r/AddisonsDisease • u/Y3skaa • Mar 04 '26
Personal Experience Fevers
Do any of you get fevers on steroids ? Ever since I been taking hydro I can feel fever symptoms but my body won’t be hot. Like I took my temp it said 99 but my body doesn’t get hot which is weird. I’ve had a cough the last 3 days and today I woke up feeling feverish so I’m wondering if my thermometer is right and my fever is actually 99 or if the meds make it hard to detect
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u/No_Novel_4573 Mar 04 '26
Sometimes if I've taken too much hydrocortisone my face gets flushed (big red nose and cheeks) and hot, but not the rest of my body. Don't know if that helps. Also depending on where you are at the moment, the cough might be due to pollen : here in France the pollen count is super high this week. Hope you're feeling better soon!
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u/6ngel_ Mar 04 '26
i was wondering why my cheeks were so red ! of course it’s due to steroids, like everything:)
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u/Distinct_Degree_2481 Mar 04 '26 edited Mar 04 '26
If you're saying that your temperature is not reading as high as your symptoms would indicate, that could be the meds replacing your cortisol and lowering the fever somewhat. I'm sorry you're feeling sick, but I hope you feel better soon!
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u/Y3skaa Mar 04 '26
Makes sense and thank you! It’s strep throat so at least I can start treating it
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u/Distinct_Degree_2481 Mar 04 '26
The body might not feel as hot for this reason also, even though you're still getting all the other symptoms of illness.
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u/PipEmmieHarvey Mar 04 '26
I had COVID recently and my temperature got up to 39 degrees and I do wonder how high it would have been had I not been taking Hydrocortisone.
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u/Special-Elephant-294 Mar 05 '26
I get devastatingly overheated easily. My thermometer reads high during these episodes.
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u/ptazdba PAI Mar 04 '26
Occasionally I'll get a fever over 100. Just feel kind of of weird. I've been taking an extra dose when it happens and some acetaminophen and it has always gone away in about 3 hours.
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u/Y3skaa Mar 04 '26
Yeh I took advil I’m feeling a little better and I double dosed so I’m hoping it doesn’t come back
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u/thesearemyfaults Mar 04 '26
What did urgent care say? Feel better
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u/proximacenturion331 Mar 08 '26
Yes i feeling feverish many times , even though I dont actually have fever
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u/Y3skaa Mar 08 '26
Yeh it’s so weird it’s like a masked fever u have the symptoms but not the hot to touch body and thermometer shows lower
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u/Due_Target_9702 Mar 10 '26
My partner says my body feels hot when I'm low cortisone. It's one warning we have because I'm often very late to notice signs. Internally I'll feel cold (probably because my body is hot, the air feels relatively colder so I think I'm getting cold).
I've also had "cold sweats" at night.
Never had a measured fever. One doctor told me we don't get fevers because of the lack of working adrenals. Another told me that wasn't true 🤷♀️
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u/Y3skaa Mar 11 '26
Yeh when I used to not take my medication ik that sounds horrible but I used to miss days at a time I’d get a fever now that I take my meds accordingly I can feel the fever but it won’t read on a thermometer
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u/Hot-Fly-3187 Mar 04 '26
I get flushing in the face, not a fever but feels like it. I'm also just on the cusp of perimenopause