Fever, severe headache, chills and night sweats

[Karen B.]

My husband has had fever of around 102 degrees, severe headache, chills and night sweats.  This has been going on for a week.  He has had blood tests, urine tested, head and chest x-rays, cat scan and spinal tap.  Nothing can be found.  The doctors say it is a severe viral syndrome that could last 10 to 14 days.  He has lost 10 pounds and is very weak and unable to stay up for very long.  He has not been able to go to work for the last 4 days.  Is there any other diagnosis for this?  He is generally a very, very healthy man.  Are there any other test to be ran?

[mellieroyse]

My husband has the same type thing going on that the two of you have mentioned.  It started about a week and a half ago with feeling really lethargic, headaches, neck pain and just bad all over.  He would feel better during the day but around 3-4 he would start going down hill.  He had crazy chills and night sweats too.  Now, as of last night, he has started with a fever in the middle of the night of around 102.  He stays so tired too.  Not sure if we should find a doc or if it will just go away but I am starting to worry.  How are you feeling?
Mellie

[Skeeter64]

I have been sick for over three weeks.  Started with a severe headache and neck pain.  I am good during the day, however around 3pm I come home and crash.  I get chills and night sweats, but not every day.  I would be interested if others have this.

MA

[Sandrab01]

I have been feeling poorly for a week to ten days.  Off and on I get a fever, then it goes away.  I have experienced night sweats, as though my fever has broken.  I have had very bad headaches the last two days.  I am tired, sleeping moe than I normally do.  I heard there is a virus going aroung that can last up to three weeks.  Has anyone heard  this and if I feel this way, do I dare get a flu shot?  S.B.

[Victoria3]

I am 42. I have been off work for 2 months for lower back pain. I have been to the doctor and had I think every test possible. MRI, CAT SCAN, BoneScan, Myelogram and shot in my lower back. Every test except the MRI showed 3 buldging disks, are normal or didnt work. Also had PT for 2 months. I have night sweats and lower back pain and muscle spasms in my back and legs that it makes me jump at night when I'm trying to sleep. Any suggestions? The docs says no reason for the lower back pain????

[ca5chris]

I was on the road for work when my assistant had several episodes of the same "post-coital headaches".  He was in his early 20s, and described it as the worst pain he'd ever endured, worse than migraines.  The headaches were triggered after orgasm. (I only learned this later.)  He took himself into the emergency room after the second or third bout.  They sent him away with some pain killer and he was back again before the night was through.  Luckily this happened during our last few days on the road.

Anyway, to sum it up, I was debriefing with my boss after coming in off the road, and it turns out HE had gone through the same thing a few years earlier, whilst in his late 40s.  In the end both guys found relief through chiropractic treatments, and both of their chiropractors reported having had similar cases before.  My understanding is that these spasms were being triggered by a pinched nerve.

So, here's secondhand evidence repeating the success of one earlier poster.  From my personal experience (with back issues), I recommend seeking out a traditional practicing D.O. (doctor of Osteopathy)--they are well-rounded doctors with a wider breadth of knowledge than chiropractors.  (As I understand it) chiropractic spun off from Osteopathy.  Your health insurance is also more likely to cover a D.O.  The traditional part is key though.  The D.O. general practitioner may be more like any M.D. and emphasize less the skeletal adjustments. Whomever you see, do your homework on them if you have the luxury of choice, and good luck.

[rabyp]

Please get your husband to another doctor as soon as possible for a second doctor's opion. that dose not sounds good for a healthy man to go down with a suddem weakness like that.