Suggest treatment for cold shivers and hot sweats
Patient: My husband has had shingles for going on six weeks and somedays are good and some not so good. lately he has been waking up at night with cold shivers and then hot sweats. what can be done to make it better? also, one day he feels pretty good..he will go out and do things in the yard and seems to get worse. he went to a doctor within 2 weeks of outbreak and was put on 11 days of anti viral med. Doctor: Hello,I understand your concern.I am Dr. Arun Tank, infectious diseases specialist, answering your query.In my opinion it looks like malaria and dengue.The symptoms you have mentioned is looks like the above two condition.Blood investigation can help further confirmation of diagnosis. Till that time you should continue with doctor's prescription.You can take paracetamol for fever under your doctor's guidance..Please take plenty of water it helps your husband recover faster.I will be happy to answer your further concern, you can ask me on bit.ly/DrArun. Thank you.Dr Arun TankInfectious diseases specialist.