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What Causes High Fever And Sulfur Burps In Children?

Our baby (9 months) has had a high fever (39-30 Celcius) for 2 days, today, day 3, it s down to 38 Celcius. NO vomiting, NO diarrhea, appetite is very poor (pretty much only nursing); went to the hospital and ruled out UTI and the blood screen was fine. Weird is: despite her not having any stomach issues, she s been having regular sulfur burbs since the fever. She never had it before.
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Thanks for putting up your query at HealthCareMagic. I understand the cause of your concern. Often the cause of such fevers is viral and the blood-work does not reveal any problems in such cases. I guess that you would have to wait for a few days before it subsides on its own. If it lasts more than 7-10 days, get a Widal test done which will help you rule out typhoid (An antibody test will diagnose faster).

When you have excess air in your stomach, it usually comes out as a burp. Usually the burp will have a smell of the food that you ate, but sometimes it will come out smelling like rotten eggs which you call sulfur burbs. It could be due to a gastro intestinal infection which is likely to have show up in the blood tests that you have already done, had it been present. Otherwise it is probably due to simple indigestion. Be on the lookout.

I hope that helps. Feel free to revert back with further queries if any.
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What Causes High Fever And Sulfur Burps In Children?

Thanks for putting up your query at HealthCareMagic. I understand the cause of your concern. Often the cause of such fevers is viral and the blood-work does not reveal any problems in such cases. I guess that you would have to wait for a few days before it subsides on its own. If it lasts more than 7-10 days, get a Widal test done which will help you rule out typhoid (An antibody test will diagnose faster). When you have excess air in your stomach, it usually comes out as a burp. Usually the burp will have a smell of the food that you ate, but sometimes it will come out smelling like rotten eggs which you call sulfur burbs. It could be due to a gastro intestinal infection which is likely to have show up in the blood tests that you have already done, had it been present. Otherwise it is probably due to simple indigestion. Be on the lookout. I hope that helps. Feel free to revert back with further queries if any.