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4 days ago · Family history: immune deficiency syndromes, recurrent infection, history of periodic fever disorder or Familial Mediterranean Fever. 5. Explore parent’s ideas, concerns and expectations (ICE). 6. Examination: (a) General: general appearance (well-appearing or toxic) and vital signs. (b)
2 days ago · In mid-February, Kelly, 42, started experiencing a slight fever and body aches. Within three to four days, his body temperature had spiked to 104 degrees and the aches and chills grew more severe ...
4 days ago · Fever: an elevation of body temperature (>37.2°C/98.9°F in the morning and >37.7°C/99.9°F in the evening) in conjunction with an increase in the hypothalamic set point Fever of unknown origin ( FUO ): temperatures >38.3°C (>101°F) on two or more occasions and an illness duration of ≥3 weeks, with no known immunocompromised state and ...
5 days ago · Mountain sickness, or high altitude sickness, is a condition that can happen when you travel to high altitudes. It is caused by the decrease in oxygen at higher altitudes. When there is less oxygen in the air, your body cannot get enough to function properly. Mountain sickness usually occurs within 24 hours after you travel to a higher altitude.
5 days ago · Your child is wheezing, which means you hear a high-pitched noise when he or she breathes out. Your child is breathing fast: More than 60 breaths in 1 minute for newborn babies up to 2 months old. More than 50 breaths in 1 minute for a baby 2 months to 12 months old. More than 40 breaths in 1 minute for a child older than 1 to 5 years.
5 days ago · Abdominal pain may be felt anywhere between the bottom of your child's rib cage and his or her groin. Acute pain usually lasts less than 3 months. Chronic pain lasts longer than 3 months. Your child's pain may be sharp or dull. The pain may stay in the same place or move around.
5 days ago · Pneumonia is a vaccine-preventable pulmonary infection that causes coughing, fever, shortness of breath, and in some cases even death. The Winter Fever, as pneumonia was once known, has been traced back through history. Symptoms of pneumonia were first described by the Greek physician Hippocrates around 460 BC.
