Guest guest Posted November 4, 2010 Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 Hello, I've been following the thread on Lacey and her recurrent fevers. I have no answers to offer --but do express my sympathies. Reading the posts on fevers led me to a question that I thought I would ask the group because everyone seems to know so much about medicine. My son who has no formal PID diagnosis but has immune system irregularities (low IGG, specific antibody deficiencies, constant URIs) and inflammatory bowel disease, has recurrent high fevers with no other symptoms. They typically come on quickly and last about two to three days with fevers up to 104. We give him motrin, and the fever drops but comes back for a couple days. This started about a year ago. I thought this was progress in that at least he wasn't getting sick ie. Coming down with something -- that perhaps his body is responding to a virus and fighting it off and a sign his immune system is working better? Is this possible? Or is it a problem/unusual? I would also add that we have seen two rheumatologists because he has a history of auto immune arthritis (high ESR, Pos and climbing ANA) and the episodes do often coincide with limping but no swelling. Neither of them were impressed and send us home, telling me not to worry. I virtually never see our pediatrician as they do not offer much assistance or help. They would also just tell me its nothing. Is this something to worry about? Thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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