Sudden
'chills'
1-12-08 a family
member woke up saying he didn't feel well.
He was tired and said he had 'the chills'
That is one of the symptoms of Auto Immune
Hemolytic Anemia or IMHA
and there was a strong episode of violent
diarrhea the night before.
I keep asking him what he was doing about
the time the diarrhea showed up, but he
can't think of anything.
AIHA Fatigue clues:
Chills
Fatigue
Pale color
Shortness of breath
Rapid heart rate
Yellow skin color (jaundice)
Dark urine
Enlarged spleen
Eyes burning & hurting
Red blood cells immature? etc
Blood in Urine?
I think this is the fatigue doctors are
looking for in Chronic Fatigue Syndromes ...
so I'm going to watch for other symptoms ...
Re: having FATIGUE & 'the
chills'
1-16
Twilight,
Has he had trouble with hemoglobin
before? I have AIHA, and when it's at
it's worst, I do have diarrhea, and
chills can be part of it too, because I
also run a low grade fever when I'm
hemolyzing - although a low grade fever
isn't always present with AIHA, I know
personally it's a symptom for me.
He needs to have a CBC done and a retic
count done. Those counts will help the
dr. in determining what's going on. Is
he seeing a hematologist or a GP?
Jill
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Carmel IN
Posts: 264
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Re: having FATIGUE &
'the chills'
1-20
I'm no
expert, but those symptoms
could also mean hepatitis or
other liver issues. I'd be
asking for a liver function
test.
MissPoss Junior
Member
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Australia
Posts: 13
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Tests
can look
'normal' & have
2 things wrong
Thanks for your
thoughts.
He seldom will
go to the
doctor, but I'm
hoping he will
if this
persists.
Something of
interest I just
thought about.
For the other
symptoms of
Chronic Fatigue
that often goes
with this
anemia, they say
it isn't easy to
find. Tests keep
coming back
normal. Many
times you hear
this on Mystery
Diagnosis TV
program/s
If someone only
has one thing
wrong (& a
parent didn't
have CFIDS type
symptoms)
Then - a test on
something will
go UP for one
ailment
and then DOWN
for the other
ailment
... Two
things wrong,
but tests look
normal
They say random
distribution of
weight RDW
is a sign of
hemolytic anemia
when it is
elevated (&
other things)
... but it is
lower when there
is rheumatoid
arthritis ... So
a person who had
both ailments
wouldn't look
like there was a
problem with
either, per this
test at least
Another fatigue
sign that I
found very
interesting is
that a very
elevated white
blood cell count
may be a fatigue
sign.
Sometimes it
indicates an
infection;
sometimes it is
indicative of
lymphoma ... but
that it would be
a fatigue sign
blew me away!
(Red blood cells
in Autoimmune
Hemolytic Anemia
are made in the
bone marrow as
are the white
blood cells.
Although the
info I read said
that it had
nothing to do
with the AIHA
per se, the
production of
WBCs were
stimulated as
they are made in
the bone marrow
also.