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Q: Fevers of Unknown Origin With Multiple Sclerosis
asked by: SEWCRAZYA on August 1st, 2007
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Sad I keep getting these fevers of 100-103 i 've gone through blood cultures etc and nothing is found all other labs are normal, i have been sick 20 years and was recently diagnosed as haveing ms,greater than 18 oligoclonal bands ,i even failed my evoked potentials,Is haveing fevers normal to ms? i am on copaxone injections once a day, have burning pain on left side of head is this my ms also? Crying or Very sad Crying or Very sad Crying or Very sad
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Quincybug09
replied on August 30th, 2007
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Re: Fevers of Unknown Origin With Multiple Sclerosis
SEWCRAZYA wrote:
Sad I keep getting these fevers of 100-103 i 've gone through blood cultures etc and nothing is found all other labs are normal, i have been sick 20 years and was recently diagnosed as haveing ms,greater than 18 oligoclonal bands ,i even failed my evoked potentials,Is haveing fevers normal to ms? i am on copaxone injections once a day, have burning pain on left side of head is this my ms also? Crying or Very sad Crying or Very sad Crying or Very sad


Hi. I am so sorry to hear you are having so many problems. I have not take Copaxone, but I do know that I sometimes get a fever after my shot of Avonex. One of the side-effects is flu-like symptoms. I usually take tylenol a couple of times and the side-effects pass. Does it list anything like that for side-effects of Copaxone? I have also noticed that since the onset of my MS symptoms my temperature has been higher than "normal". Usually 99 degrees and up. Very few medical personnel consider that to be a true fever though. I do not recall it ever being as high as you stated. I think I have a theory though. It is thought that MS is triggered or caused by a virus, which I guess would give you an increased temperature when the virus is active. Also, inflammation at the lesions may cause an increase in your temperature. I will do some research on this and be sure and post what I find.

Take care of yourself! - T
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QuantumGravity
replied on September 10th, 2007
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I believe MS is triggered by both toxicological and viral agents. Usually lead or mercury to do neurological damage and obliterate the immune system... followed by a chronic viral infection that gets into the nervous system messing with the RNA in cells and setting up autoimmune reactions...

Many people have improved with chelation therapy to remove heavy metals... followed by various treatments to boost the immune system to deal with the viral aspect... but that's not mainstream medicine...
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