I get this kinda fever shivery chill type thing and night and I also get it when I rub my sore joints. It's as if there is something settled in my joints and when I rub them it sends it into my blood stream and I get all kinda burning up and shivery - does anyone know what this is and does anyone else get it? do u have a fever?emma, I think I know where you're going with this...and I was thinking the same thing.........flint DO you have a fever?!??!No, not on the outside but on the inside? Do you know what I mean? I get it every night it is horrible. Hurm.I feel as if I am burning up but apparently I'm not - I feel as if my face is flushed and I have a temp but my husband says I am not warm - what is your suspicions? Are you taking methotrexate?
Well that sounded like an infection. But if it was THAT....um....whats the word I'm looking for.....if there was that much infection, you WOULD have a fever........I would think.....what meds are you on? Some meds don't really allow you to have a fever.......flint I think you should mention this to your doctor. It doesn't sound normal. :(
I'm not on anything just now - I was on orencia until June last year and now they are just monitoring me until december when the trial finishes - the trial is to see how long the effects of orencia last after it is no longer administered. It feels like - this sounds silly as if the RA is like Bees or something and they settle in joints and when I rub the joints it disturbs it and it goes into my blood stream and makes me all shivery and feverish and it also happens in the evening as if what ever causes the RA is travelling through my blood stream looking for some new joints to settle in for the next day - I know I sound mad but that is exactly what it feels like in my body - it's horrible - I try to tell the RD but you know what they are like- once they hear you have RA they say any symptom is normal. It drives me mad when it happens at night. Yes, I think you are absolutely right! Those weird chills are a part of this inflamation we all have...it makes sense to me.I remeber feeling like that in the early days, before diagnosis and before any meds had kicked in. I would just lie and shiver and not be able to get warm...even in warm weather..
I agree, i think it's all part of this dread disease.
Hope you feel better soon.
Dawn
I thought it was just me who is always cold! Glad to hear it's "normal" for those of us with RA.
However, I still get really warm at night, sometimes. Enough that I will wake up and my pillowcase is damp. Is this also something to be expected?
Thanks,
Nini
It is so comforting to be able to read through a thread and realize that the daily ups and downs from chills to fever to night sweats to shaking with cold is just plain good ole-fashioned autoimmune, and you aren't crazy and making it all up and are just "depressed" and caging for narcotics because you are making up all the pain. I wonder what my life would have been if I had had a normal body. Well, for one thing, I wouldn't be posting this message - geez. Everybody hang in there, tomorrow will be a new day of new symptoms.I've been that way when the meds have not kept the RA under control. I think that is what is significant. Ask that they do a SED rate on you or what your last SED rate was to see what the level of inflammation is in your body.
It is possible with meds to have an infection and not have a fever. Since you are not taking any meds, it would seem that this is not the case. However, if the study involves seeing how long Orencia is active in your body, it just might indicate that it is still trying to fight the RA but not doing it successfully.
Fevers and chills have always been indicators to me that my body is not doing well. Ask for a CBC as well to make sure there is no infection.