Fever of Unknown Origin
Fever of Unknown Origin: Introduction
Fever of Unknown Origin: Fevers that occur for no apparent reason. The fever involves temperatures of greater than 38.3 degrees Celsius which occurs sporadically for more than three weeks. Infection and cancers are the most common causes of this type of fever.
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Symptoms of Fever of Unknown Origin
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Wrongly Diagnosed with Fever of Unknown Origin?
Fever of Unknown Origin: Medical Mistakes
Misdiagnosis and Fever of Unknown Origin
Sinusitis is overdiagnosed: There is a tendency to give a diagnosis of sinusitis,
when the condition is really a harmless complication of another infection,
such as a common cold....read more »
Whooping cough often undiagnosed: Although most children in the Western world have been
immunized against whooping cough (also called "pertussis"), this protection wears
off after about 15 years.
Thus, any...read more »
FUO in children: Fever of unknown origin in
children is usually transient and subsides within 4- 5 days. Majority of them
are of viral aetiology. The common causes of fever in children differ from that
of adults. Some of the infectious...read more »
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Clinical Trials for Fever of Unknown Origin
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