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FEVER AND COLD
Hello doctor my mother is having from past 6 days and she is having constant high fever 103 degree Celsius and she has taken paracetamol and dollo-650 and she is spitting white thick ball like phlegm every day and her body temperature is not coming down at all what should i do please tell me
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Considering the symptoms it could be any of following reason for the fever
1) influenza or flu
2) upper respiratory tract infection.
3) Malaria
4) Dengue
5) Chickungunya
6) swine flu
7) urinary tract infection
8) Typhoid
Please do the following blood test to rule out above diagnosis
1) CBC
2) ESR
3) Platelets count
4) peripheral smear for malarial parasite
5) Dengue antigen
6) Urine routine
Do consult me with the report
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Go for blood investigations Malaria , Dengue should be rulled out.
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