Fever for more than a week

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My friend has fever with diarrhea for more than a week and when we went to a general physician near by he gave him antibiotics. Now diarrhea is stopped but he's shivering intermittently at nights and afternoon We took blood and urine test but results were negative for malaria, jaundice and dengue He is still on medications and fever has not yet stopped Plz tell me what else it could be

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Dr. Animesh Gupta

Diabetologist 17 yrs exp Patna

Get CBC and Widal test done. It may be typhoid. Consult online for proper evaluation, guidance and treatment

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Fever could be due to various reason. Th tests done were for general causes. But since the fever is persisting visit a clinician to get yourself evaluated.

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Dr. H. Y. Laxmidhar General Physician 6 yrs exp Bhavnagar Consult Now · Accepted Answer

Dr. H. Y. Laxmidhar

General Physician 6 yrs exp Bhavnagar

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Hello there.. I can understand ur concern. It could be viral gastroenteritis or enteric fever. More investigations need to be done. Press chat now button for more help. Thank you

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