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What Causes Fever Along With Cough And Neck Pain?
My wife has been sick for over a week now -- fever, coughing a lot, sore neck and back. She had a blood test two days ago. It came back negative for Lyme but she had an ESR rate of 90. The doctor asked her to come back in in a week for a second blood test. How worried should this make me? I should say her fever has seem to have gone away since her blood test.
Mon, 27 Aug 2018
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Seems like viral . It doesn't seem like Lyme disease . ESR can be high in any inflammation so don't worry much .
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Seems like viral . It doesn't seem like Lyme disease . ESR can be high in any inflammation so don't worry much .
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