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What Can Cause Persistent Fever And Body Pains?

My 18 year old son runs a fever of 101 - 102 each night for the last couple of weeks. He is aching. He has had some diarrhea and vomiting one day. He has been having labs and things are fairly normal. He has periods of time where he feels fine, goes to school, plays soccer..., then at night the fever starts and he is miserable. Any ideas?
Wed, 10 Dec 2014
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Hi,
From history it seems that he is having a condition where diagnosis of having fever is not known and called Pyrexia of Unknown Origin (PUO).
It requires some investigations to conclude about diagnosis.
Go for,
1, complete blood checking like TC, DC, ESR, Platelet count, Malarial parasites,
2, complete urine check up, routine and microscopic.
3, x-ray chest,
4, Ultrasound abdomen,
5, If require blood culture.
Consult physician and get examined and investigated.
After all reports, plan of treatment can be decided.
Ok and take care.
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What Can Cause Persistent Fever And Body Pains?

Hi, From history it seems that he is having a condition where diagnosis of having fever is not known and called Pyrexia of Unknown Origin (PUO). It requires some investigations to conclude about diagnosis. Go for, 1, complete blood checking like TC, DC, ESR, Platelet count, Malarial parasites, 2, complete urine check up, routine and microscopic. 3, x-ray chest, 4, Ultrasound abdomen, 5, If require blood culture. Consult physician and get examined and investigated. After all reports, plan of treatment can be decided. Ok and take care.