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A member asked:

I woke up at 4am this morning with a fever of 102.1 and whole body hurt terribly i tool nyquil and woke up about 4 hours later fever 101.9?

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Dr. John Chiu answered

Viral: Looks like a viral infection but if the pain is really severe one needs to consider an infection other than the common cold. Have you been bitten by a mosquito lately? For instance, Dengue fever can induce severe body pain. See doctor if you are not better in 3 days or getting worse.

Answered 8/8/2016

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