Question 1

do people ever get sick (cold or flulike symptoms) from sleep deprevation?

Accepted Answer

It cause your: Resistance to drop. Drop in immunity can make you more vulnerable to infections. So it doesn't cause the cold or flu directly but may be a contributing factor.

Question 2

can taking 2 birth control pills give you flulike symptoms?

Accepted Answer

The additional: Estorgen can cause nausea and headache but not fever or respiratory symptoms, good luck.

Question 3

what could cause flulike symptoms with abdominal cramps?

Accepted Answer

VIRAL INFECTION: Any viral infectioncan give you these symptoms and these get better most of the time by itself  with diet adjustment.

Question 4

i have the flu for the 2nd time in 2months , i'm 40 years old and never had the flu before. my lower spine is sore, is that a flulike symptom.

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See Doctor: Recurrent non specific flu like symptoms can be the sign of underlying problem.  If can be sign of festering localized infection or pathology.  See doctor.

Question 5

i've read some people experience fever or flulike symptoms after having one of the covid vaccines, particularly the second shot. how soon after the shot are these effects most likely to occur (12 hours? 24?) and how long do they take to go away?

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: Due to the overwhelming availability of the COVID-19 virus, receiving the vaccine shot (first or second) may occur after coincidental incubation of the virus at the time of vaccine administration, which produces symptoms as described, since relative immunity does not occur simultaneous to the administration of the vaccine, but only weeks later.

Question 6

itching all over, nausia, flulike symptoms, back of neck pain. what could be the cause?

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See a doctor: Could be viral disease, but still need to be seen given your history

Question 7

26 y/o male with fever & chills but no flulike symptoms. malaria not seen. rbc normal, wbc 3.6/l, platelet 129/l. all others normal. possible causes??

Accepted Answer

Extensive work up: necessary. First, need to confirm whether there is blood in stool. If so, then a GI focused work up should commence. If not, then systematic work up for “Fever of unknown Origin “ is required. Infectious Disease can be consulted to help prioritize this process. Good luck. Careful attention to exposures, work-lifestyle history may be useful. Temperature curve should be charted.

Question 8

put on crestor (rosuvastatin) 20 mg after 7 weeks felt flulike,muscle&joint pain. blood work goodcholesterol down 90 points.dr said take 10 mg every other day. safe?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Intermittent, or pulsed dosing of crestor (rosuvastatin) is very effective at reducing or eliminating side effects

Question 9

did i have an mi that was misdiagnosed? troponin 243, hr 118 at rest, flulike symptoms, sweating, pericarditis diagnosed from ecg. since then, heart races with any exertion (140bpm), sweat very easily. male, 37, 5'9", 284lbs. hypertension, controlled?

Accepted Answer

: I answered this question earlier today. Myocardial infarction (MI) is less likely.

Question 10

ana 1:160speckled, esr 29, igg 1710, low grade fever, flulike feeling, wrist and back ache (sometimes) blotchy areas on arms/stomach in heat, swollen nodes 1cm in neck, doc says lupus, do i trust her?

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Maybe: The results could be the results of a viral illness.

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Do people ever get sick (cold or flulike symptoms) from sleep deprevation?

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Can taking 2 birth control pills give you flulike symptoms?

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What could cause flulike symptoms with abdominal cramps?

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I have the flu for the 2nd time in 2months , i'm 40 years old and never had the flu before. my lower spine is sore, is that a flulike symptom.

A member asked:

I've read some people experience fever or flulike symptoms after having one of the covid vaccines, particularly the second shot. how soon after the shot are these effects most likely to occur (12 hours? 24?) and how long do they take to go away?

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Itching all over, nausia, flulike symptoms, back of neck pain. what could be the cause?

A member asked:

26 y/o male with fever & chills but no flulike symptoms. malaria not seen. rbc normal, wbc 3.6/l, platelet 129/l. all others normal. possible causes??

A member asked:

Put on crestor (rosuvastatin) 20 mg after 7 weeks felt flulike,muscle&joint pain. blood work goodcholesterol down 90 points.dr said take 10 mg every other day. safe?

A member asked:

Did i have an mi that was misdiagnosed? troponin 243, hr 118 at rest, flulike symptoms, sweating, pericarditis diagnosed from ecg. since then, heart races with any exertion (140bpm), sweat very easily. male, 37, 5'9", 284lbs. hypertension, controlled?

A member asked:

Ana 1:160speckled, esr 29, igg 1710, low grade fever, flulike feeling, wrist and back ache (sometimes) blotchy areas on arms/stomach in heat, swollen nodes 1cm in neck, doc says lupus, do i trust her?

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