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Suggest Treatment Long Lasting Running Fever
my 8 yr old has been running a fever for the last 16 days he has been to Dr. and hospital several times but this weekend my father-in-law was watching him he had a fever of 105.3 the only symptoms he has had have been Fever,tired and headache what would you suggest doing. his white blood count was 7.8
Wed, 2 Nov 2016
Dear parent,
The description u gave suggests the possibility of pyrexia of unknown origin. Please get the complete blood count,urine examination,blood culture,malaria txt,dengue serology,widal test done.The most common cause of prolonged fever in India is enteric fever,viral fever and tuberculosis.There are other rare diseases also. Please get the basic investigation done before proceeding to further.
Thanking you,
The description u gave suggests the possibility of pyrexia of unknown origin. Please get the complete blood count,urine examination,blood culture,malaria txt,dengue serology,widal test done.The most common cause of prolonged fever in India is enteric fever,viral fever and tuberculosis.There are other rare diseases also. Please get the basic investigation done before proceeding to further.
Thanking you,
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