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High Fever, Extreme Lethargy, Vomiting With Blood Streaks, Redness Over Joints. What Could Be Wrong?

I have a dear friend at the local regional hospital with a 3 year old son. He has been there for 4 or 5 days on an IV. He has run a fever close to 104 all week, is extremely lathargic (probably mostly due to the high fever), was throwing up (and the last time there was a little blood in it). He has deep redness around several of his joints. She was told at one point perhaps it was scarlet fever , the next day it was just a virus . He hasn t eaten in 7 days. They have not yet given him any anti-biotics, because they cannot figure out what is wrong with him. One on-call doctor wanted to send him home. Really? Your thoughts?
Wed, 23 Jan 2013
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Orthopaedic Surgeon,  's  Response
Hello.
Thanks for writing to us.
From your description it seems that your friend is severely affected with polyarthralgia. It can be due to an autoimmune cause or a post viral infection. Proper blood investigations and X-rays of the affected joints will help in the diagnosis.
I hope this information has been both informative and helpful for you. You can consult me again directly through my profile URL http://bit.ly/Dr-Praveen-Tayal
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Dr. Praveen Tayal
drtayal72@gmail.com
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High Fever, Extreme Lethargy, Vomiting With Blood Streaks, Redness Over Joints. What Could Be Wrong?

Hello. Thanks for writing to us. From your description it seems that your friend is severely affected with polyarthralgia. It can be due to an autoimmune cause or a post viral infection. Proper blood investigations and X-rays of the affected joints will help in the diagnosis. I hope this information has been both informative and helpful for you. You can consult me again directly through my profile URL http://bit.ly/Dr-Praveen-Tayal Regards, Dr. Praveen Tayal drtayal72@gmail.com