all nurses or doctors. i need help

[FunnyDuddies 6]

i have strep throat developed it this morning. i am not banded and this has nothing to do with the band. i have strep in the throat and a totally seperate infection that is in my right ear. i went to the er today. had a fever of 100 but felt way hotter and was in a lot of pain in my upper and lower back. they gave me a motrin, the prescribed a pain/antiinflamatory/fever reducer along with a fast acting antibiotic. broad spectrum.

i came home, got in a hot tub, and fell asleep. then came back to bed cause my fever was high again. I mean I am freezing!! and now i am experience intense pain from my neck to my ankles. honestly, the throat and ear are nothing compared to this. the pain comes in waves. i def have another fever, but then i will feel like my whole body is being twisted and stretched.

i don't want to go back in if it is just symptoms of a nasty fever. i can't get in touch with my doctor. opinions? ideas? i really need your help here.

[Elisabethsew 50]

Did you take a double dose of the antibiotic? That is becoming the preferred treatment for the FIRST dose of an antibiotic to spike the blood levels and attack the organism (bacteria). If you are feeling a lot worse, you might want to go to the ER for an IV dose of an antibiotic.

[FunnyDuddies 6]

no double dose. he gave me a three day run of it. large horse pills that are just a pain to swallow

[divaliciousdee 0]

I am a medical lab tech but here is my two cents. I think that it is the fever. Pain from you neck to your ankles in waves is it like an ache? Your whole body fights off infection so your white cells are attacking any bacteria in your body. The antibiotics that you are taking is not only fighting infection but unfortunately it also kills off some of the good bacteria or normal flora that your body functions with day by day. The aching pains that your are having will go away when you get the antibiotic or whatever they gave you in your system good. I have lupus and I ache sometimes really bad. I find that rubbing tea tree oil on the spot where it aches helps a whole lot. Hope I have provided some insight or help.

[Elisabethsew 50]

That sounds like a z-pack. Take that as directed. As long as your fever does not go over 101.5 you should do OK. Take the Motrin for the pain and inflammation. If you're sensitive to Motrin, take some tylenol (850 mg).

[FunnyDuddies 6]

wellhe prescibed these pain meds, and said don't tke anything else. i only get it TID, bit it wears off in about 2.5 hours, or like this last time just did nothing!!

[FunnyDuddies 6]

i took an asprin. i can't stand it. we'll see what that does

[cutiern 0]

hi,

sounds to me like you are having reffered pain from your ear infection and your body is trying to figure out how to fight it off. did your dr prescribe zithromax? usually a z-pak is given in 6 pill doses...take 2 the first day and 1 pill daily for 4 more days. you might need a different abx like amoxicllin (if your not allergic to pcn) or augmentin. you also might need need some steroids like a medrol dose pack to better help with the inflammation. did your dr prescribe you naproxen or naprosyn for your pain reliever? if he or she did, i would continue to take these and if you still can't break a fever take tylenol. i would recommend 650 mg every 4-6 hrs. if you are still in pain, i would ask for tylenol w/codeine elixir (if you are not allergic to codeine) and knock two birds out. also, keep yourself hydrated. report back on how things go.

cutiern:biggrin1:

[FunnyDuddies 6]

the asprin made the fever break in about 10 minutes. i am still in pain, but it has gone from a 9 to a 3/4. and i realized how hungry i was too. LOL I am not sweating to death and the fever is controlled. i am not going to use that stuff anymore. it didn't do anything for me. it is motrin and tylenol from here on out

[Penni60 45]

Hey Amy what was the pain med you took? You could have had a slight allergic reaction to the pain pills and that was how your body reacted. Fevers are nothing to fudge around with. If it goes back up then take more tylenol. Check your temp every 4 hours and take the tylenol if it is over 100.5 If it goes over 101.5 call or go to the ER.

[Victoriana 10]

Funnyduddies, Are you OK? I hope you are, I was hoping that you didn't have serum sickness. I had it once and I was caused by an antibiotic that I became allergic to. It makes you feel like you were hit by a truck and when you described that the body ached from top to bottom, that sounded a little too familiar. i also shook like crazy and my head felt like it was going to explode. I do hope you are better.

[FunnyDuddies 6]

penni the pain meds were the generic version of Voltaren i have never heard of it before, but it did absolute diddly for me. never taking it again.

right now i am alternating tylenol and motrin, and just trying to keep my fever down so i don't get that racking pain. the only way i can descibe the pain was it was like really bad preg contractions only all over my body.

last night sucked. my fevers would come and go, and i was pretty much miserable all night. at one point rob woke meup cause my fever was back and i was sobbing in my sleep. I feel like such a baby LOL i have a pretty high tolerance to pain, so when i cry from pain, rob gets serious. he wanted to call an ambulance, but as soon as the motrin kicks in i start sweating profusly and the pain goes down to a steady dull ache. this morning my throat is much more swollen ,and much more painful, but one is red now instead of both being totally white and black. so that is a good sign. gonna gargle with a lot of hot salt Water today and see if tht kills some of the pain and swelling.

[Barb 0]

Amy,

Gosh, that sounds horrible. I hope you get to feeling better soon!

[S@ssen@ch 745]

Amy,

Hope you're feeling better and now that the antibiotics have had a chance to get into your system, I sincerely hope they're fighting the good fight for you.

As for the fever and the pain, you mentioned alternating tylenol and motrin. When I read that, I thought of something we used to do in the hospital when a patient just couldn't keep a fever down. We alternated the tylenol and motrin, but did it every 2 hours. So that basically, you got tylenol every 4 hours and motrin every 4 hours but you were taking medicine every 2. Am I getting confusing? Here, I'll do a timeline:

8a tylenol

10a motrin

12p tylenol

2p motrin

4p tylenol

6p motrin

8p tylenol

10p motrin

get the picture? Since they're two different kinds of medications that work on both pain and fever, it won't hurt to do that. What happens is that while one is starting to wear off, the other is in full force. Double team this and you should feel better. You couldn't do this with aspirin and motrin together, they're related. But tylenol is different and you can do it with motrin or aspirin (preferably motrin).

Good Luck,

[FunnyDuddies 6]

Well last night I was rushed to the ER after fainting on my stairs and tumbling down a slight ways. I was not hurt, but I was out cold. They determined I was servely dehydrated. 10 very painful IV sticks later they got a good line in and got me rehydrated. They also gave me morphine. Took care of my body aches and pains, but my throat was still in a lot of pain. And I still could not swallow anything, not even my own spit. So they made me gargle with benedryl to temp numb the tonsils, and gave me a percoset. Still lots of pain, but the edge is finally off. The swelling refuses to go down though. They think I have an abcess in both tonsils. So I have an appt with the ear nose and throat doctor at the Hospital to determine if removing my tonsils is necessary.

At this point I am say YES PLEASE RIP THESE THINGS OUT!!!! but i know that there are complications with abcessed tonsil removal that it might not be the most beneficial choice.