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Is Fever Along With Body Ache, Swollen Lymph Nodes, Chest Pain And Cough Symptoms Of Sepsis?

This is Day 8 of running a fever ranges from 99.6-102.2. I have horrible body aches, my lymph nodes are sensitive to the touch and I am extremely exhuasted. I have chills multiple times throughout the day which causes even more discomfort in my body. When I take a deep breath I have horrible sharp pains that go through my chest or if I wake up and have to cough the same thing with sharp pains in my chest. I had a boil/abbsess honestly not sure what it was on my breast that drained three days ago. It has left a hole on my breast I clean and put gauze over it everyday and it is still oozing stuff out and the hole is still there. Could I have sepsis?
Mon, 10 Sep 2018
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Hello,

Fever has certain obvious reasons like infection and it can be due to bacteria and virus, parasites. Here in your case you have given the history of some abscess and it is being drained. It means that some bacterial infection is there that might have caused the abscess and Staphylococcus can be the organism responsible for this.

Treating bacterial infection like Staphylococcus is challenging. This type of bacteria is mostly resistant to some antibiotic, and pus culture sensitivity test is a must for complete eradication of infection. You can discuss about this with surgeon, differential diagnosis for fever also is a matter of concern.

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Is Fever Along With Body Ache, Swollen Lymph Nodes, Chest Pain And Cough Symptoms Of Sepsis?

Hello, Fever has certain obvious reasons like infection and it can be due to bacteria and virus, parasites. Here in your case you have given the history of some abscess and it is being drained. It means that some bacterial infection is there that might have caused the abscess and Staphylococcus can be the organism responsible for this. Treating bacterial infection like Staphylococcus is challenging. This type of bacteria is mostly resistant to some antibiotic, and pus culture sensitivity test is a must for complete eradication of infection. You can discuss about this with surgeon, differential diagnosis for fever also is a matter of concern. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know for further assistance.