Lifespan of viruses

Squiggles said:

Is it possible for viruses to stay in the body chronically? I keep sneezing every morning and
sometimes through the day - it feels like I always have a cold that never goes away-- with
intermittent fever esp. at night. And gastro stuff; i don't know what the **** is wrong with me.

I saw my doctor and he doesn't know either.

Squiggles

You know - - i think it may very well be air pollution - it started about 3 yrs. ago when the
gasoline shortage crisis began and at a time when the SUVs used a LOT of gasoline and emitted more
into the air - the use of leaded gasoline may have become a covert economic necessity... if it's
pollution, that may very well explain why it is not easily detectable by any doctor;

Squiggles

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Is it possible for viruses to stay in the body chronically? I keep sneezing every morning and
sometimes through the day - it feels like I always have a cold that never goes away-- with
intermittent fever esp. at night.

How do you know you have a fever?

A lot of times, I feel like I have a fever. When I take my temperature, it is actually a little low
(like 97 or 97.5). (Normal temperature was originally determined to be about 98.2, not 98.6). What I
think is happening, my brain is telling me my body temperature is too high and I feel warm. Feeling
feverish is not the same thing as having a fever.

As far as the fever is concerned, you really need to measure your temperature in a consistant way
(orally, under the thoung without anything to drink for the previous 1/2 hour or something like
that). Too bad you can't buy a pill-shaped probe you can swallow with a radio transmitter in them
(they make them, but they are not widely available yet).

With just the above information, it sounds like chronic allergies are a problem (perhaps for mold or
dust mights or other insects). The other things that come to mind are sinus problems and infections
like TB and fungus infections (in the lungs).

Again, you need to work with your doctor on this.

Jeff

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And gastro stuff; i don't know what the **** is wrong with me.

I saw my doctor and he doesn't know either.

Squiggles

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Squiggles said:

Is it possible for viruses to stay in the body chronically? I keep sneezing every morning and
sometimes through the day - it feels like I always have a cold that never goes away-- with
intermittent fever esp. at night. And gastro stuff; i don't know what the **** is wrong with me.

I saw my doctor and he doesn't know either.

Squiggles

You know - - i think it may very well be air pollution - it started about 3 yrs. ago when the
gasoline shortage crisis began and at a time when the SUVs used a LOT of gasoline and emitted more
into the air - the use of leaded gasoline may have become a covert economic necessity... if it's
pollution, that may very well explain why it is not easily detectable by any doctor;

Squiggles

No one uses lead anymore in the US. The reason they got rid of the lead is the pollution. But lead
also destroys catalytic converters. So it is very expensive to use (a gallon causes like $1000 in
damage). All that lead buys you is higher octane rating (actually, I never understood the chemistry
behind the lead or even the octane rating -- I will have to go and ask Tom and Ray, I guess). So
there really is not much advantage to using lead and major disadvantages.

I doubt they use leaded gas anywhere in North America or Europe on a regular basis, and it is
probably pretty rare in most other countries.

There was another advantage which is that the lead acted to help protect the exhaust values in
engines -- but that was fixed by making the material in exhaust valves harder. For antique cars, you
can actually buy an additive to add to unleaded gas, but it is far more expensive than the gas. On
older cars from the 60s and 70s, you can also replace the valves and seats. But, that is expensive.

Jeff

Thanks for your reply Jeff,

Actually, that is exactly what my dr. advised - that i check the temperature - to see if it is
objective or not. I sometimes "feel" hot and even sweat -- so i think it is objective though i have
not used the thermometer regularly. I have something like rhinorrhea and dry mucous membranes at the
same time.

As for the gizmo - sounds neat but reserved for CIA staff :-)

It may be mould in the house, or allergy - we do have 4 animals in the house. Maybe a thorough
spring cleaning with bleach will be a good test?

Squiggles

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Thanks for your reply Jeff,

Actually, that is exactly what my dr. advised - that i check the temperature - to see if it is
objective or not. I sometimes "feel" hot and even sweat -- so i think it is objective though i
have not used the thermometer regularly. I have something like rhinorrhea and dry mucous membranes
at the same time.

As for the gizmo - sounds neat but reserved for CIA staff :-)

It may be mould in the house, or allergy - we do have 4 animals in the house. Maybe a thorough
spring cleaning with bleach will be a good test?

I don't think so. Dust mites and stuff are really hard to get rid of . The dust mites are everywhere
(in carpets, furniture fabric, beds, etc.). There are steps you can take to minimize the impact, but
I don't really know what they are. It sounds like you should talk with your doctor about this. It
might be allergies and working with an allergist is the way to go. And if it is allergies to mold
(or other mold problems), that is tough to tackle, too.

Besides, I never had to do this, so I don't know all the steps. Plus the steps will be different if
you live in a large apartment building vs. living a standalone house, and in alaska vs hawaii.

Jeff

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Squiggles

Jeff wrote:

OK - thanks - i will mention it to my doctor next time again; it is not life-threatening after all -
gad, read the news of horror in Haiti today - i live in paradise, allergies are flowers.

Squiggles

Squiggles said:

Actually, that is exactly what my dr. advised - that i check the temperature - to see if it is
objective or not. I sometimes "feel" hot and even sweat -- so i think it is objective though i
have not used the thermometer regularly.

I had something that _felt_ just like the flu a few month's ago, and I felt certain that I had a
raging fever, but when I actually checked my temperature, it was normal. And whatever it was, it was
gone the next day (so it could not have actually been influenza, as far as I know).

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Squiggles said:

Is it possible for viruses to stay in the body chronically?

Sure. The chickenpox you get as a kid can leave you with viruses wrapped around your nervous system
that wake up forty years later and give you shingles.

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I keep sneezing every morning and sometimes through the day - it feels like I always have a cold
that never goes away-- with intermittent fever esp. at night. And gastro stuff; i don't know what
the **** is wrong with me.

As I think you said later, the sneezing could well be allergy.

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