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Any Suggestion For Kid Suffering From 104.5 Fever?

We came to visit US from india. My 3yr old daughter is having high fever for 8days, she is under Tylenol,mortarin, not active for the past 7days,y'day had urine & blood test looks good, waiting for blood culture result. Today fever is 104.5 and we are worried. Any suggestions for further checkups..?
posted on Sat, 15 Mar 2014
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Hello,
As you probably know, usual febrile illnesses last for a week at the most. Persisting high grade fever warrants thorough physical examination. As your doctor has rightly done, blood culture result is off paramount importance. High fever as with your daughter is common in urinary tract infection and malaria. Since India is endemic for malaria, it might help the doctor in America if you request for investigation to rule out malaria and typhoid. If fever and lethargy persist, also bear in mind that your daughter may need to be hospitalised
Regards
Dr. Sudharsana. S
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Any Suggestion For Kid Suffering From 104.5 Fever?

Hello, As you probably know, usual febrile illnesses last for a week at the most. Persisting high grade fever warrants thorough physical examination. As your doctor has rightly done, blood culture result is off paramount importance. High fever as with your daughter is common in urinary tract infection and malaria. Since India is endemic for malaria, it might help the doctor in America if you request for investigation to rule out malaria and typhoid. If fever and lethargy persist, also bear in mind that your daughter may need to be hospitalised Regards Dr. Sudharsana. S