Causes and Sysmptoms of Common Fever

Common causes of fever are:

1. Approximately all type of infections can cause a fever. Some common infections are
   • Respiratory track infections like flu or cold, sore throat, sinus infection, Bronchitis, mononucleosis infection, and ear infection
   • Urinary Tract infection
   • Severe infections like pneumonia, appendicitis, skin infection (cellulitis), tuberculosis, bone infection (osteomyelitis) and meningitis
2. Bacterial gastroenteritis and viral gastroenteritis can also cause fever
3. After some immunization, children may have a low fever for a day or two
4. Teething may cause a minor rise in a kid’s temperature, but normally it is not higher than 100 °F.
5. Inflammatory or Autoimmune disorders also cause fevers. Few examples include:
   • Arthritis or connective tissue sicknesses like Rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus
   • Periarteritis nodosa or Vasculitis
   • Ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease
6. In some cases the first warning sign of a cancer is may be a fever. This is mainly true for leukemia, Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease
7. Other probable causes of common fever include
   • Blood clotting or thrombophlebitis
   • Medications, like some specific antibiotics, some seizure medicines and antihistamines,

Common Symptoms Of Fever include:

• Increased body temperature and sometime low temperature
• Headache, Nausea and Vomiting
• Slight shivering
• Heaviness and burning in eyes
• Pain in body parts and joints
• Dehydration
• Fatigue
• Some cases Insufficient flow of urine and in some cases abundant flow of concentrated urine
• Fast pulse rate and respiration
• Plentiful of sweating
• Lot of perspiration
• Coated tongue