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Does Rashes Around Anus Cause Fever And Headache?

Dear doctor, my name is Temitayo Steven from Nigeria. For the past 8 days, I have been experiencing fever that would start around the afternoon period and disappear in the morning, slight headache and chest pain. Some days before this I had rashes around my anus. I went for a test 5 days ago and below is the result; S.typhi(O 1:320, H 1:160). My doctor recommended Ciproflaxin and I have completed the dosage without any improvement in my health. I decided to visit another doctor. He carried out a blood test and claimed I do not have any trace of S.typhi. I don t know what is wrong with me. Kindly help.
Wed, 10 Sep 2014
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Hi, Temitayo Steven, did the doctors check anything besides for S. typhi? Your symptoms are nonspecific and could be almost any kind of infection. A lot more tests might be needed. The first test you did for S. typhi only indicates you have been infected at some time; it may not be an acute infection. Some things I would consider are strep, pneumonia, malaria, other parasitic infections, HIV, herpes, certain other STDs, tuberculosis, atypical mycobacterial infections, other bacterial infections. Many bacterial infections require a different antibiotic than Ciprofloxin. You need to have a good examination, to describe the rash, and get more testing done to see what this could be. Hope this helps.
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Does Rashes Around Anus Cause Fever And Headache?

Hi, Temitayo Steven, did the doctors check anything besides for S. typhi? Your symptoms are nonspecific and could be almost any kind of infection. A lot more tests might be needed. The first test you did for S. typhi only indicates you have been infected at some time; it may not be an acute infection. Some things I would consider are strep, pneumonia, malaria, other parasitic infections, HIV, herpes, certain other STDs, tuberculosis, atypical mycobacterial infections, other bacterial infections. Many bacterial infections require a different antibiotic than Ciprofloxin. You need to have a good examination, to describe the rash, and get more testing done to see what this could be. Hope this helps.