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What Causes High Fever After Stepping On A Porcupine Fish?
my father stepped on a porcupine fish quill on jan. 22 in oahu. he was treated at hospital that sunday with high fever and is taking broad spectrum antibiotics. he had a blood test done at the hospital this week and it came back negative. his doctor said he was confused and also doesn t understand why this bacterial infection has not spread to the other leg or other extremities. he also has a pacemaker and suffers from phlebitis. should we be seeking second opinions on this?
Mon, 16 Feb 2015
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This may not be infection but could be just inflammatory process and this is also mimic infection in my opinion wait for some time till the condition need to be kept under close medical supervision, if anything goes wrong then it need to be taken to ER, hope this information helps, take care.
Well come to HCM
This may not be infection but could be just inflammatory process and this is also mimic infection in my opinion wait for some time till the condition need to be kept under close medical supervision, if anything goes wrong then it need to be taken to ER, hope this information helps, take care.
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