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How Can fever And Vomiting Along With Chills be Treated?

My mom is 88, active but fairly sedentary lifestyle. The last two nights, about an hour after eating a regular, normal dinner, she has experienced severe body-shaking chills, fever, vomiting. She is fine the next morning and all the next day. This is episodal so it can t be the flu she claims it is. Tonight, she did not experience any symptoms, but she had a very light dinner...soup and crackers. I feel concerned that there might be a larger problem that she is ignoring. Should I be worried?
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Check whether she has any other symptoms like pain while urinating or pain in her stomach or headache, cough. Considering her age fever needs to be evaluated in a primary care setup or a geriatric setup.
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How Can fever And Vomiting Along With Chills be Treated?

Check whether she has any other symptoms like pain while urinating or pain in her stomach or headache, cough. Considering her age fever needs to be evaluated in a primary care setup or a geriatric setup.