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How Can Low Grade Fever While Suffering From Diabetes Be Treated?
my daughter is twenty years old and has type 1 diabetes. she has had a low grade fever on and off since friday of last week. her fever goes down when we give her advil or thera flu but returns usually after 6-8 hours. we have been to the ER 2x and they said it is some kind of virus maybe mono. My concern is that it has been a week and the fever will not go away
Mon, 2 Apr 2018
Hello,
Diabetes can cause low immunity. Blood routine should be done to rule out any signs of inflammatory disease running in the body. Problems like tuberculosis can give low-grade fever. But in such case, ESR will be raised which will be evident from blood routine examination. A consultation with a physician is well appreciated.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Nishad BN
Diabetes can cause low immunity. Blood routine should be done to rule out any signs of inflammatory disease running in the body. Problems like tuberculosis can give low-grade fever. But in such case, ESR will be raised which will be evident from blood routine examination. A consultation with a physician is well appreciated.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Nishad BN
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