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Fiery_Hand t1_iuhs3oy wrote

Reply to comment by InfernalOrgasm in What is the actual mechanism by which the body generates a fever? by Pheophyting

Yesterday I had such a fever (unfortunately there wasn't any thermometer to measure it), that I had terrible shivers, first time so strong that all my muscles literally ached after 15 minutes. And my lips became purple, and fingertips. First time I've seen something like that.

I took paracetamol to fight it and went to bed early, slept under the blanket in uniform (soldier here) and was rather cold anyway until med kicked in and I've almost drowned in my own sweat.

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Endoman13 t1_iuj0ij0 wrote

If you’re a soldier why not seek medical attention?

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Fiery_Hand t1_iuj5neq wrote

It's a specific situation, where our warship required electrical supervision and there was noone who could replace me anyway.

I took leave of my duties quite early (around 6 PM, where I should be on legs until 10PM), took the med, sweated my butt and woke up 4:30AM in rather good shape and finished supervision. I'm already home, military is specific place where you sometimes grit your teeth to avoid massive inconvenience for a lot of people.

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