Multiple Sclerosis and Fever Make Old MS Symptoms New Again
I woke last Wednesday morning with a morning plateful of things that had to get done. Caryn needed to get to a volunteering gig, our hired car needed to be returned and that meant a 2-leg bus ride back to our town and houseguests were expected the next afternoon.
I also woke with flu.
You just know; don’t you? I think even our dog, Sadie, knew as she was on the bed with her chin on my leg in comfort.
I was slow to rise – but that’s not anything new to someone with multiple sclerosis. As I went about my morning inventory, however, things weren’t fitting into place.
As Caryn hustled around to ready herself, I shuffled about with an increasing knowledge that there would soon be intimate recollection of our prior evening’s take-away. I’ll spare the details save to say that my abdominal muscles are still feeling sore from the workout.
I don’t get ill often anymore, it seems. So I guess I kind of forgot what a fever can do to my MS. The increase in body temperature brings back all of MS’s greatest hits in pseudo exacerbation form. As an aside, however, I did note that my deepened left-side numbness did not stop me from feeling the all-over-body-aches which accompanied my bout; even on that side.
I’m feeling better and thank Rose and you, our community, for excusing me for a couple of blog posts so I could just rest and try to get past it. A few days after my fever broke, the MS symptoms started to fall back to around my baseline. It wasn’t a re...
Source: Life with MS - Category: Other Conditions Authors: Trevis Gleason Tags: MS multiple sclerosis community MS fatigue MS pain MS Sleep Symptom management Source Type: blogs
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