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My four year old has had a fever off and on for almost two weeks. The beginning symptoms were sore throat, aching and a bad headache. All he wants to do is sleeP. I took him to the doctor last week and they did a strep test...his ears and chest were fine. Now all he wants to do is sleep. Any thoughts?
fever that comes and goes for 2 weeks is usually starts with viral infection , possibly upper respiratory tract infection since he had sore throught, after recovering from that he may got a superimposed ( on top of it )bacterial infection like strep which caused the fever to come again , a strep test is helpful . another cause of recurring fever with sore throught is reteropharyngeal abscess or peritonsillar abscess , which some times follow the supportive tonsillitis or throught infection , in that case the child's seems sleepy , toxic , unable to eat or drink and sometimes droll a lot luckily, with a proper physical exam, and images that can be excluded and roled out . I hope this helps
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What Causes Recurring Fever In Children?
fever that comes and goes for 2 weeks is usually starts with viral infection , possibly upper respiratory tract infection since he had sore throught, after recovering from that he may got a superimposed ( on top of it )bacterial infection like strep which caused the fever to come again , a strep test is helpful . another cause of recurring fever with sore throught is reteropharyngeal abscess or peritonsillar abscess , which some times follow the supportive tonsillitis or throught infection , in that case the child s seems sleepy , toxic , unable to eat or drink and sometimes droll a lot luckily, with a proper physical exam, and images that can be excluded and roled out . I hope this helps