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Fever Fever And Headache 10 Days Getting Weaker, Night Sweats
Question: Fever fever and headache 10 days getting weaker, night sweats soak bed, doctor gave me antibiotics wide spectrum no help. Taking only doxasoin for bhp, went to another doctor 2 days ago, drew blood but no results yet. Tried a sleeping pill she gave me and it was awful, hallucinations never again I am 75 never been sick haven’t even taken an aspirin for 15 years, live in Caribbean but now in Florida, with no Medicare part b,
Brief Answer:
need cultures to check for bacteria
Detailed Answer:
Hi, thanks for using healthcare magic
Fever, night sweats, headache and weakness can typically be found in infections or in some cases in more serious conditions. More serious causes are not common at all and not likely but include rare causes such as lymphoma or leukemia.
The blood test may be a complete blood count to check for infection and also to rule out any serious conditions.
Infection is the most common reason for these symptoms and your doctor may have also done cultures checking for bacteria. Blood cultures can determine if there is a particular bacteria in the blood stream causing symptoms, an urine culture can assess the urine even if you have no urinary symptoms (it is part of bacteria check if cause unclear).
A chest x ray to look at the chest can also form part of a bacteria screen for infection.
Further action would depend on the results of the test.
I hope this helps, feel free to ask any other questions
need cultures to check for bacteria
Detailed Answer:
Hi, thanks for using healthcare magic
Fever, night sweats, headache and weakness can typically be found in infections or in some cases in more serious conditions. More serious causes are not common at all and not likely but include rare causes such as lymphoma or leukemia.
The blood test may be a complete blood count to check for infection and also to rule out any serious conditions.
Infection is the most common reason for these symptoms and your doctor may have also done cultures checking for bacteria. Blood cultures can determine if there is a particular bacteria in the blood stream causing symptoms, an urine culture can assess the urine even if you have no urinary symptoms (it is part of bacteria check if cause unclear).
A chest x ray to look at the chest can also form part of a bacteria screen for infection.
Further action would depend on the results of the test.
I hope this helps, feel free to ask any other questions
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