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Child Has Recurrent Fever, Low Appetite. Scope Showed Pus Pockets, Advised Surgery. What Could Be Wrong?

hi my 16 months old baby has been sick for a little over a week.On Friday he finished antibiotics( amoxil ).Sat he stopped eatingeverytime I give him some advil ,the fever will go down for a few hours but come back.he will not eat or drink anything.we took him to the hosptial and the did xrays .they did a scope and said that there are pockets of puss and may need surgery. they said something about the tissue the see i the x-ray ...can you explain in lamons terms what could be so seriously wrong because the flew him to another hosptial.they said they are not equipt enought to take care of him there
Fri, 26 Oct 2012
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I would need more information to guide you further.

'Hospital did a scope and said there are pockets of pus'. Is it chest or some other part of the body? What were the blood test results?

Many hospitals don't have Pediatric Surgeon or full fledged Pediatric services and I am presuming that could be the reason for transferring your child to another hospital.

IF you can revert with more details, we would endeavour to answer more specifically.

Thanks
Dr Tejas Shah
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Child Has Recurrent Fever, Low Appetite. Scope Showed Pus Pockets, Advised Surgery. What Could Be Wrong?

I would need more information to guide you further. Hospital did a scope and said there are pockets of pus . Is it chest or some other part of the body? What were the blood test results? Many hospitals don t have Pediatric Surgeon or full fledged Pediatric services and I am presuming that could be the reason for transferring your child to another hospital. IF you can revert with more details, we would endeavour to answer more specifically. Thanks Dr Tejas Shah