Fever history | Potential significance |
What is the fever pattern? |
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Is the fever associated with ill-appearance or symptoms (eg, malaise)? |
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Persistence of constitutional symptoms after fever abates? |
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Is there associated sweating with fever? |
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Is there associated sweating with defervescence? |
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Associated complaints | Possible cause(s) |
Red eyes |
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Nasal discharge |
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Recurrent pharyngitis with ulcerations |
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Gastrointestinal complaints |
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Limb or bone pain |
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Exposures | Possible cause(s)/potential significance |
Medications (prescription or nonprescription, including topical agents) |
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Surgery |
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Ill-contacts |
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Travel history, extending back to birth (including tick and insect exposure) |
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Animals (household pets, domestic animals, or wild animals) |
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Ticks |
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Mosquitos |
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Sand flies |
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Diet |
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Pica (specifically eating dirt) |
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Ethnic or genetic background | Possible cause |
Ulster Scot individuals |
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Turkish, Armenian, North African Jewish, Arabian individuals |
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Ashkenazi Jewish individuals |
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FUO: fever of unknown origin; PFAPA: periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis, and adenitis.
* Repeating the history on multiple occasions and rephrasing questions may be necessary to elicit important information. Repeating the history may help the patient or parent remember information that was omitted, forgotten, or deemed unimportant in the initial history.
¶ We define FUO as fever >38.3°C (101°F) for ≥8 days.
Δ Familial Mediterranean fever is not restricted to these ethnic/racial groups.آیا می خواهید مدیلیب را به صفحه اصلی خود اضافه کنید؟