Child with Fever:Characteristics of Different Types of Fever

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Characteristic Features Of Different Types Of Fever

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Dr Ira Shah
M.D, DCH(Gold Medalist), FCPS, DNB

Certain characteristic features of different types of fever

Fever with rigors or chills -
Malaria, pneumonia (lobar), pyelonephritis, bacterial endocarditis, abscess, cholangitis.

Step ladder fever -
enteric fever.

Relapsing or periodic fever -
(Fever occurring in bouts lasting for days with afebrile phases) - Brucellosis, Hodgkin's disease.

Sudden onset fever -
Pyelonephritis, Pneumonia.

Gradual onset fever -
Typhoid, infective endocarditis, TB, Brucellosis.

Double rise of fever -
Kala-azar, malaria, liver abscess, typhoid, UTI

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