myself worried sick from googling too much! (I have chronic health anxiety) 

About 2 months ago I would randomly wake at night feeling shaky, nearly like I was too hot/cold at the same time. It was weird but only happened randomly so I never thought too much of it. 

2 weeks ago I woke hot and sweaty and my temp was 38.2. I went to the doctor and she said my tonsils were swollen with puss on them and I def had tonsillitis (even though I had no throat pain) she put me on antibiotics. She took bloods and a throat swab. Bloods were normal and the swab was clear. Since then I dont see any puss on my throat and dont have any other symptoms apart from I keep getting random low grade fevers! I seem to go a few days with no fever then it comes back again, it makes me feel so uncomfortable and keeps me awake at night. 

Of course google has scared me silly! I cant see a doctor for a few days and I'm trying to keep it together but its hard. Im currently on holiday with my kids and this is all I can think of. Everything I read online points to random fevers being a really bad sign. Has anyone experienced this? Im so scared :( 

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  • Do you have any other symtoms? I have fevers after doing little walking of 10 mins or housework of 39 sometimes 40 and when resting mostly 38 or 38.5. The only restbite i get is the mornings. My fever goes up throughout the day and seem to suffer in the night. I have excessive sweating due to the fevers. All my bloods are normal except slightly raised blood count and immflamatory markers were slightly raised not enough to indicate infection. Ive had urine cultures which negative. I feel tired constantly and i recently had a episode of chest pain which came on suddenly lasted about 10 mins. I have shooting pains in the neck and under arm on left side but no lumps tp be felt. I have had left sided flank pain since october thats where it all started. I had a week where i itched every where but after antihitamines i only itch on my neck all over now. No rash. Ive lost a dress size amd a half since october. Ive been by heamtology consultant who dismissed me because bloods were 'normal'. GP feels i am showing b symtoms of lymphoma. Hope it all gets sorted. I know this is scary but it could just be from the infection. It can stay in the system for a few weeks. Keep an eye on it. If you are getting ill more often and taking longer to get over the illness go to GP. 

  • I dont have any other symptoms apart from the fever. I supposidly had tonsillitis 2 weeks ago even though my throat wasnt sore at all! I think the glands in my neck are up too. Im travelling home from holiday today and hope to get in with the doctor tomorrow! Are you checking your temperature constantly? I cant help but check mine all the time! Do you always have a temp or does it sometimes be normal? Mine was normal for a few days and now its up again. I feel drained constantly and nausous. Its stopping me sleeping as I wake up every hour feeling hot and sweaty. You must be going crazy with worry too! Are you managing to hold it together? Im really struggling :(

  • What do you mean you arent sure if its linked to all your illnesses? It must be awful having a fever ongoing that long! Mines only been a couple of weeks and I'm drained! 

  • They had to rule out it wasnt linked to having a chest or throat infection. They first of all linked it to that. They started to listen to me in april once they all died down sent me for bloods. Had bloods in feb but just come back saying still had infection and monthly in april and may then they started taking me seriously. 

  • Did you have a sore throat or anything? I don't understand how I've supposidly had tonsillitis yet had no throat pain. Hope I can see my GP tomorrow, the worry is driving me crazy. Ive been trailing this website all day driving myself mad! 

  • Yes i had a sore throat in the Jan went away with antibiotics, came back a week later where i lost my voice, more antibiotics went away came back about 2 weeks later. As well as a chest infection at one point i was taking 2 lots of antibiotics one for throat and one for chest infection

  • Hi the best thing for you to do is go onto google i know its effected you doing that but theres a way to look things up without thinking you have everything just put in what do tonsils do you will see then that tonsils are designed to stop germs getting down your thoat and also they are loaded with white bloods cells they release to kill infections white blood cells are part of our immune system that kill viruses germs bacteria you may have slightly inflamed tonsils you dont nesseserily ave to be in pain the drs looke down your throat and seen them a bit inflamed as i said earlier your body allso heats up if theres an infection or virus . And you have started thinking all sorts is it cancer your thinking probably just an infection thats not quite gone yet i sufferd anxiaty i used to suddenly break out in a sweat and have to change my shirt but the anxiaty was because i i w struggling to breath because of missdiagnosed asthma i truly thaught my lungs had been damage by a drug they gave me for crohns so it was the chicken and the egge .anxiatys a horrible thing its fear realy so dont worry . Dr will tell tom if it was throat cancer you would certainly feel much worse .paul ps musicismylifes just about sumed it up

  • Thanks for your reply. I get what you are saying but for weeks before this I've been waking from my sleep shaking so I feel like this might be going on for a while. I really do hope its from my throat and nothing more serious. Its been over 2 weeks now, I've had a week of antibiotics and my throat swab was clear which is why I'm concerned this is something more serious :(  

  • Mines been going on since october 2018. They kept saying its this is that etc. I think they rule out everything before they check for lymphoma. You are showing no other symtoms apart from this. I am showing and have shown nearly all symtoms for lymphoma. I hope its not. They will take a blood test again most prob. Hopefully they will find something

  • That must be difficult that it is going on so long! I hope you get an answer soon and that it isnt anything serious. The first heamotologist you seen wasnt concerned werent they not? Hopefully that means something, im sure you cant wait until your appointment! 

  • Just try not to worry deep infections can take a while to get rid of and anxiaty makes it worse sounds like your having a noturnal panick attack you wake up wanting to run ime wondering if you may have sleep apnea that can do that this bialogic drug they gave me in my case caused its mention it to your dr dr tommorow thats trouble with anxiaty no matter what people say your brain doesnt beleive it but as i said anxiaty can cause shaking sweating breathing  you name it can copy it you have my sympathys ive ive had and it a horrible thing but they can help you with it its the fight or flight mechanism in you brain gone out of wack ime not a dr or anything but ive a degree in the university of life lol and been through what tyour going through now

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  • Yes poor lass that anxiatys horrible its not dangerouse but can make your life a missery and an infection to .thank god i got rid of it and you know nothing ever used to faze me but thats something else .hope your ok now with throat best wishs

  • Also when I get hot and sweaty at night I take my temperature and I have a fever, its not me actually panicking its a fever that wakes me up :( 

  • Its the adrenalin or noradrelnalin that wakes you up you have already started to heat up before you wake up then your body sweats to cool you down please beleive me on this ive hours studying it to stop mine and i did and was because i made my subconscious beleive it by continually tell myself thats what it is we have manys facets in our brains we have control over over we have three main parts of our brains the subconsious .the ego and the super ego its so complex but so simple how these three main parts of our brain work together but allso independently you dont have to remember how to breath but you have to tell yourself to eat funny realy but we are a mirical i think if we were taught these things at school life would be less stressful and we wouldnt have so many neurosise dont you think.sorry about your mum ive lost all my aunts uncles mum and dad a grandson and just over a year ago the love of my life so can understand your pain bless ya paul ps some people who have cancer are incurable but can still be treatable thats another strange is it a metaphore ime not sure dont dont your mums problem buts ive seen many things on here and readthousnds of scolerly articals trying to to find help for my liz .but couldnt the trouble is people can be gicven months and live years others it can be treatable and they can be gone in months its a lottery real my liz they said it was very treatable but 4 days after first chemo she had amassive stroke on the friday morning sunday 4 am died of sepsis and some complain they only had weeks i got two days with here and she could barely spk still realing over that .hope your mums ok most important thing is staying hydrated good food and excersise used to tear my hair out getting her to drink but she went peacefully so i i give thanks for that .

     

  • So I was at the doctor this morning. She said she isnt that concerned as my temp isnt going over 38. When it goes up its usually around 37.7. She has made an appt for me to get bloods taken tomorrow morning and is going to phone me in 2 weeks to see if my symptoms are still ongoing. If they are she will send me further for tests. My throat looks fine so its not that, she said maybe viral so have to wait and see how it goes. 

  • Hi there so has that made you feel more relaxed now or are you back to square one worrying . ? But sounds good to me im . Could have said better that than the other that beleive me is something ive been there shes just making sure  

  • I am glad she isnt concerned at the minute, I just hope these fevers go away! She said to stop checking my temperature so often! Im checking it constantly, its become a bit obsessive. She said just to check it if I wake up at night hot and sweaty. Bloods tomorrow aswell, hopefully they'll be okay

  • Hi thats good shes not worried so you should stop worrying but i i  understand its not easy as it stuck in your brain all panick attacks or anxiaty attacks are slightly diffrent . But sounds exactly what went through if you wake up with the sweats remember its your body out of wack telling you your in danger so its setting all your functions to either run or fight its one our defence mechanisms and it can be very scary even for the strongest of us .next you wake up with sweats hold yourself together just sit there and say ime ok its a panick attack it cant hurt me eventualy they will tapper of and you will be rid of the dam things you cant say what does he know because i do as ive been through it so i understand and dont let anyone say pull yourself together because its not easy i thinks your docs doing the bloods just to be sure for you . Its only way to check for high white blood sell count as your body releases them to kill infections there the bodygaurds of our bods lol .regards paul 

  • Yeh anxiety sucks. I will have to try and get it under control. When I wake up sweating its because I have a temperature though, its nothing to do with me panicking. My temp rises and that wakes me up then I take my temp and ive a fever

  • Ok but anxiaty causes heart to speed up and vains to narrow causing vascodialation a raise in body temp then body sweats to cool down . This is isnt me talking this is a quote from a medical journal . P ps this diagnosis of your poor mums not going to help either it would stree anyone out  when my liz was diagnosed wow did it effect me but being her rock i had to hold myself togetter for her sake but my goodness everything went south inside if the blood tests show no infection then it should start to bring the anxiaty down its all about heal yourself or live with anxiaty for the rest of your life not a pleasant prospect i i couldnt beleive anxiaty could affect me so much but it does so i read  up pages on pages about it and got rid of it can make you feel like heart bowle kidneys urine you name it does it . Just go onto googel and put in does anxiaty raise body temp its all about convincing yourself . P

  • Thanks for your reply Paul. I agree on how much anxiety can cause, im waiting to see a cardiologist because an ecg showed I have rapid heartbeat (tachycardia). Unsure if this means I have an actual heart problem or if its from my anxiety. But, on the other side, I dont want the doctor not to investigate something because I have anxiety and maybe miss a potential health problem. Ive read some cases of psychosomatic fevers but it seems pretty rare enough. I just dont want to assume its anxiety, iv had some crazy anx symptoms over the years but a fever has never been one of them. Fever usually means the body is fighting something and if that infection isnt obvious then it concerns me as to what it might be :(