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What Causes Low Grade Fever Every Day In A Child?

Our 5 year old daughter has had a low grade (100.2) fever just about every morning for the past 5 weeks. Initially, she broke out in hives for 5 days and when going to the doctor he said she had only 1 tonsil inflammed but xrays of the soft tissue showed there were no cycsts on the tonsil. She is congested and takes flovent twice a day. Full blood work was drawn and everything came back normal, including negative results for mono. She s cranky in the morning but when she comes home she is fine the rest of the day. She s getting about 11 hours of sleep every nite. Our ENT visit is not for another 2 weeks. How concerned should we be about this every day low grade fever? Could it be phnemonia?
Fri, 25 Sep 2015
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100.2 is a very low grade fever which can be normal in pediatric age group especially if the fever is not causing any discomfort but if she is cranky then its significant fever. It can't be pneumonia, as she has no symptoms suggestive of that. Throat infection is a possibility which is not completely recovered. You have to eventually get ent consult done to be sure everything is fine. You need'nt be worried as all the investigations are normal. Take care. Hope my info helped you.
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What Causes Low Grade Fever Every Day In A Child?

Hi, Welcome to Hcm, 100.2 is a very low grade fever which can be normal in pediatric age group especially if the fever is not causing any discomfort but if she is cranky then its significant fever. It can t be pneumonia, as she has no symptoms suggestive of that. Throat infection is a possibility which is not completely recovered. You have to eventually get ent consult done to be sure everything is fine. You need nt be worried as all the investigations are normal. Take care. Hope my info helped you.