S.R.
Hi there,
First of all, please forgive me if I’ll talk nonsense. It’s the first experience for me on such forums. In addition to that, English is not my first language.
Is there any harm or hazard of having a slightly higher temperature for few days?
Long story.
My girlfriend has CF. She is 25. She is in relatively good conditon.. her lung function can be 105% sometimes. I guess that’s the type of CF she has. But that’s not the point.
Recently she picked cold. and that cold lasted and still lasting for a week already.
She keeps drinking Lemsip(paracetamol drug) to bring down the temperature and help with joints ache. And that’s where I have the problem. Cold is a virus, and our body’s natural reaction to kill the virus is to raise our body’s temperature. Cuz common cold viruses very sensitive to temperature fluctuations as far as I know. Plus minus one degree and the virus is dead
Usually, there is no need to bring down the temperature, if it’s around 37.5-38(99.5-100.4) degrees, and as long as you keep yourself hydrated enough. One or two days and your health should be back to normal. I understand for CF people it may take a bit longer
But my question is there any hazard of having a higher temperature? Cuz staying with the cold for a prolonged time introduces other hazards for CF people. And that’s what bothers me. After a week of cold, her lung function dropped to 80%. And she told me this is the way she was always treating her cold. I can accept that I might don’t know something, but I cannot accept the possibility that she can treat her cold improperly.
After some conversation with her, she told me that she is afraid of high temperature that can cause problems for her lungs and health. Hence I am writing here, to get some information on this. Maybe there is literature, official med. articles or something that can shed light on this?
I want to talk to her doctor as well, but I don’t want to bother her that much, it’s a touchy subject for her, and before I’ll be sure to talk about to her and her doctor I’d like to gather more information.
Well.. Thank you so much if you read till the ned
Sorry for this long wall of text
Kind regards,
Alex
Kenna2
Sorry to hear about your GF. For CF patients, having a fever is actually quite common for us when sick. Usually the first couple of days for me I have a fever that runs between 100 and 103 degrees. I have that days on and off when i’m getting sick and a couple of days in a row while sick and on IV meds. After a couple of days, hydration, meds, and something for my fever and aches, it goes away. It can happen because of the infection or the fact that the IV meds we are taking is killing the infection so quickly that our body can’t keep up and the fever is just a natural response. Nothing to worry about. Just make sure she is in contact with her doctors should things get worse.
LittleLab4CF
You’re right to be concerned about a fever. Most parents are experts in terms of worrying about how high, how persistent and how often fevers are impacting their little ones. I’m not a parent but I am close enough. I made a mistake in my 40’s that you can share. I was getting sick with something and instead of checking for a fever I just wanted to curl up, so I did. My wife realized that I was not lucid and by that time I had a fever of 106.5°F. I was hospitalized with pneumonia and meningitis.
Fever is more than an indication of infection, it can destroy nerves and irreparably damage the brain. I came out of the hospital with a new problem, neuropathy. I could not believe that damaged nerves could hurt so much, and not just for a few months but years or forever. Brain damage needs no adjectives to describe it dramatically, I believe that I escaped from too much damage, if any.
Your girlfriend has been managing her CF for a while and it may be that she’s not happy with your treading on her turf. She knows all about fevers and if the tables were turned, would you want to project strength and health or being a sickly and weak?
This doesn’t mean that you are not right to be concerned. If she’s pushing through illnesses and is deluding herself and hoping that you aren’t noticing, your concern may be justified. It’s not an easy job to be in a relationship with someone who has a chronic disease. The balance between the proper amount of empathy and compassion and just being engaged in the fun and intrigue of being boyfriend and girlfriend is imperfect.
Something about CF is routinely ignored. We are bad at cooling. Our clogged sweat glands cut off evaporative cooling and that’s how most cooling occurs. To add insult to injury, our metabolisms are in overdrive fighting the inefficiencies caused by defective ion transportation and infections. We’re heaters.
Most people have a diurnal temperature pattern. You start before waking with the lowest temperature of the day. Mine is 96.3°F and by 6pm I have a fever of 99.4°F to a serious fever depending on what infection I’m fighting, or not. The kicker is for the last few years, summer weather is not my friend. Twenty minutes of sitting in 85°F weather and I have a near lethal fever, easily 104°F.
I hope this helps you understand that you have a genuine concern but you have to be a thoughtful messenger. You’re obviously vested in the relationship and you’re interested in her health as well as having a relationship. Sounds like you’re going to be fine. Guys tend towards wanting to fix problems. When women talk about problems, they tend to listen and validate each other’s issues. Since fixing CF is ambitious, practice listening and when the moment is right, be a soundboard. Saying “I’m so sorry” when you are listening to her about the ongoing issues with the disease betraying her body, is often enough.
Good luck,
Hi there,
First of all, please forgive me if I’ll talk nonsense. It’s the first experience for me on such forums. In addition to that, English is not my first language.
Is there any harm or hazard of having a slightly higher temperature for few days?
Long story.
My girlfriend has CF. She is 25. She is in relatively good conditon.. her lung function can be 105% sometimes. I guess that’s the type of CF she has. But that’s not the point.
Recently she picked cold. and that cold lasted and still lasting for a week already.
She keeps drinking Lemsip(paracetamol drug) to bring down the temperature and help with joints ache. And that’s where I have the problem. Cold is a virus, and our body’s natural reaction to kill the virus is to raise our body’s temperature. Cuz common cold viruses very sensitive to temperature fluctuations as far as I know. Plus minus one degree and the virus is dead
Usually, there is no need to bring down the temperature, if it’s around 37.5-38(99.5-100.4) degrees, and as long as you keep yourself hydrated enough. One or two days and your health should be back to normal. I understand for CF people it may take a bit longer
But my question is there any hazard of having a higher temperature? Cuz staying with the cold for a prolonged time introduces other hazards for CF people. And that’s what bothers me. After a week of cold, her lung function dropped to 80%. And she told me this is the way she was always treating her cold. I can accept that I might don’t know something, but I cannot accept the possibility that she can treat her cold improperly.
After some conversation with her, she told me that she is afraid of high temperature that can cause problems for her lungs and health. Hence I am writing here, to get some information on this. Maybe there is literature, official med. articles or something that can shed light on this?
I want to talk to her doctor as well, but I don’t want to bother her that much, it’s a touchy subject for her, and before I’ll be sure to talk about to her and her doctor I’d like to gather more information.
Well.. Thank you so much if you read till the ned
Kind regards,
Alex
Kenna2
Sorry to hear about your GF. For CF patients, having a fever is actually quite common for us when sick. Usually the first couple of days for me I have a fever that runs between 100 and 103 degrees. I have that days on and off when i’m getting sick and a couple of days in a row while sick and on IV meds. After a couple of days, hydration, meds, and something for my fever and aches, it goes away. It can happen because of the infection or the fact that the IV meds we are taking is killing the infection so quickly that our body can’t keep up and the fever is just a natural response. Nothing to worry about. Just make sure she is in contact with her doctors should things get worse.
LittleLab4CF
You’re right to be concerned about a fever. Most parents are experts in terms of worrying about how high, how persistent and how often fevers are impacting their little ones. I’m not a parent but I am close enough. I made a mistake in my 40’s that you can share. I was getting sick with something and instead of checking for a fever I just wanted to curl up, so I did. My wife realized that I was not lucid and by that time I had a fever of 106.5°F. I was hospitalized with pneumonia and meningitis.
Fever is more than an indication of infection, it can destroy nerves and irreparably damage the brain. I came out of the hospital with a new problem, neuropathy. I could not believe that damaged nerves could hurt so much, and not just for a few months but years or forever. Brain damage needs no adjectives to describe it dramatically, I believe that I escaped from too much damage, if any.
Your girlfriend has been managing her CF for a while and it may be that she’s not happy with your treading on her turf. She knows all about fevers and if the tables were turned, would you want to project strength and health or being a sickly and weak?
This doesn’t mean that you are not right to be concerned. If she’s pushing through illnesses and is deluding herself and hoping that you aren’t noticing, your concern may be justified. It’s not an easy job to be in a relationship with someone who has a chronic disease. The balance between the proper amount of empathy and compassion and just being engaged in the fun and intrigue of being boyfriend and girlfriend is imperfect.
Something about CF is routinely ignored. We are bad at cooling. Our clogged sweat glands cut off evaporative cooling and that’s how most cooling occurs. To add insult to injury, our metabolisms are in overdrive fighting the inefficiencies caused by defective ion transportation and infections. We’re heaters.
Most people have a diurnal temperature pattern. You start before waking with the lowest temperature of the day. Mine is 96.3°F and by 6pm I have a fever of 99.4°F to a serious fever depending on what infection I’m fighting, or not. The kicker is for the last few years, summer weather is not my friend. Twenty minutes of sitting in 85°F weather and I have a near lethal fever, easily 104°F.
I hope this helps you understand that you have a genuine concern but you have to be a thoughtful messenger. You’re obviously vested in the relationship and you’re interested in her health as well as having a relationship. Sounds like you’re going to be fine. Guys tend towards wanting to fix problems. When women talk about problems, they tend to listen and validate each other’s issues. Since fixing CF is ambitious, practice listening and when the moment is right, be a soundboard. Saying “I’m so sorry” when you are listening to her about the ongoing issues with the disease betraying her body, is often enough.
Good luck,