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Went Down With Fever, Vomiting, Lethargic And Hurting Knee. What Is Wrong?

My son 2 started running aloe grade fever 101.7 yesterday after the sun went down the fever went to 105 we went to the ER CBC normal, spinal tap normal, urine normal, vomiting . X3, lethargic and. Very whiney ears looked good c/o knee hurting and stomach hurting and headache he now has no appetite but will drink fluids
Thu, 7 Feb 2013
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hi
Its Dr Gupta
since your child is two year and duration fever is of short d most of screening test seem to be normal ( CBC, Urine, CSF) .
but you have not mentioned about CRP .
with symptom and sign we can give only possibility of few disease
1 viral fever
2 malaria

get two investigation
malarial parasite , C-reactive protein
if these tests are negative
give only paracetomol orally . if fever did not resolve do hydrotherapy
give antiemetic . and wait to find out localised sign and symptom
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Went Down With Fever, Vomiting, Lethargic And Hurting Knee. What Is Wrong?

hi Its Dr Gupta since your child is two year and duration fever is of short d most of screening test seem to be normal ( CBC, Urine, CSF) . but you have not mentioned about CRP . with symptom and sign we can give only possibility of few disease 1 viral fever 2 malaria get two investigation malarial parasite , C-reactive protein if these tests are negative give only paracetomol orally . if fever did not resolve do hydrotherapy give antiemetic . and wait to find out localised sign and symptom