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Child Has Fever, Forehead Pain, Vomiting

5 year old has a fever of 101.3 and complaining of frontal lobe ( forehead ) hurting with pain. In the front middle of the forehead going up to top of hairline. Not any other place. She has been laying/trying to sleep, but cries out in pain. It has been hurting several days now. She did vomit twice earlier today but I gave her anti vomiting medicine (prescription issued)
Sat, 9 Feb 2013
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HI
ITS DR GUPTA
WHAT I CAN GUESS WITH YOUR HISTORY REGARDING DIAGNOSIS IS .
THIS IS INFECTIVE ETIOLOGY WHICH IS LOCATED IN THE BRAIN AND IS INCREASED INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE WHICH IS CAUSING TRIAD HEADACH, FEVER AND VOMITTING .
POSSIBILTY WHIC SHOULD BE RULED OUT ( MENINIGITIS, BRAIN ABSCESS)
JUST GO FOR FOLLOWING INVESTIGATION TO RULE OUT MENINGITIS OR INTRACRANIAL SPACE OCCUPYING LESION
Hb, TLC, DLC, ESR. FUNDUS EXAMINATION BY OPHTHALMOLOGIST , IF NO FEATURE OF RAISED INTRCRANIAL PRESSURE , CSF EXAMINATION, CECT HEAD
RUN TO YOUR NEAREST PEDIATRCIAN FOR MANAGEMENT

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Child Has Fever, Forehead Pain, Vomiting

HI ITS DR GUPTA WHAT I CAN GUESS WITH YOUR HISTORY REGARDING DIAGNOSIS IS . THIS IS INFECTIVE ETIOLOGY WHICH IS LOCATED IN THE BRAIN AND IS INCREASED INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE WHICH IS CAUSING TRIAD HEADACH, FEVER AND VOMITTING . POSSIBILTY WHIC SHOULD BE RULED OUT ( MENINIGITIS, BRAIN ABSCESS) JUST GO FOR FOLLOWING INVESTIGATION TO RULE OUT MENINGITIS OR INTRACRANIAL SPACE OCCUPYING LESION Hb, TLC, DLC, ESR. FUNDUS EXAMINATION BY OPHTHALMOLOGIST , IF NO FEATURE OF RAISED INTRCRANIAL PRESSURE , CSF EXAMINATION, CECT HEAD RUN TO YOUR NEAREST PEDIATRCIAN FOR MANAGEMENT