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What Causes Severe Headache And High Fever?

My daughter age 33 has had severe headache and high fever (103.5 at admit to hospital,) 6 weeks off and on. Didn't know at first of typhoid. They are testing now but meantime she was treated with Zpack which helped for a week before symptoms came roaring back. Now she is on rocephin day three, still very sick. Other diseases have been ruled out. J encephalitis, meningitis, malaria.. Waiting on dengue test. How long can this goo. Before she sees improvement. Can you think of any other disease this could be?
Thu, 27 Nov 2014
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Hello
She is 33 years old and off and on in hospital due to severe headache and fever.
These symptoms may be due to these possibilities , these include:
1 Algid malaria or falciparum malaria , also known as cerebral malaria . Get in peripheral blood film for confirmation with card test .
2 Tubercular meningitis is another cause of such symptoms and it is very hard to diagnose this in simple way . So physical examination clinical examination , lumbar puncture will rule out the disease .
3 Fever of unknown origin , get in blood examination for blood culture and sensitivity test.
Since fever is present for 6 weeks off & on , so there are so many other reasons but deal as mentioned above .
Some times drugs induced fever also causes such symptoms.
Good luck.
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What Causes Severe Headache And High Fever?

Hello She is 33 years old and off and on in hospital due to severe headache and fever. These symptoms may be due to these possibilities , these include: 1 Algid malaria or falciparum malaria , also known as cerebral malaria . Get in peripheral blood film for confirmation with card test . 2 Tubercular meningitis is another cause of such symptoms and it is very hard to diagnose this in simple way . So physical examination clinical examination , lumbar puncture will rule out the disease . 3 Fever of unknown origin , get in blood examination for blood culture and sensitivity test. Since fever is present for 6 weeks off & on , so there are so many other reasons but deal as mentioned above . Some times drugs induced fever also causes such symptoms. Good luck.