Question 1

is a taking a hot shower good for a fever and chills?

Accepted Answer

Not bad: A shower will not help cure your infection, but if it makes you feel better, by all means shower.   It will not make you any worse.

Question 2

does taking a hot shower or a cold shower treat a fever?

Accepted Answer

Not really: It may make you feel better, but the fever is the body's inflammatory response to infection or other inflammation, and may actually be helpful.  You treat the infection, and the fever will vanish.  Hope you are better soon.

Question 3

am i right that it's no issue to take a really hot shower if i have a fever?

Accepted Answer

If it feels good: It is certainly not dangerous to take a hot shower if you have a fever. It won't do anything to make your temp go up or down, but if the hot water makes your aches and pains feel better, then by all means do what feels good - it is not dangerous.

Question 4

can a hot shower make my photosensitive  rash worse and make me have a fever ?

Accepted Answer

Fever: A fever usually indicates that there is an infection . Please discuss a screening test for COVID-19 with your PCP, particularly if there are flu like symptoms. Watch for worsening, cough and shortness of breath. Please stay home, rest, drink fluids and avoid direct sunlight.

Question 5

i moved this weekend lifting heavy items. last night after taking a shower i had some cold chills. this morning after waking up i was back to normal. one hour later the cold chills started again and i am also developing a fever?

Accepted Answer

Many causes of fever: Think of feeling hot-cold-hot-cold as having a fever. When feeling hot, the body is wanting to cool off (the brain is telling you that you are hotter than the brain wants you to be). When feeling cold, the body is wanting to get warmer and trying to get a fever (the brain is telling you that it wants you to be hotter, maybe even feverish). Upcoming symptoms help tell if an infection is happening.

Question 6

my inside feels really hot and i have chills while its rather hot inside could that be inside fever?

Accepted Answer

Infectious: Signs and symptoms of a possible infectious, either viral or bacterial.  If you start to get any other symptoms and/or get worse, do not get better, than get a medical examination for the proper diagnosis and subsequent treatment.  best wishes.

Question 7

past 2 days i've had a fever, chills and hot flashes but don't feel sick at all. i'm 24 what could it be the cause?

Accepted Answer

ER: If you have had fever and chills, you do feel sick. Go to the Emergency Room. Fever and chills are signs of an infection in your bloodstream. If you are not coughing/short of breath it could be coming from your urine/std or gastrointestinal system or from an abscess somewhere. It could also be a viral illness. Please get medical attention promptly.

Question 8

yesterday around 2:30pm got bad chills turned into hot fever 100.4f with headache. woke today and i feel fine! what just happened?

Accepted Answer

Fever 1day: Sounds like you had a short quick infection most likely viral.

Question 9

why do some ppl tend to get chills being hot-cold-hot-cold before they get a fever if ever do

Accepted Answer

It's a mild fever: Think of being hot-cold-hot-cold (but without a high reading on the thermometer) as having a mild fever. When feeling hot, the body is wanting to cool off (the brain is telling you that you are hotter than the brain wants you to be). When feeling cold, the body is wanting to get warmer and maybe have a fever (the brain is telling you that it wants you to be hotter, maybe even feverishly hotter).

Question 10

my boyfriend started having chills and a cough less than 24 hours ago. he says he feels both hot and cold and his fever felt high through the night. ?

Accepted Answer

Probably virus: Usually virus in young, healthy non smokers.  Treat symptoms and see doctor if not getting better.

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Am i right that it's no issue to take a really hot shower if i have a fever?

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Can a hot shower make my photosensitive rash worse and make me have a fever ?

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I moved this weekend lifting heavy items. last night after taking a shower i had some cold chills. this morning after waking up i was back to normal. one hour later the cold chills started again and i am also developing a fever?

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My inside feels really hot and i have chills while its rather hot inside could that be inside fever?

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Past 2 days i've had a fever, chills and hot flashes but don't feel sick at all. i'm 24 what could it be the cause?

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Yesterday around 2:30pm got bad chills turned into hot fever 100.4f with headache. woke today and i feel fine! what just happened?

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My boyfriend started having chills and a cough less than 24 hours ago. he says he feels both hot and cold and his fever felt high through the night. ?

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