My 3-Year old has had a fever for almost a week now. The doctor says she can't find anything wrong after a thorough examination. She's sending her for blood work, but I just want to get an idea of what this could possibly be. I'm no good at waiting. Please, only serious responses. Thank You.
2006-08-04 04:04:44 · 19 answers · asked by Angela 2 in Health ➔ Other - Health
Actually there is such a diagnosis as FUO. It stands for fever of unknown origen. That is why your Dr. is doing labwork, because there is no obvious cause and he needs to look further to find an answer. Fever is your body's natural way of taking care of itself when there is something foriegn invading. It raises the body temp to kill off bacteria or viruses. If your child is not irritable or uncomfortable don't give Tylenol and let the body do it's job. And depending on how high the fever is, it may not be worth a bunch of invasive testing anyway. Above 101 is usually the giudeline for testing. Your Dr. is just making sure there is no bacterial infection somewhere that needs to be treated. It's hard to just give antibiotics when you don't know what infection you're going after as certian antibiotics kill specific bacteria. But if your child has a high white count- it's bacterial and should be given a broad spectrum antibiotic which will kill just about anything. If your child has a low white blood cell count it's probably a virus and you have to wait it out. Good luck, I hope she feels better soon!
2006-08-04 04:33:17 · answer #1 · answered by tbo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unexplained Fever
2016-10-04 08:39:26 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That question makes absolutely no sense. If the fever had a cause, then it couldn't be unexplained. Nothing causes an unexplained fever because its unexplained.
2006-08-04 04:10:47 · answer #3 · answered by Good Vibrations 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not a doctor, but I do have three kids- 30,21,&14. Some of their fevers were caused by teeth. By that I mean molers trying to cut thru gums. They weren't sick, just very warm. I don't know the temperature your 3 yr old has, so I can't say if there is any real concern. If there is no vomiting or dizziness, or pains anywhere, I would check her teeth. Also, I know infections cause fever, even mild ones. Hope this helped. You might want to try WEB MD.com
2006-08-04 04:17:30 · answer #4 · answered by naonip 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well... that is not a very easy question to ask. There are a lot of things that could make a child have a temp. The Dr. probably should have done bloodwork sooner than a week. It also depends on how HIGH the temp. Some things it could be...
Ear infection
Strepthroat
viral infection
pneumonia
Mono
even just her fighting off getting an infection...
I'm sure your giving her tylenol... but if that dosn't take it down you can alternate Motrin in there too. just give as directed and stagger them... Tylenol at 1pm... Motrin at 3pm
I hope I helped a bit
2006-08-04 04:15:20 · answer #5 · answered by Allyson 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Having a fever is a way for our bodies to tell us something is going on..but could be minor. You didn't say whether the fever was low-grade or not. However, if the Dr. is having blood work drawn then the only thing you can do is continue to monitor you little one and wait for results. No sense in thinking the worst. You prob would do better to listen to Dr.'s advice and if not satisfied with his then get second opinion.
2006-08-04 04:13:45 · answer #6 · answered by Shar 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scalet fever. Very comomon in young children.
2006-08-04 04:09:08 · answer #7 · answered by Lynn S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe it is something that she eats that she is allergic too? or maybe something that you have currently around your home. it could also be that maybe she was bitten by a little bug somewhere, and yopu just haven't found it yet. In either case, getting blood work is a great idea, as well is continuing with doctors until this strange fever issue has been resolved> Keep it up, and if one doctor says there's nothing wrong, and if he or she still has the fever, then go to another doctor. These days and times, we must all be very very careful when it comes to our health and the health of our kids and the ones we love.
2006-08-04 04:12:41 · answer #8 · answered by wicked_salvations 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An infectiosn or a virus. Virus' tend to run a fever, and can last for as long as two weeks. With a virus also, the only thing you can do is wait them out. Does he have any other symptoms???
2006-08-04 04:10:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answer might be in the blood work. He probably has an infection or virus his body is fighting with that no one is aware of yet. My husband had a similar problem. He held a high fever for a week but didn't have any other symptoms. He ended up being hospitalized because the fever was from his body having no immune system. His white blood cell count dropped to such a low amount that he almost died. The doctors tested him for eveything but nothing came up, it ended up being a virus that he had that he couldn't fight off. I truely hope it is nothing like that for your baby. I hope the blood work comes back clean, if not, hang in there, your child will be okay.
2006-08-04 04:12:59 · answer #10 · answered by maldmb03 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋