Mysterious fever-any ideas?

[jenandherboys]

I had the strangest experience yesterday while at work-out of no where, I started to feel very achy(much more than usual) and chilled.  I decided to take the anti-inflammatory I had skipped that morning, thinking I was just sore and cold.  After a short while, I was so chilled, I began shaking and my entire body hurt so badly I considered going home for the day-something I almost NEVER do.  

My ears started to ring, like when you feel like you're about to pass out or maybe vomit, so I quickly excused myself to the breakroom to sit down.  I ended up taking my half hour lunch break, at which point I took some acetaminophen, since I knew at this point that I had a fever.  

Within about an hour, I began to ache less, and the chills had begun to subside.  The combination of the Rx NSAID and the acetaminophen finally began to overpower the fever and I felt I could tolerate the rest of  the shift.

The mystery comes in because I had no other symptoms besides the fever...no cold symptoms, no nausea/vomiting/diarrhea...NOTHING.  Just an acute onset fever that was finally controlled with medication, but I have no reason for why I experienced it!!

Has anyone else had strange, unexplained fevers?  I still have no other symptoms today and the fever is either gone or controlled with the Rx diclofenac(anti-inflammatory like naproxen).  I am beginning to wonder if I might have experienced this before if it were not for the medication that I take regularly except for yesterday when I tried to see how I felt without it.

Just wondering if anyone has some advice for me...

Thanks for reading this long, wordy post!!

Be well!

Jen

[jensequitur]

Hey, talk to your PCP about your fever.  You may have a UTI.

[jenandherboys]

Thanks for the suggestion!  I'll look into it further tomorrow-OOPS, I mean today, it's 12:45 am!!!!

Be well!

Jen

[jumpinjiminy]

Yes. I have a FUO. They're trying to pin down the cause of it, because whatever it is is causing neuro problems. It's looking like it's autoimmune, although not MS. Fever isn't a symptom of MS.

Have you had a urinalysis done? It's possible to have a UTI without symptoms. Definitely worth a trip to the doc.