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What Causes Fever, Headache, Chest Pain And Shortness Of Breath In Children?

Posted on Thu, 14 May 2015

Question: Hello, this morning I dropped my daughter off at school and she was fine but I get a call from school within 2hrs, she has a bad headache so I went to pick her up and she had a 101.5 fever, and now its broke but her chest hurts, and she threw up 2x and can't keep anything down and has a hard time breathing. What can cause this so quickly and what can I give her?

Answered by Dr. Dr. Muhammad Sareer Khalil (22 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Fever, headache, chest pain , shortness of breath and vomiting

Detailed Answer:
Hello and Welcome

I appreciate your concern

Fever, headache, chest pain , shortness of breath and vomiting are a wide range of symptoms. A physical exam would be required to focus on the most telling sign. The fever and headache could be due to an infection e.g sinusitis, meningitis etc The vomiting could be due to an increased intracranial pressure , gastroenteritis , gastritis etc. The shortness of breath could be secondary due to aspiration of the vomit contents or primary e.g asthma. I would advise you not to give her any medication in this situation with shortness of breath and vomiting. Take her to an E.R to have I.V anti emetics, nebulization with salbutamol and antibiotics if required.

Thanks

Please consult your doctor before deciding on any further course of action.

Dr. M.S. Khalil

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Follow up: Dr. Dr. Muhammad Sareer Khalil (19 minutes later)

Thank you for the quick response.

Answered by Dr. Dr. Muhammad Sareer Khalil (6 hours later)

Brief Answer:
You are welcome.

Detailed Answer:
You are welcome.

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