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Suggest Treatment For Frequent Low Grade Fever In Kids
Hi, may I answer your health queries right now ? Please type your query here... Hi My son is 7 yrs old and recently he has been getting low grade fever frequently. I m lil worried . Frequently I mean once in a month or so and then it goes away in few days with fever reducer
Tue, 20 Sep 2016
it's unlikely to a seven year old to have recurrent fevers unless there is obvious reason in the physical exam .
many disorders cause frequent fevers like adenosinusitis , or lymphadenitis caused by many viruses , T.B , neoplasia
so complete physical exam can reveal the problem : like enlarged lymph nodes , decrease airentry on lung exam , organomegaly like enlarged spleen or liver, if nothing of the above is there , I suggest the following tests
complete blood count and blood film , ppd test , urine analysis and chest x-ray, viral panel.
I hope this helps
many disorders cause frequent fevers like adenosinusitis , or lymphadenitis caused by many viruses , T.B , neoplasia
so complete physical exam can reveal the problem : like enlarged lymph nodes , decrease airentry on lung exam , organomegaly like enlarged spleen or liver, if nothing of the above is there , I suggest the following tests
complete blood count and blood film , ppd test , urine analysis and chest x-ray, viral panel.
I hope this helps
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