2006-09-11 05:52:22 · 10 answers · asked by victoria 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
As others have said, it could be a bacteria or virus or other physiological condition.
It can also be caused by some excessive stimulation to the metabolic system, but I really wish you good luck, and hope you have had a better answer from your medical practitioner.
It also depends on the degree of the fever. 98.6F was considered standard in the past, but no longer. People have a natural body temperature, that could vary a couple of degrees from what is standard. Mine is 96.6F, and a friend's is 101.3, and neither of us have any disease or disorder.
Good luck.
2006-09-19 05:28:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Well, real "Pyrexia of Unknown Origin" or PUO is a particular medical cluster of conditions, and is NOT just that "the patient has a fever, and we are not yet sure why".
It should AFAIK only be called PUO after certain tests have been conducted, and found to be negative.
In our lab, we look for Brucella abortus and Bartonella species in blood cultures from "real" PUO patients. We no longer do these extra procedures on all samples marked as PUO because, far too often, the Dr has added the PUO tag inappropriately; I work in a teaching hospital, where many junior medicos have much to learn!
I think you would also need to rule out malaria, and other parasitic infections.
I am not a Dr. I am a microbiologist.
2006-09-13 22:26:44 · answer #2 · answered by J_F_(Self Service Science Forum) 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That you just have a fever. Anything really can cause a fever, and quite normally, a fever with no other symptoms is rarely cause for concern.. A fever is a sign that your body is fighting something inside it. It could be a cold or the flu, or it could simply be dust particles that you've inhaled.
If there is only a fever that is not accompanied by any other symptoms, there is no cause for alarm. Take a tylenol or advil and lay down.
2006-09-11 08:29:30 · answer #3 · answered by Imani 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there are way too many viruses out there in humans that we do not know anything about, let alone if they are there or not.
my suggestion to you is have the dentist check out your teeth and gums, sometimes you can have the smallest of infection that would cause a rise in body temperature.
other diseases such as HBV, HCV and other viral infections can cause a rise in temp.
best thing to do is get tested. i know enough about hbv to know it can cause fever, but not sure about much else.
however, hcv is another story. get tested and have them test for antibodies regardless if there is an increase in your ALT and AST levels or not. Some folks with HCV never show and increase, but the virus is still there doing it's damage.
Good Luck!
2006-09-11 10:16:36 · answer #4 · answered by giggling.willow 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A diagnosis cannot be based solely on fever. If no other sign, call it "idiopathic fever". But remember in order for the body to show fever there has to be toxins in the blood (either bacterial toxins or other toxins such as foods, viruses, heavy metals, etc).
2006-09-11 06:18:18 · answer #5 · answered by Antoine a 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fever is a sign of infection somewhere in the body
2006-09-11 06:40:26 · answer #6 · answered by tlctreecare 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Infections
2006-09-11 05:55:57 · answer #7 · answered by Jack W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
anything at all,usually an infection somewhere in the body
2006-09-11 05:54:40 · answer #8 · answered by dumplingmuffin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you need to check with your health care professional
2006-09-16 00:37:17 · answer #9 · answered by Linda 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
any infection or Bactria.
2006-09-19 03:24:28 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋