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Child Has Fever, Swelling Of Face, Legs, Stomach. Leg Pain, Vomiting, Upset Stomach. Cause?

An eleven year old girl has been suffering from fever and swelling of face, legs and stomach for since six months with sever pain in legs and upset stomach and vomiting . Malaria , Hepititis A,B,C, blood tests, urine tests have been carried out and results show she has low hemoglobin and possible problem in lungs. No doctors are able to detect the actual cause and are all giving different medications which is even more harmful for the kid. Immediate help will be needed, thanks.
posted on Thu, 21 Mar 2013
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Hi Lubna,
This child is suffering from a chronic infectious or inflammatory problem.
She needs a careful and thorough investigations to rule out the chronic conditions like tuberculosis, autoimmune problems like SLE, rheumatoid arthritis, and other chronic conditions by doing appropriate investigations.
Therefore I advise you to get admitted her into an Institute, where all the facilities available to work up the problem of the child.
As the relief and cure of the problem depends on the accurate diagnosis of the condition.
Hope I have answered your query.
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Child Has Fever, Swelling Of Face, Legs, Stomach. Leg Pain, Vomiting, Upset Stomach. Cause?

Hi Lubna, This child is suffering from a chronic infectious or inflammatory problem. She needs a careful and thorough investigations to rule out the chronic conditions like tuberculosis, autoimmune problems like SLE, rheumatoid arthritis, and other chronic conditions by doing appropriate investigations. Therefore I advise you to get admitted her into an Institute, where all the facilities available to work up the problem of the child. As the relief and cure of the problem depends on the accurate diagnosis of the condition. Hope I have answered your query.