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13 Year Kid, Suffering From Fever, Pain In Leg, Weakness. Symptoms Of Typhoid?

my son aged 13 years is suff. from fever for past 3 days. he got high fever around 101.4 in the morning and after taking medicines the fever come to normal. the same thing is repeat for 2 day on 3rd day the fever in the mornning is 100.4 There is no other sysmptoms of cough or cold or shiveering, He had some weakness & some pain in leg. the doctor had advice blood test for thypod & complete urine test. my question is that are these are the symptoms of thypoid. or just viral fever.
Fri, 3 May 2013
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Hi,
Thank you for your query.
I understand your concern.
Do not panic.
It is difficult to differentiate between typhoid fever and viral fevers before 5 days clinically.
Viral fevers are usually associated with decreasing trend of fever commonly associated with malaise,body pain,cold and cough.
Fever in typhoid fever is incremental in a step ladder pattern,usually associated with coated tongue,abdominal pain and loose motion.
Your pediatrician will be a better judge when he sees the patient.
Hope this answers your query.
If you have any other queries kindly direct them to me.
Wishing a speedy recovery.
Have a nice day.
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13 Year Kid, Suffering From Fever, Pain In Leg, Weakness. Symptoms Of Typhoid?

Hi, Thank you for your query. I understand your concern. Do not panic. It is difficult to differentiate between typhoid fever and viral fevers before 5 days clinically. Viral fevers are usually associated with decreasing trend of fever commonly associated with malaise,body pain,cold and cough. Fever in typhoid fever is incremental in a step ladder pattern,usually associated with coated tongue,abdominal pain and loose motion. Your pediatrician will be a better judge when he sees the patient. Hope this answers your query. If you have any other queries kindly direct them to me. Wishing a speedy recovery. Have a nice day.