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What Causes Itchy Throat When Suffering From Fever?

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Posted on Mon, 2 Mar 2015
Question: My daughter is seven. Tuesday, after school, she had 101.5 fever and complained of being cold, a headache and scratchy throat. After an hour, with no meds given, she did not run fever again until last night (Wednesday at 10pm). I gave her Motrin and she became comfortable again and cooler. This morning she woke up with no fever and again just a scratchy throat and tummy hurt a little (hadn't had breakfast). I am baffled. My thought was that I should take her to dr tomorrow if she runs fever again tonight. I just hate to expose her to dr office germs if they are going to tell me viral infection. Any suggestions?
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Answered by Dr. Eric Goldstein (16 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
Fever

Detailed Answer:
Hello. I just read through your question.
I agree that the most likely diagnosis is a simple viral illness. However, once I get a third day of fever, I always like to have the children checked out. Often that third day of fever could indicate something more than just a virus. So if the fever comes up again, it's worth the visit to the doctor. If not, we can let the illness run it's course and resolve on it's own.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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Follow up: Dr. Eric Goldstein (16 minutes later)
Thank you!
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Answered by Dr. Eric Goldstein (8 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
YW

Detailed Answer:
You're very welcome.
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What Causes Itchy Throat When Suffering From Fever?

Brief Answer: Fever Detailed Answer: Hello. I just read through your question. I agree that the most likely diagnosis is a simple viral illness. However, once I get a third day of fever, I always like to have the children checked out. Often that third day of fever could indicate something more than just a virus. So if the fever comes up again, it's worth the visit to the doctor. If not, we can let the illness run it's course and resolve on it's own.