Medical mystery: Can anyone explain why after sickness with fever, arthritis sy!


Question:

Medical mystery: Can anyone explain why after sickness with fever, arthritis symptoms disappear for a while?

I've experienced this several times. I have severe osteoarthritis, fibromyalgia pain, and pain from a back injury. I almost look forward to getting sick--- because it seems like the sicker I get, the better I feel for a few days after when I get better!
The joint and muscle pain is so greatly reduced.
Could it be the semi-fasting? I could pretty much only drink small amounts of juice for three days. Or does the fever do something?
Can any smart person with medical knowledge enlighten me?


Answers:

all anti fever drugs are analegisics and most importantly anti-inflammatory. so it is propably the over the counter analegesics that you take for the fever. even if you are currently on some antiinflammmatory for the fibromyalgia, the over the counter drugs may have an addative effect.

But please remember that all over the counter drugs can be very harmful on long term use so you must consult the doctor to make sure which drug will work better for you.




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