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Can the sun and high temperature cause a fever?

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KittyScratch · 25/08/2021 21:07

There's an indian summer where I am and gets hot. About 20/21 degrees. I really don't tolerate the sun very well. I practice sun safety and avoid the sun but there are times when I do need to go out in it for work. I was tired all day. I didn't sleep well last night because of a sore tummy. I thought nothing off it and thought it was from my period. Just now I found a fever that is high. Its 38.4 and 38.5 in the two different ears.

Will the sun cause that it is that a cause for concern? I will monitor the fever over night and I will isolate in case it's a viral infection. I don't think it is a viral infection. I was in the exact same place last month at the end of the heatwave and also at the end of my period. I had the sore back and body and I had a fever and my energy was drained.

Just wondering can the sun and heat cause such a spike in the temperature. My temperature is usually around about 36.9 to about 37.4/37.5. It's low in the mornings and increases as the day goes on.

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NannyR · 25/08/2021 21:11

That sounds like an infection rather than sun. The body is pretty good at regulating its core temperature and keeping it stable. Have you tested for covid?

Bellagonna · 25/08/2021 21:12

Sun stroke?

greenlynx · 25/08/2021 21:17

It doesn’t look like sun stroke rather like viral infection.
And 20-21 is not hot.

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KittyScratch · 25/08/2021 21:18

I don't think it's sun stroke because I really am avoiding the sun. Sometimes I do have to go out into it but I wear sun screan, I seek shade, I drink water. I could probably drink more water.

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Whichjab · 25/08/2021 21:18

Agree, 20/21 is not hot. I'd get a PCR

KittyScratch · 25/08/2021 21:21

No I haven't tested for covid but I will isolate and go for a test tomorrow. I don't think it's covid.

I was in the exact same position last month too. Its probably a bacterial infection somewhere. Lower back or tummy. I don't know. I was taking antibiotics last month. I was in good form over the past month and then it hit me all over again. The same symptoms. Lower back pain and tummy ache and I am associating it with my period and the sun/heat even though I wasn't sitting in the sun.

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delilahbucket · 25/08/2021 21:26

Your temperature does increase around the time of your period. I struggle to sleep because I'm warm when I'm on.
20/21 degrees is not an Indian summer, it's not even hot, so will not have caused sun stroke.
If you are worried about Covid then get a test.

KittyScratch · 25/08/2021 21:30

I really don't tolerate the heat very well. Under 20 with a cool breeze is my sweet spot. I don't think it's sun stroke. Would it be heat exhaustion, I wonder?

I will take over the counter medicine and isolate and test tomorrow. I don't think it's viral. I'm more worried of a bacterial infection at this stage because I was here last month.

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